Burger King's EXTREME Spicy Chicken Sandwich

Burger King's EXTREME Spicy Chicken Sandwich

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Published on July 12th, 2006, 4:29 pm
Rift: Food

I wanted something different today for lunch and I remembered Burger King has been trying to impress the public with its various different burger designs lately, and so I figured why not give them a chance.
However, when I got there the sandwich they had on their sign was actually that of the poultry persuasion and looked very yummy.

It's called the Extreme Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Pretty self-explanatory except for the extreme part. When I think of extreme, I'm thinking of a man riding in a hot air balloon rising into the mesosphere, which gets struck by a asteroid, catches on fire and requiring him to parachute back to earth using his jacket as a parachute. Plummeting to earth at maximum velocity with a huge glowing rock chasing him back to earth. On his way down he passes through a lightning storm, and has to land in a Brier patch growing in quick sand.

That's extreme.

Is Burger King's Extreme Spicy Chicken sandwich even close to that?

No.

In fact it seemed to lack in the ways everything at Burger King does. Taste. Although I will admit this is the closest thing I've had to descent sandwich at the king. Maybe it's the British thing, I don't know but the King generally has bland tasting buns, boring flavors, and nasty fries that taste like they might have been deep fried wood chips from the King's wood working shop.

Don't get me wrong I love me some Whoppers, but other then that Burger King just doesn't seem to have American taste-buds figured out.

But don't think all hope is lost. This sandwich while not extreme, is pretty good. I think it's the Jalapenos that Burger King assumed would give you the flying swan kick in the head, and although I'm somewhat cautious about putting peppers on a sandwich, I must say these were bloody good.

The sandwich itself seems to be bathed in a hot-wing sauce / blue-cheese mixture that ads to the spice. And although I don't have the ability to chemically breakdown all the components of the sandwich in the front seat of my Mazda, I'd also say there was a huge hunk of Monterrey jack cheese, lettuce and tomato.

If your a senior member of the "Never Hot Enough" society, then this sandwich will come in at mild to medium low, but if you like a unique sandwich which combines the best of your movie nachos with a chicken sandwich, then this might be your call.

Let me start off by saying, hands down, this is the best sandwich you can order at lunch at the big 3 fast-foods right now. I hope Burger King keeps it. I've seen various incarnations at Wendy's before, but this chicken sandwich is by far the best I've tasted. It also helps Burger King, who by far suffers a very unfriendly genre of tasting food in my opinion.

It's simple. A good Chicken sandwich should have lettuce, tomatoes, and hot sauce. A very simple, time tested recipe for a good sandwich. I'm not sure where the notion of a single pickle on a chicken and a bun constitutes a chicken sandwich, but I'm here to tell you they're wrong.

Chili's seems to be the originator of the Chicken-Ranch sandwich with hot sauce, but who has time to go to Chili's on their lunch? Burger King is perfect.

The Firecracker Tendercrisp Chicken Sandwich is undeniably a puzzle set of perfect bites topped with burger Kings peculiar trademarked firecracker hot sauce. It's good, and unique. Not like "regular" hot wing sauce, but almost like a thick mayonnaise based creamy hot-sauce. Kind of like what happens when chipotle sauce meets wing sauce. It's the hot and spicy of the firecracker sauce, followed by the meaty & salty bread covered tendercrisp chicken patty, fulfilled by the sweet and tangy Carolina grown tomatoes and crunchy lettuce, that give each bite a symphonic supernatural delight.

It's divine, it's perfect. But do get a soda, because it "is" hot. If you do at this point resort to getting Burger King's funky french fries, be sure to ask for a packet of ranch sauce to dip them in. It's at this point I'm inclined to say that even if Burger Kind does get rid of the whopper, I won't freak out, as long as they keep the Tendercrisp Firecracker Chicken sandwich.

Very cool! Didn't know about this sandwich, I'll have to give it a try. Thanks!

Let me start off by saying, hands down, this is the best sandwich you can order at lunch at the big 3 fast-foods right now. I hope Burger King keeps it. I've seen various incarnations at Wendy's before, but this chicken sandwich is by far the best I've tasted. It also helps Burger King, who by far suffers a very unfriendly genre of tasting food in my opinion.

Not quite comprehending the meaning of your last sentence.

It's simple. A good Chicken sandwich should have lettuce, tomatoes, and hot sauce. A very simple, time tested recipe for a good sandwich. I'm not sure where the notion of a single pickle on a chicken and a bun constitutes a chicken sandwich, but I'm here to tell you they're wrong.

Chili's seems to be the originator of the Chicken-Ranch sandwich with hot sauce, but who has time to go to Chili's on their lunch? Burger King is perfect.

The Firecracker Tendercrisp Chicken Sandwich is undeniably a puzzle set of perfect bites topped with burger Kings peculiar trademarked firecracker hot sauce. It's good, and unique. Not like "regular" hot wing sauce, but almost like a thick mayonnaise based creamy hot-sauce. Kind of like what happens when chipotle sauce meets wing sauce. It's the hot and spicy of the firecracker sauce, followed by the meaty & salty bread covered tendercrisp chicken patty, fulfilled by the sweet and tangy Carolina grown tomatoes and crunchy lettuce, that give each bite a symphonic supernatural delight.

Make your own firecracker sauce, girl. Use either a good mayonnaise ( Duke's or JFG since you're in the South, even better is Kewpie brand from Jpn ( yummmm!) which can be found at any decent Asian Market [ We love the big one on HPR which used to be called the Latino-Asian Farmer's Market but which now has a Korean name which I've (inconveniently) forgotten. ]

A good brand of tartar sauce will work nicely too.

You can ( since you're a Midwestener) substitute your native white stuff a/k/a Miracle Whip.

Dump a few TBSP in a cup and add a genuine hot sauce ( please use Crystal or Tabasco- none of that abomination from Winston Salem called Texas Pete ) to taste. If you can find the " hot and sweet' Tabasco, that will add the perfect touch of hot/sweet to your mayo/Miracle Whip/tartar sauce.

So good you'll - no, never mind.

Never knew they had this sandwich but will have to try it out. Thanks for the info. And your right, chicken and hot sauce just go together.

So this is a "deluxe" Hamburger from Hungary (Burger King - Bdapest, Budafoki str., New Buda Centre)
Here you can see the original ad, and the "result".
http://picasaweb.google.hu/almasy.gabor/BurgerKingPocsKRukFRuma
I only recommend try to avoid that place.