Popeye Tso's Chicken (General Tso's Chicken Made with Popeye's Chicken Nuggets) Recipe (2024)

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Is Popeyes chicken nuggets real chicken? ›

Popeyes said it's using the exact same recipe for its nuggets as it does for its record-breaking sandwich, with a "special flour and batter system" that creates a crispy, crunchy fried chicken texture. Like the sandwich, the white meat chicken is hand-seasoned, breaded in buttermilk, and freshly fried.

Like Chick-fil-A's nuggets, and unlike McDonald's or Wendy's nuggets, the pieces varied in size. Some were as large as golf balls and others were the size of a nickel. I counted up all the chunks in my 12-piece order and found there were 14 in total, which I felt made up for the few super small ones.

Bachelder also specified that their "... chicken is dipped in an egg-and-flour batter before it's fried. That gives it a really crisp texture." Preach, Cheryl, because we are here for it.

We start with all white-meat chicken cut from the tenderloin, breast and rib and mix it with a marinade for flavor and juiciness and to help them keep their fun shape. Once everything is mixed, we create the four famous Chicken McNuggets® shapes—bell, boot, ball and bone.

As it turns out, the very same Tyson Foods that manufactures our favorite dinosaur nuggets also manufactures chicken products for chains like Taco Bell, KFC, McDonald's, Burger King, Popeyes, and Chick-fil-A.

Popeyes chicken is delicious–this is a fact. But few know it's because they marinate their chicken for 12 long hours in Louisiana spices. That's a lot of flavor. Our goal was to generate awareness of this marinating process, while also keeping the Popeyes brand top of mind.

The secret to making the perfect fried chicken is the use of buttermilk, as it helps tenderize each piece while leaving each bite juicy and crispy. After marinating, dredge your chicken pieces in the flour mixture and get to frying!

WET Batter - place 2 cups of all purpose flour, 1 cup of corn starch, 1/2 cup of mustard powder, 2 tbs of backing powder, 1 tbs of paprika, 1 tbs cayenne, 1 tbs onion powder, 1 tbs salt and 4 cups of chicken stock in a mixing bowl. Mix wet batter in a bowl with a hand mixer with whisk attachment.

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Between Wednesday and Friday, four Popeyes in Canada, including one in downtown Edmonton, will sell 300 nuggets and 30 dipping sauces starting at $200.

What kind of oil does Popeyes use? ›

The company is committed to sourcing palm oil that is RSPO certified and credits its entire menu globally. Popeyes uses a combination of beef tallow and partially hydrogenated beef tallow in their fryer oil. This produces a lower trans fat content than what you might find at Church's.

Popeyes beats KFC at every level – flavor, presentation, and brand experience. It's easy to see why Popeyes is stealing market share from KFC. Popeyes, hands down, is giving consumers a better product than KFC, with the prices virtually the same on most menu items.

Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Ingredients:

Wet Batter- eggs and buttermilk with the addition of baking soda and turmeric (for color) help with the breading to stick to the chicken. Flour- I typically have unbleached bread flour on hand so that is what I used.

So, while these may not be true "tenders," the advertisem*nt referenced in the lawsuit states that the chicken is made with "100% whole breast meat." Popeyes' chicken tenders are marinated in the chain's Louisiana herbs and seasonings, hand-battered in a crunchy southern coating, and fried until golden brown.

Some claim the term chicken nugget is false advertising and that "fat" nugget might be more accurate. At best, most samplings are 50% meat. Under a microscope in a study, a nugget sample was seen to only have 40% meat, and of that meat, only 19% was protein. Other studies showed similar results.

Restaurants like KFC, Popeyes, and Shake Shack, however use the whole meat method which results in a nugget more similar to what we traditionally think of as a chicken tender or finger. They simply cut chicken breast into bite sized pieces, bread them, and fry them.

Simply delicious. The chicken in our McNuggets® is 100% chicken breast – chopped into small pieces in order to make it easier to shape and eat. In our restaurants, each Chicken McNugget® is cooked by our teams until perfectly crisp and then served nice and hot. Just the way a Chicken McNugget® should be eaten.