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KFC doing Low Carb

tim2000s

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Wandered past a bus stop last night and saw this advert!

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I had one of these today! Very tasty and filling. I had it as a meal with a Diet Coke. 74g of carb for the meal (with chips)

Doesn’t look anything like the picture though, was a right mess to eat!
 
claire1991 said:
I had one of these today! Very tasty and filling. I had it as a meal with a Diet Coke. 74g of carb for the meal (with chips)

Doesn’t look anything like the picture though, was a right mess to eat!
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I don't have a KFC in my area.. The easiest thing I can think of is walk down the road & dispatch one of my neighbour's chickens... Time to "man up." But then there is the "legality" involved.... ;)
 
Please do not show this image to my youngest, he is coming around, slowly, to the idea of reducing his carb intake but his favourite take out is KFC so this may prove too enticing a meal for him.

Anyone know what they use to deep fry?
 
Jaylee said:
I don't have a KFC in my area.. The easiest thing I can think of is walk down the road & dispatch one of my neighbour's chickens... Time to "man up." But then there is the "legality" involved.... ;)
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That may be frowned upon!
 
Jaylee said:
I don't have a KFC in my area.. The easiest thing I can think of is walk down the road & dispatch one of my neighbour's chickens... Time to "man up." But then there is the "legality" involved.... ;)
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If they're egg layers they won't have much meat on them!
 
On my 2 trips a year to KFC I'll stick to the 3 piece of chicken 21g carb if you eat all the coating - a lot less if you remove it - which I do from all except 1 piece - it's a twice a year treat after all ;)
 
Guzzler said:
Please do not show this image to my youngest, he is coming around, slowly, to the idea of reducing his carb intake but his favourite take out is KFC so this may prove too enticing a meal for him.

Anyone know what they use to deep fry?
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Vegetable Oil. I work at KFC and the double down burger with bacon has 74 grams of carbs, without bacon it's 30 grams.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
How come the lack of bacon reduces the carb amount so much? Bacon itself has almost no carbs.
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I have no idea. The store that I work at is a halal KFC and bacon free, so we only do the double down with chicken, cheese and BBQ sauce. It is one of the worst places to work at.
 
The vegetable oil may not convince my youngest but it has convinced me, not that I particularly like KFC or takeaways in general.
 
I think given the overheated vegetable oil that has set there for a long time converting into trans fat, if I must have fast food the "insides" of a Big Mac will be a better option.
 
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