checkers and rally's big chicken deluxe sandwich

My quibbles are minor: the much-hyped “famous Zax Sauce” doesn’t add much flavor and it could use a vegetable to compliment the bun and breast.

The Signature Sandwich is big and crunchy and delicious. Would I be blown away, or would I be annoyed about all the Wendy’s I could have gone to instead?įolks, let me tell you: it will not be 30-plus years (a gentleman never tells) before I return to Zaxby’s. This was my maiden voyage to Zaxby’s, so I honestly didn’t know what to expect. You ready to dive in? Here’s every fried chicken sandwich* across America’s top 50 fast-food chains, ranked from worst to best. Rather than exclude those beloved establishments and hear about it in the comments, we had Uproxx’s Josh Kurp, a true fast-food lover, try three of them (Bojangles remains our white whale) and share his thoughts. Being located in California meant I didn’t have access to a Culvers, Zaxbys, Bojangles, or Whataburger - four chains that are known for being able to hold their own in the fried chicken game. As with everything in the last twelve months, COVID-19 made this task more difficult than we’d hoped. But in the interest of being comprehensive, we tested them all again and ranked every fried chicken sandwich that we had access to across the entire fast-food universe.

In our search for the best fast-food fried chicken sandwich, we quickly realized that there are a lot of them out there and a good share of them are offensive to the genre.

Plus, it’s a dish that’s not too complicated and can be transcendent when done right. In a world that has been long dominated by the drive-thru cheeseburger, the fried chicken sandwich feels like a fast-food innovation - a culinary curiosity different enough to give the illusion that you’re ordering something outside of the norm but familiar enough that it satisfies the craving everyone gets for cheap and easy handheld foods. Right now it feels like the entire fast food industry is in a race to see who can make the best fried chicken sandwich.

Checkers and rally's big chicken deluxe sandwich