Chick-Fil-A Knows How to Strip!

I'm boring and regular.

I typically get the same things at the same places over and over again. I do this because I have a fear of getting something I'm not going to like and wasting my money.

Let's take Chick-Fil-A for example. Here I can often times stray away from the original chicken sandwich and move to a spicy chargrilled or regular chargrilled chicken sandwich. However, more than likely I'm going with the good old fashioned chicken sandwich.

For this reason, I have never really gotten in to the Chick-Fil-A chicken strips. The first time I tried them was the day after our wedding when we stopped at Chick-Fil-A on the way out of town for our honeymoon and I convinced the staff to give me free food. Our free food consisted of chicken mini's and two packs of chicken strips.

Much to my disappointment these strips tasted nothing like the regular Chick-Fil-A sandwich or the chicken mini's. The bigger question at hand is, why? Why do the strips taste different from everything else on the menu?

It's a mystery I have never resolved, however I think you must agree that the strips have a completely different taste than the rest of the chicken at Chick-Fil-A....until now.

If you have visited Chick-Fil-A in the past week you might have noticed that they have gotten a new menu. This is definitely a good thing. It has been a long time since they updated everything and the changes they made were long over due. First up - a brand new recipe for the chicken strips. They also have a "Chick-Fil-A" sauce, which is essentially a form of honey mustard and some new wraps.

Last night, my wife ordered up a 4 pack of chicken strips. Previously, you could get the strips in a 3 pack or 6 pack however now they only offer in 3 or 4. I believe from first look that the strips are significantly larger than they used to be which is why they now serve in smaller portions.

Luckily for me, my wife was in the mood to share and I got one of her strips. Upon the initial bite I noticed the change. The breading tasted different, more unique and fresher. The strips were wider and tasted very moist (or sweaty).

HUGE improvement! My wife will tell you that they don't taste different at all and that it's just a marketing tactic to get you to buy them, however I must disagree. I didn't like the strips before and now they taste like a sliced up Chick-Fil-A sandwich. They are much more like tenders than strips and the new Chick-Fil-A sauce compliments them extremely well.

My only issue is that for the 4 pack value meal the total cost is $6.59. A little overpriced in my opinion for 4 strips, fries and a drink.

Make a Classy move, either order the kids meal and get the strips OR just order a pack of strips and get a small fry (since the medium and small are basically the same size).

Whatever you choose, these strips are worth sinking your teeth in to.