Fitness Romance SagaI *heart* Wendy's Boneless Chicken…NOT!
July 13th, 2009 • 19 Comments | Leave a Comment »
While suffering through brain block in an attempt to sum up the catastrophe that is Wendy’s Boneless Chicken, the commercial for their Sweet & Spicy Asian variety splathered onto my TV screen.
Bingo! Thanks to TiVo, I rewound the commercial about five times to get a clear take on Wendy’s description of the Sweet & Spicy Asian Boneless Wings I had earlier in the day. (The other supposed “chicken temptation” varieties are Honey BBQ and Bold Buffalo)
Sweet & Spicy Asian: Wendy’s vs. Josie
- Wendy’s says: “The chicken is tender, juicy, and lightly breaded.”
- Josie says: The breading is soggy. Some pieces are slightly tender while others look and taste dry. It’s nothing like the good taste of Wendy’s nuggets.
- Wendy’s says: “The sauce is a mouth watering blend of sweet & spicy.”
- Josie says: NOT! The sauce is nasty. Health-hater husband equates it drowning cheap chicken in packets of McDonald’s sweet & sour nugget sauce.
- Wendy’s says: “Every bite delivers a kick of Asian chiles, real red pepper flakes, and a hint of garlic”
- Josie says: The worse Chinese I ever tasted (at an American buffet) had better Asian flavor…and I tasted zero garlic.
- Wendy’s says: “It’s about as far as it gets from fast food.”
- Josie says: It’s about as close as it gets to “Oh hell no! I’m driving back to Wendy’s to demand a refund!”
To add to the insanity, I’m not certain if I got seven pieces or nine. A few pieces were either giving birth or had a mutant Siamese twin. I don’t have the scoop on Honey BBQ, but judging from some Grub Grade readers who say that Bold Buffalo is a bust, I’m not stepping foot near any of these again.
Boneless Wings Notes
- Price Paid: $3.99
- 520 calories – Bold Buffalo
- 550 calories – Sweet & Spicy Asian
- 580 calories – Honey BBQ
Reactions from the Taste Test Crew
Health-hater Husband: It’s terrible. I can’t eat anymore. Cook me up some of those Dinosaur Chicken Nuggets from the freezer.
Greedy Kid #2: My entire basketball team ate these while we were on the road.
I kinda like it, but I’d only eat if it somebody else is paying.
Yum UP! to: TiVo.
Yuck Down to: Wasting my money on nastiness. I could’ve bought some Go Wraps instead.
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“Cook me up some Dino nuggets, woman!”
“Yes, baby, anything for you”
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Erica July 13th, 2009 at 7:23
I’m not going to lie- when I saw the commercial…I was a little scared by these haha.
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Erin Brooks July 13th, 2009 at 7:28
Ya I wasn’t impressed by these either. I don’t trust a non Asian food place to try and make some of their non Asian food Asian lol. Sorry for your mutated chicken.
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Ren July 13th, 2009 at 11:33
I’ve never thought these looked appealing in the first place, but one of my daughters likes the Buffalo version.
Those dinosaur nuggets, on the other hand, are better than I expected!
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Michael JB July 13th, 2009 at 13:14
the dino nuggets are cute!
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Jody - Fit at 51 July 13th, 2009 at 16:01
UGH!!!! I just watched a FoodNetwork Challenge on food stylists & how they make that food look so good in pics & on commercials & they are using some nasty stuff to make it look good.. even healthy food! Makes ya really wonder. I always knew the look in ads vs. what you get is way different but to see what they do. CRAP!
Well, neither me nor my not so healthy lover hubby will be going near these!
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Diane Fit to the Finish July 13th, 2009 at 18:17
This was hilarious! And so true. The only fast food restaurant we ever eat at anymore is Chick-fil-a, and that’s only every great once in a while. I have to say that those dino nuggets look much better than the Wendy’s ones!
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Josie Maurer July 13th, 2009 at 16:47
I think I saw something about using white glue to make it look like milk on top of cereal. Yummy! (choke)
And who knows how they’re styling those lovely cookies of yours! LOL
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Josie Maurer July 13th, 2009 at 16:48
I really do want my money back. That part wasn’t a joke……
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MizFit July 14th, 2009 at 6:14
OKAY I TRIED THIS
the ad was too tempting and I too curious.
and it was nasty as you say—THANK GOODNESS
never want that again.
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Teresa July 15th, 2009 at 0:07
Hi Josie! Long time lurker, er, reader, first time commenter–I had the misfortune of trying the honey barbeque ones based on the suggestion of a Wendy’s employee. They were gross! The sauce tasted weird and it looked like it had been painted on moments before serving it to me. Not all the pieces were covered either. I didn’t finish it and chalked it up to lesson learned.
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FatFighter July 15th, 2009 at 14:58
OMG, you are the sweetest wife EVER.
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Josie Maurer July 15th, 2009 at 11:02
Well, hello! I had a feeling you were lurking, er, reading. LOL. Thanks for another confirmation of the nastiness. Our taste buds are too sophisticated for this crap! (would you care for a Dino nugget?)
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Kals July 22nd, 2009 at 20:46
I decided to try the honey bbq and was horrified when i literally saw the person preparing them put the nuggets in the tray thingie, cover it, poured the “sauce” over it, and shake it up. So to Teresa, they really did paint the sauce on moments before serving it. From the commercial, I had the impression that they were cooked with the sauce the way normal people cook, but they’re really nothing more than their regular nuggets shaken up in the same sauce they serve with their chicken nuggets anyway. Might as well just buy the nuggets, they taste better and are cheaper. I was very disappointed.
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Jessica July 25th, 2009 at 10:00
Calm down. Its not that serious. I work at Wendys. & Its the same chicken in the nuggets as it is in the wings, It just has different breading, I know how they came up with the idea and how its made, So why do people insist on acting like jerks? and If you wanted your money back then get it back, The company makes so much money they arent going to care about a lousy 4.46. & Wendys Chicken is real. Thank you!
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Josie Maurer July 25th, 2009 at 10:58
Jessica represents the Wendy’s Corporation extremely well. She just earned a 0.15 cent raise and was promoted to Crew Chief for posting her comment. Yay for Jessica! Everyone give her a round of applause.
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Jessica July 25th, 2009 at 15:24
15? lol we get more than that! and Wendys isnt my life, Its a job thats gets me through while Im in college. I felt as though I was mean, but then again people say things and dont know the truth about it first. Its irritating.
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Josie Maurer July 25th, 2009 at 18:41
That’s great, really (not being a smart ass), but this customer says the Asian Chicken is nastiness. But ask about the Go Wraps. I love them lots. Here’s the review http://www.yumyucky.com/2009/05/taste-test-wendys-go-wrap.html
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Jessica July 26th, 2009 at 11:13
I just wanted to say though, This site is really good and nice, I been wanting to work a site with calories or something on health but not good with any ideas, and idk how to get the set up like where you commented me back being the owner of this site. lol Keep up the awesome job!
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BB August 27th, 2009 at 3:25
Haven’t tried these yet, but that was an excellent and hilarious review which brought a smile to my face.
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