US vs India KFC | Food Wars | Food Insider

from exclusive items to portion sizes we want to find out all the differences between kfc in india and the us this is food wars [Music] here in india we have two types of chicken sandwiches a crisper and a zinger in the u.s we have two chicken sandwich options the chicken little because it's little and of course the kentucky fried chicken chicken sandwich the classic now let's weigh them to see how much they weigh obviously this thing has not been cleaned in a very long time all right first up the chicken crisper our chicken little in the us weighs next up the chicken zingo 240 grams for the classic chicken sandwich this thing is a work of art all right on to chicken popcorn here in india we have it in three sizes regular medium and large we're gonna weigh our large popcorn to see how much we get i actually really love chicken popcorn i have an idea we should weigh one popcorn chicken and add that back to the total my bad my bad they should serve this in movie theaters i don't want regular popcorn anymore i love that they sprinkle in a bunch of sesame seeds and it adds a nice crunch to it what sesame seeds we don't have that all right you guys are lucky that sounds really nice we only have one size that going to the website and the kfc i went to and that is this how accurate these measurements need to be really oh it's so good unfortunately here in india we do not have mashed potatoes but that would be pretty awesome we do have fries we're big fans of them and they come in two sizes medium and large and in the us we also have two sizes of fries at kfc the individual for an individual and the large also for an individual let us now measure the large to see how much you get 140 grams [Laughter] that's never not funny that's the third time that's happened and it's always funny look at that block of fries our largest fry is more than double their largest fry here's our individual 150 our smallest is bigger than their largest in kfc india we can get our chicken in six portion sizes number one the single piece two piece they like to give you one breast piece and one leg piece kind four piece leg piece to top it all off the leg piece on top as they say like cherry on top no okay now we move on to buckets we have four sizes the first one is a five piece bucket that comes with only leg pieces and also does not come in a bucket for some reason why kfc i want a bucket next up we have a six piece bucket an eight piece bucket and the largest one of them all a ten piece leg bucket that's a lot of chicken in the u.s our kfc chicken comes in seven portion sizes one which you can get a la carte two-piece with a combo three-piece with a combo four-piece with a combo then buckets that work okay we have an eight piece guide pieces the 12th piece [Music] and our largest bucket the 16 piece ready julie you get the idea next up you're gonna need a drink to wash all that chicken down here in india we don't serve cups we just serve cans we have pepsi seven up mirinda which is an orange soda red bull and a pepsi pet bottle however these will vary from store to store in some places they might not serve plastic and in some places you might not get these drinks you might get something else they also serve something called a virgin mojito crusher which they don't deliver unfortunately but here's an image of it refreshing american drinks come in these following sizes the regular which is 20 ounces and the large which is 30 ounces and hey you don't have there if you want you can also get half a gallon bag of your favorite drink of choice look at this thing it's convenient here is everything you'll find on the menu at kfc india that you won't get in the u.s here's everything you can find at a kfc in the u.s you won't find in india take a look india take a good look okay let's start with chicken in india apart from the crispy chicken we also get smoky red chicken wow i believe this is kfc's answer to tandoori chicken if you guys don't know what a tandoor is it's basically a cylindrical oven that they light up using wood fire or charcoal and it adds a really smoky flavor to the meats or breads that you cook inside of it i doubt kfc's across the country have an actual tandoor but flavoring definitely smells like that the marinade looks like that oh my god that's actually pretty good you know what kfc pretty good job you have to remember kfc is competing with a lot of mughlai restaurants across every indian city and while this doesn't have as much of that smoky char that a lot of tandoori kebabs have it has a lot of flavor and the chicken is quite juicy good job it's super spicy though so if you're somebody who can't handle spice go a little easier on this one when an indian says something spicy it's spicy i believe you man i believe you that looks incredible we unfortunately don't really have anything too spicy on the menu for the like chicken and the bone options really the only thing that we have here that apparently you guys don't have is something that is like what i associate kentucky fried chicken with is extra crispy i don't know exactly what makes it extra crispy but it is as you can imagine crispier than the regular chicken extra crispy to me is far superior to the regular way liquid chicken i think it should be the other way around like this should be the regular and the other one should be like half crispy you know what i mean this is all this is way better all right let's move on to chicken sandwiches here in india we don't have an american chicken sandwich but we have a zinger and a smaller sandwich called a crisper cute the crisper looks like it wants to grow up and be a zinger someday they also come in two variants a spicy crisper and a tandoori zinger let's taste all of them oh it's pretty yum they've used a different kind of mayonnaise here it has a bit of sweetness to it and a spicy kick at the end and now for the legendary zinger um back in the day there were only two fast food chains here in india it was mcdonald's and kfc and while mcdonald's had more affordable burger options the kfc zinger was so delicious it was always a treat to eat and it still is i love that they use a whole boneless piece of proper chicken in there delicious mayo it's so delicious okay now let's try the spicy variance this is the spicy crisper look at this sauce it's almost blood red i'm excited oh my god the sauce almost has a schezwan taste to it next up the zinger but tandoori i love the fullness of the chicken that comes in these burgers versus you know like a minced chicken patty in other restaurants there's so much bite to it so juicy tender that all sounds amazing steph you're going too fast i have to say those sandwiches look delicious and i am jealous one sandwich you can get here in the u.s can't get in india is this little guy the chicken little looks to be like a chicken tender in between these tiny little buns pickles goodbye [Music] i could really get like five of those slightly different from what you have in in india so i'm going to use it as an excuse to show it off yet again our crispy chicken sandwich this thing the original the bad boy also with pickles hang on get off of my sandwich but it has this really creamy mayo sauce on it the bun i love this yeah other chicken stuff we got here you ain't got i'm already getting loopy start over here nashville hot tender chicken here this i think is the spiciest thing you're getting at the kfc menu and it'll be straight up like i've had these before these are pretty good they're really crispy julie you want to hear that crisp again not sure if it's made it over to india yet it is called a chicken pot pie that's a pie but instead of there being you know fruit or any of the sweet stuff you like they fill a pie with chicken and what do you think else is in your corn gravy peas maybe i have no idea i'm not gonna rip this thing open this thing has got some weight to it this is a meal right here this is not a side i don't know where it is on the menu but this right here the kfc famous bowl and it is famous let me tell you nikhil if you're wondering what this is someone at kfc was like how can we put everything into one bowl and this thing was born it is mashed potatoes corn uh the popcorn chicken cheese and gravy on a convenient bowl for you to eat while you're driving it generally does nothing for the flavor is exactly what i would think this would taste like it's just a bunch of this stuff in one bowl yes in india you can get wings of the kfc but our kfc in the u.s you can get your wings sauced and we have three different sauces honey barbecue buffalo nashville hot honey barbecue thumbs down this buffalo's a lot more orange than i recall buffalo bearing i cannot quite place my finger on why suddenly my stomach is killing it do you see inside there okay on to the next one bring on that food poisoning baby um yeah all these are bad all right moving away from chicken india's kfc actually has vegetarian alternatives for all our burgers there is a vegetarian crisper a vegetarian spicy crisper and a vegetarian zinger now while india has a majority population of non-vegetarians around 70 there is a huge vegetarian population which is why a lot of fast food restaurants have to make sure they have a lot of vegetarian options on their menu to make it more approachable and acceptable for all people over here there's also levels to vegetarianism over here there are i will eat egg but not chicken vegetarians there are i will eat fish but not lamb vegetarians there are i will eat the curry but not the peas is vegetarians there are i am vegetarian only on tuesdays vegetarians there are i have made a promise to god for this one month vegetarians there are i am vegetarian so you will all be vegetarian vegetarians they're the weird ones and we try not to talk about them which is why kfc in india brands itself as just kfc there's no kentucky fried chicken anywhere here because obviously i'm not going to go to a place that's named that if i'm one of these many types of vegetarians one iconic dish that you'll find on the kfc india menu is biryani and so kfc india has taken a very bold decision to launch their own biryanis if you don't know what biryani is you are living under a gigantic boulder my friend hey guess i live under boulder because i unfortunately am not familiar with biryani but i would love to know more about it hello i am christelle pereira and i am a cook and a baker and you may know me as a fine artist from the great british bake off this is biryani now biryani is a typical rice dish you find in south asia and the way you make it is in layers my dad is a biryani master at home and the way he makes it is with cooked rice cooked potatoes some fried onions and a curry we like to go for a mutton biryani but you can get chicken or fish and in this case vegetarian biryani we absolutely love it and we always eat it as a family unit with a lovely pot of cooling writer on the side which is a lovely cooling yogurt dish which goes really well with spicy biryani and it's basically our equivalent of a sunday roast because you have it in a big pot and you all take scoops and i actually don't think i've ever eaten biryani by myself for one person now we have to talk about this kfc biryani because for me biryani it's a home dish you make it in a home kitchen it's cooked by a family member and it's cooked with love my first impression at kfc biryani those two words just just don't go together for me just to give you guys context of what it's like to be indian and eat a biryani at kfc it's like being italian and eating a pasta at domino's got it thank you continue they come in four flavors number one classic chicken nice and crispy number two popcorn chicken number three the spicy red chicken that i really enjoyed and number four the veg patty which it's so tempting to just push that to the side because veg biryani is already just a concept that we not a fan of over here but just for just for now you can you can stay here okay i'm gonna begin with the popcorn chicken biryani which is just so blasphemous to begin with it's not a biryani it's i'm so upset right no this one the spicy red chicken has a bit of that tandoori vibe to it they really try to over compensate with the spices there's a lot of clove flavor just to convince you you're eating a biryani so go easy on that curry i could eat this like if i was hungry not a biryani though that biryani looks real depressing i am sorry but we do have these exclusive side dishes which are mashed potatoes i can't believe you guys don't have mashed potatoes it feels like this is like flagship stuff here macaroni and cheese biscuits again no biscuits coleslaw this giant dish of just gravy and of course sweet corn new country new sauces y'all know what that means sauce talk first one i mean the kfc sauce why this isn't at every kfc internationally i have no idea gonna load that sauce right there and it's like ketchup and mayo that's really good uh honey barbecue i know that tastes like honey mustard that's not your thing honey and of course you got classic ranch not much of a ranch aficionado but those are just okay and oh i forgot about the hot sauce julie 6 40 p.m india does not have too many exclusive dips in fact we just have a veg eggless mayonnaise and a tandoori masala mayonnaise it's time to taste i'm using the same hand because here in india we don't eat with our left hand if you're wondering why commenters you let them know why don't indians ate with their left hand [Music] well it's just mayonnaise so good job on that mayonnaise again with a little bit of a sweet but also spicy kick to it i wish we had more options especially considering there are so many different delicious chicken options i'd love to be able to dip my tenders in more sauces that is a weird sentence for those of you with a sweet tooth we have two exclusive dessert options chocolate chip cookie and this chocolate chip cake what does this look here in india we have two exclusive desserts a choco mud pie and a coffee mousse cake ooh boy just look at this cross section my friend next up coffee moose cake yeah um these are pretty average as desserts drinks drinks drinks maybe my favorite part of the exclusive section exclusive drinks again in the u.s you cannot get in india mountain dew i'm back baby and if you're mountain dew fan such as me you know kfc has got the exclusive mountain dew sweet lightning so mountain dew sweet lightning is like peach mountain dew it's really good it's really good i think this is a lemonade the u.s style lemonade not like that weird uk sprite lemonade not so good from there you can also get serum mist and of course sweet tea whoa that's like really sweet oh that's really good exclusive drinks in kfc india we have mirinda which is an orange soda and red bull let's talk about miranda this is a drink that really evokes nostalgia 90s kids really know what i'm talking about when i say mirinda which country is getting the better deal on its kfc let's compare a few menu items to find out both countries offer eight piece chicken bucket here in la one of these goes for 19.99 if you order an eight-piece chicken bucket here at kfc india it will cost you 699.05 rupees very specific which is currently 9.15 us dollars that makes the american 8-piece bucket 118 more expensive than the one in india does making your meal a combo help the us price out at all take this chicken sandwich combo with fries and a drink it will set you back in america 9.99 the indian equivalent is a zinger meal where you can get a chicken sandwich some medium fries and a drink for 319.05 rupees or 4.18 us dollars in fact the price difference is so great you can get something called the ultimate savings bucket for just 599 rupees or 7.88 and this contains four pieces of hot and crispy chicken six heart wings four boneless strips three drinks and three dips yeesh in fact you can throw in a choco mud pie's dessert and still get all of this for much cheaper than the american combo meal but is it really that cheap here in india no because two thirds of india are still under the poverty line and for them this meal is still very aspirational they earn less than two dollars a day sorry to be a downer but this is still a meal that is only available to the really privileged here in india unfortunately kfc does not share a full list of ingredients with the public it's actually the same in the us all kfc shares with the public is a list of allergens so what do we know about kfc well the kfc india website has a couple of clues we know that all of our chicken is farmed here and not imported and all of it is 100 whole mussel chicken that means it's made from whole pieces of chicken and not cut together minced chicken like you find in chicken nuggets in fact the website says they have an open kitchen policy and what that means is anybody can walk into a kfc and apparently ask for a kitchen tour and you can go into the kitchen look at everything and ask as many questions as you want i've never heard that in my entire life an open kitchen pot i've worked in several kitchens and i'll tell you straight up i was in a kitchen working and some dude walks in is like hey gotta tour the kitchen i'd be like yeah here's your tour there's the exits definitely can't do that in the united states don't go into kfc chicken and demand a tour the kfc us website also gives us some hints about the ingredients it uses over here for instance all of our chicken is raised on u.s farms to the usda and fda's standards so that means there are no added hormones or steroids in american kfc chicken in addition to this as of 2019 yum brands the parent company of kfc stopped purchasing chicken raised using antibiotics indian chicken farmers were previously criticized for overusing antibiotics as recently as 2018 the bureau of investigative journalism found out that a lot of indian farmers were feeding coal steen to their chickens as a growth promoter without any medical supervision kolestine is known as the antibiotic of the last resort holy oh my god they're so frightening and it's only given to humans when other antibiotics have failed so if we give our chickens coalestin then the humans who consume it might become resistant to it in fact they can develop a antibiotic resistance superbug and that's not good julie this sounds like the plot to a horror movie what is he talking about that is terrifying i'm gonna assume we don't do that here and if we do oh god but when a report came out talking about the ill effects of coalition india ended up banning it completely so we're safe from coaliston at last we should also point out that the kfc india website is in major need of an update there is an faq page where people have asked things like how many calories does this chicken have or sometimes i see red deposits in my chicken what is it and for almost all of these questions the answers are just filler text so if you ask me what those red deposits are i genuinely don't know that's interesting let's take a look at this website right now is kfc providing healthcare to the employees kfc responds standard dummy techs ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a gallery of type and scrambled it to make type specimen book what is kfc doing for the safety of their staff lauren ipsum is a simple dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry yeah they gotta update their site that's pretty funny

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Length: 24min 1sec (1441 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 03 2022