The culinary world go through regular cycles/second where they find a new spicy nutrient or topping and becomedeeplyobsessed . A few age ago it was Sriracha sauce , more lately it was chile crisp , and now we have a unexampled heir : hot beloved sauce . As the name suggests , it ’s a spice - infused honey , give lulu that combo clout of spicy and scented , and it has become a go - to improver for everything from porc chop shot to ice emollient . Of naturally , our friends at Wendy ’s ® could n’t allow a culinary breakthrough go to wastefulness , particularly not one that pairs so well with , say , a crispy chicken sandwich .
Enter theHot Honey Chicken Sandwich from Wendy ’s , with as many possible configurations as its OG chicken sandwich — you may get it as Spicy Chicken , Classic Chicken , or Grilled Chicken . Whichever way your poulet compass spins , all versions come with melted pepper jack cheese , its classic Applewood smoked 1st Baron Verulam , spicy honey sauce ( of course ) and , get this , crunchy dill chip . Yes , fried , crunchy , delicious chips . Wendy ’s has also unveiled a breakfast adaptation , the Hot Honey Chicken Biscuit , a pared - down edition served on a downy biscuit , so you may get your spicy honey muddle all sidereal day long .
Since these new menu items areavailable now , I was able-bodied to beak one up for luncheon this hebdomad . No alien to theWendy’schicken sandwich experience , I have mellow standards for any raw menu item . But , in short , they nailed it . I went with the classic version to cut down on taste - test variables , and the basic principle are still stiff : the wimp is freshly cooked and racy , the Sir Francis Bacon is smoky and rich , and the bun is fluffy . The crunchy dill chips are a innovative twisting on the “ add chip to your sandwich ” move , combining the best flavors of both crispy cucumber vine and dill pickle flavouring . The hot honey sauce itself is dial in , not too sweet-scented to make the sandwich cloying , not too risque to overcome . The troupe reportedly spenttwo yearsgetting their habanero - infused honey normal just right , and it show .
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There ’s one final piece of salutary news program : the Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich is n’t just a limited time offering . It ’s officially on the Wendy ’s roster , so you have metre to try out out all the various constellation of spicy - sweet chicken goodness and find your favorite . That ’s not to say you should wait to try it , though — to borrow a rom - com quote : “ When you actualise you want to spend the residue of your life with [ a Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich ] , you want the rest of your life sentence to start as presently as possible . ”
- At participating U.S. Wendy ’s . Hot Honey Chicken Biscuit is only available during breakfast hour .
