"Popeyes' downfall is the ratio of batter to chicken. To start, the chicken strips are too thin and are coated with breading that is thicker than the meat. The breading is shatteringly crispy and well-seasoned, and it doesn't slide off the chicken when you bite into it. But with so little chicken inside, all we really tasted was the breading."
"We took to Reddit to see what customers have to say about Popeyes chicken tenders. While earlier threads were complementary, it seems the chicken tenders have gone majorly downhill over the last two years. A two year-old Reddit post stated, "Their chicken tenders are now the thickness of cardboard and the texture of drywall," alluding to just how thin they are and the fact that they're all breading with very little meat at all."
Popeyes chicken tenders are made from chicken breast but suffer from a high batter-to-meat ratio that leaves the strips thin and nearly all breading. The breading is shatteringly crispy and well-seasoned, but it dominates the flavor and can abrade the roof of the mouth. Bone-in chicken breasts at Popeyes remain juicy and tender, highlighting the contrast with the tenders. The tenders ranked seventh out of nine items in taste testing. Customer feedback on Reddit reports a decline over two years, with many users calling the tenders cardboard-thin and overly bready.
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