Taco Bell to add chicken nuggets to menu for a limited time
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Taco Bell will soon be adding an item to its menu that may surprise some customers.
The fast-food chain, known for its Mexican-inspired cuisine, will begin offering crispy chicken nuggets at Taco Bell restaurants nationwide on Thursday.They will remain on the menu “for a limited time and while supplies last,” it said Yum! Owned by brands the company.
Taco Bell said it will make the new item with a “delicious jalapeño buttermilk-flavored” marinade and toss them with a “mix of paxis and crunchy tortilla chips.”
Taco Bell Nuggets will launch for a limited time on December 19th (Taco Bell)
Three dipping sauces—Hidden Valley Fire Ranch Sauce, Bell Sauce and Jalapeño Honey Mustard—will debut at the same time as the chicken nuggets.
The limited-time introduction of the nuggets to U.S. menus comes after Taco Bell conducted market tests in Minneapolis last year and Houston earlier this year 8565 restaurants are located in the United States
Sign Taco Bell fast food brand on May 18, 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Taco Bell is an American fast food restaurant chain founded in 1962 by Glenn Bell. (Mike Kemp/Images via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Customers will be able to purchase nuggets a la cart as well as part of combo and deluxe meals. the chain said.
Five individual crispy chicken nuggets will cost $3.99 and come with a dipping sauce.For $6.99, customers can get 10 nuggets and two sauces.
The combo will include either five or 10 grains paired with regular nacho fries, nacho cheese sauce and a large fountain drink.It will be priced at $5.99 or $8.99, depending on the size.
Taco Bell’s Crispy Chicken Nuggets Combo (Taco Bell)
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Meanwhile, Taco Bell will also offer a $10.49 Crispy Chicken Deluxe Meal that includes five nuggets, sauce, a crispy taco, beef chalupa, regular nacho fries and a medium fountain drink, the chain said.
Taco Bell’s Crispy Chicken Nuggets Deluxe Meal (Taco Bell)
“As the inventors of Nacho Fries, Taco Bell fully recognizes that reinventing the American classic with a Taco Bell twist is a responsibility we do not take lightly,” said Taco Bell Chief Marketing Officer Taylor Montgomery In a world dominated by chicken cravings, it was time to show the world how Taco Bell does chicken nuggets in an unexpected and undeniably bold.”
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Nuggets will compete with similar items on offer other fast food giants like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, Wendy’s and Burger King.
Chicken has become an increasingly popular category in fast food restaurants. In late October, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczynski described it as “a massive category in the world, twice the size of beef and growing much faster.”
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