“Each batch of wings is individually inspected by our highly trained cooks, to make sure it is only the best.” The individual pieces are then hand breaded and rolled into KFC’s secret combination of 11 herbs and spices recipe ensuring a crisp golden finish and distinctive taste. “We receive deliveries three times a week and the chicken is quality and safety checked 34 times before it even leaves the farm to be delivered,” says Suhayl Limbada, Marketing Director at KFC. KFC chickens are freshly sourced from reputable local suppliers who meet the brand’s stringent global brand standards. That’s a lot of time to perfect the local favorite. But for South Africans, they have been enjoying the wing permanently since 2007. Wings were originally first introduced to the KFC menu internationally in 1990, but actually only became a permanent item on the KFC menu in the US in 2019. And, when paired with a side, South Africans love their coleslaw and mash and gravy – but chips take top spot. What’s more, not only is the poultry industry the biggest agricultural industry in South Africa, but it represents more than 60% of the total meat consumption in the country and the demand for chicken is expected to rise to 1.93 million tonnes in 2020.īesides selling enough to pave a road from Cape Town to London, winter also signals the ‘comfort food’ binge and wings are right up there with the best of them – seeing an increase in wing consumption, compared to the other seasons. South African ranks* number 10 in the top 10 poultry meat consumers (kg/per capita) in the world. The 29th July 2020 marks International Chicken Wing Day – and what a day to celebrate chicken and specifically the #iphiko. The release continues on to describe the bone-in wings as “crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside and fried to perfection using KFC’s proprietary process, eliminating wait times that may make you late for kickoff.” That point is key for the launch of Kentucky Fried Wings, according to KFC’s chief marketing officer in the U.S., Andrea Zahumensky.July 28, 2020, Cape Town, South Africa- South Africans love their chicken, and the wing is a firm favorite whether fried, zinger or dunked! In fact, they love them so much that KFC South Africa sells over 13 147km worth of chicken wings - enough to pave a road from Cape Town to London! That’s a lot of chicken wings. They promise to be “all so finger lickin’ good, you won’t even need a Wet-Nap.” (That’s kind of gross, though enjoy your wings and then probably still use a Wet-Nap.) You don’t even have to be that into football to suddenly feel more enthusiastic about couch potato-ing it next Sunday.Īccording to a press release from KFC, Kentucky Fried Wings come in “classic,” or sans sauce, as well as in sauced varieties including Nashville Hot, Buffalo, and Honey BBQ. As if that weren’t enough, the chain has announced that these wings will be available for delivery. That changes today, though, sports fans (and chicken fans). When you take a moment to ponder the state of fried chicken, as I do right after my morning meditation each day, it does seem strange that the country’s most well-known chicken chain doesn’t offer the country’s most well-known chicken-centric game day snack.
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