Hot Rods

What is it?

Spicy chicken strips use lean breast meat cut thinner than Original Tenders, then coated in a chilli-seasoned crumb and fried until crisp. Smaller sizing changes the balance too, with more seasoned crust in each bite and less plain chicken in the centre. They sit between Original Tenders and Wicked Wings in KFC Australia's lineup, both for heat and format. Built for snacking or dipping, they're sold as strips rather than bone-in pieces, and the spice lands in the coating rather than a sauce. If you're after a middle ground between the mild tenders and the fiercer Wicked Wings, these occupy that gap with a crunchier, more heavily seasoned shell.