Zinger Burger
The most famous chicken burger most Americans have never tried. A spicy, peppery fried fillet with lettuce and mayo in a soft sesame bun, and nothing else to distract from it. In Britain and Australia it is a lunchtime default, the thing you order without looking at the board. The heat is real but friendly, and the crunch holds up to the last bite.
The story
KFC built the Zinger for everywhere except America. It has been the default chicken burger in Britain, Australia, India, Pakistan and much of Asia for decades, while the US menu stayed on buckets and boneless pieces. When the company finally brought it to American restaurants in 2017 it treated the launch as an event, sending a Zinger into the stratosphere on a high-altitude balloon and filming the descent. The joke only works because of how long Americans had been hearing about a sandwich they could not buy.
What’s inside
Make it at home
My copycat first, then everything I built on top of it.- My copycat
KFC Zinger Burger (Copycat)
The Zinger Burger on YouTube
Everyone who has cooked, copied or taste-tested it on camera.
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About KFC
KFC began with Harland Sanders frying chicken for travellers at a roadside service station in Corbin, Kentucky, in the 1930s. The first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened in Salt Lake City in 1952, and the Colonel spent the rest of his life as the face of a recipe built on eleven herbs and spices that the company still treats as a state secret.
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