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Spicy McCrispy

  • 530 kcal

The McCrispy with a spicy pepper sauce, and the version most people end up preferring. The sauce is creamier than it is fiery, so it fixes the plain sandwich’s dryness while adding just enough heat to notice. Hot by burger-chain standards, mild by hot-chicken standards. If you can handle more, the regional McSpicy in Asia is the real thing.

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The story

It arrived in February 2021 alongside the plain and deluxe versions, McDonald’s late entry into the chicken sandwich war Popeyes started in 2019. Spice was the part every chain had to get right: hot enough to be taken seriously next to Nashville-style fried chicken, mild enough not to frighten off someone who came in for a Big Mac. McDonald’s answer was a pepper sauce rather than a seasoned crust, which keeps the heat on the surface and lets the same fillet serve all three sandwiches.

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There is no copycat of the Spicy McCrispy yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.

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