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KFC 8 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard

$20.99 920-2400 cal

Choose between Variety Bucket (2 drums, 2 thighs, 2 breasts and 2 wings) or our all-dark meat Drum & Thigh Bucket (4 drums and 4 thighs).

Checked across 21 restaurants, $17.99 and $25.99.

4.2 · 11 ratings

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8 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard Complete Information

The KFC 8 pc. Chicken Bucket costs $20.99 and carries 920-2400 cal across the whole bucket, which is a wide band per piece, because a wing and a breast are nothing alike as portions. Eight pieces is two birds' worth of the popular cuts, and it is the smallest bucket KFC sells. Chicken only: no sides, no drinks, no biscuits. What you get is the mix, which is usually two breasts, two thighs, two drums and two wings.

Bought as separate pieces that same mix would cost noticeably more than $20.99, which is the entire argument for a bucket. It feeds three or four people as a main with sides bought separately, or two people twice. For a larger table the 12 pc. Chicken Bucket works out cheaper per piece again, and the Family Meals menu bundles chicken with sides if you would rather not assemble the meal yourself. Work the per-person cost in the meal planner.

Pairs Well Together

Mac & Cheese is carried by 21 of the restaurants we sampled, which makes it the safest thing to add.

$20.99 8 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard $2.99 Mac & Cheese

Combo Total

$23.98 1,060 cal

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KFC 8 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard Recipe

A bucket at home is a whole bird broken down and fried in batches. The technique is the same as for a single piece; what changes is managing oil temperature across four or five batches, which is where most home attempts fall apart.

Prep35 min
Cook45 min
Total80 min
DifficultyHard
Servings
4

Ingredients

Chicken

Brine

The seasoned flour

To fry

Method

0 of 6 steps

Tips

  • White pepper carries the Original Recipe flavour more than any other single spice in the blend. Black pepper is not a substitute; it tastes of something else entirely.
  • Rub 3 tbsp of the brine through the dry flour before you coat anything. The lumps it makes are what give the crust its craggy surface.
  • Use a thermometer in the oil and one in the chicken. Colour tells you nothing useful about how done bone-in chicken is.
  • Let the oil recover between batches. Chicken dropped into cool oil absorbs it instead of sealing, and that is the greasy bucket everyone has had once.

Variations

  • All dark meat, which is the Bucket Dark version and easier to cook evenly.
  • Double the cayenne through the flour for a hot bucket.
  • Half Original Recipe coating and half Extra Crispy, which is how many families order it anyway.

Serve it with

  • Mashed potato, gravy, slaw and biscuits, which is the full build.
  • Cold the next day, which is what a bucket is really for.
  • A home bucket costs well under $20.99 in ingredients, though not in time.

A home version of 8 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard. It is our own recipe, not KFC's, and the Original Recipe blend stays a trade secret.

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8 pc. Chicken Meal

Choose between Variety Bucket (2 drums, 2 thighs, 2 breasts and 2 wings) or our all-dark meat Drum & Thigh Bucket (4 drums and 4 thighs). Includes 2 large sides and 4 biscuits.

  • 2300-4800 cal

4.3 · 10 ratings

Put 8 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard in a Full Order

Add sides and a drink, then see what the whole tray costs and what it carries.

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8 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard Questions

$20.99 for chicken only. Sides and drinks are separate; the Family Meals menu has the versions that bundle them.

Three or four as a main course with sides, or two people across two meals. Two pieces per adult is the usual planning figure.

Standard is two breasts, two thighs, two drums and two wings, though the exact mix varies by restaurant and by what is cooked. Ask if you want it weighted toward one cut, though you may be quoted the 8 pc. Chicken Bucket Dark instead.

Yes, and by a clear margin. Eight a la carte pieces at $3.89 to $2.59 each add up well past $20.99.

920-2400 cal for the whole bucket. Split eight ways that is a wide range, because a wing and a breast are not remotely the same portion.

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