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KFC A La Carte Breast

$3.89 210-530 cal 39g protein

A la carte fried chicken breast in your choice of Original Recipe or Extra Crispy.

Checked across 21 restaurants, $3.29 and $4.49.

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Nutritional Facts

Per serving · Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Total 390 kcal
  • Protein 39g 78%
  • Carbs 11g 4%
  • Fat 21g 27%
Nutrient Amount % DV
Calories 390kcal 20%
Total Fat 21g 27%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 120mg 40%
Sodium 1190mg 52%
Total Carbohydrate 11g 4%
Dietary Fiber 2g 7%
Protein 39g 78%

Figures are KFC's own published nutrition data, for a 172g serving, and can vary by restaurant or customisation. Percent Daily Values use a 2,000 calorie diet. Compare this against the rest of the menu with the nutrition calculator.

A La Carte Breast Complete Information

The KFC A La Carte Breast costs $3.89 and carries 210-530 cal, with 39g of protein, the most of any single item on the KFC menu. It is the largest piece on the bird and the one people order when they want food rather than a snack. The trade against the A La Carte Thigh is straightforward: more meat, less fat, and a piece that punishes overcooking in a way dark meat does not.

On protein per dollar nothing else on the Fried Chicken menu comes close, which makes it the quiet answer for anyone tracking that number. Sodium runs to 1,190mg, most of it in the coating. It is also the piece most likely to be freshly cooked rather than held, because breasts move slower than wings and drums, so a restaurant is more often making them to order. Run it against the rest of the menu in the nutrition calculator.

Allergen Information

This item may contain the following allergens

  • Gluten
  • Milk
  • Eggs
  • Wheat
  • MSG

Not stated by KFC: Meat, Animal Products, Corn, Seeds, Sulfites, Nitrates, Yeast, Alcohol, Artificial Coloring, Onion, Garlic, Crustacean Shellfish, Molluscan Shellfish, Celery, Mustard, Lupin. KFC records no status for these, so treat them as unknown rather than absent.

Allergen information is based on standard recipes. Cross contamination is possible in restaurant kitchens, so tell staff about any allergy when ordering.

Pairs Well Together

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

$3.89 A La Carte Breast $2.99 Pepsi

Combo Total

$6.88 640 cal

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KFC A La Carte Breast Recipe

Breast is the hardest piece to fry well and the one worth learning on last. It is thick, it is lean, and the window between cooked and dry is narrow. A long brine and a lower oil temperature are the two things that widen it.

Prep25 min
Cook20 min
Total45 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.
  • Breast is the one cut where the thermometer is not optional. There is no visual cue that distinguishes 165F from 180F, and the difference on the plate is enormous.

Variations

  • Use boneless breast and cut the fry to 8 minutes for a sandwich filet.
  • Pressure fry if you have the equipment, which is what makes Original Recipe what it is.
  • Brine with the pickle juice doubled for a sharper, tangier result.

Serve it with

  • One per person is a full meal, unlike any other piece.
  • Mashed potato and gravy, which is what it is designed around.
  • Four breasts at home cost less than four at $3.89 each and cook better.

A home version of A La Carte Breast. It is our own recipe, not KFC's, and the Original Recipe blend stays a trade secret.

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A La Carte Breast Questions

$3.89 a la carte, which makes it the most expensive single piece and the largest.

39g, the highest of any single item KFC sells. It carries 210-530 cal and 1,190mg of sodium.

This one, at 39g. The A La Carte Thigh is next at 19g, then the A La Carte Drum at 12g and the A La Carte Wing at 10g. The breast carries more than the other three combined.

It can be, and that is the honest weakness of the cut. Breast meat has the least fat on the bird, so it goes from done to dry faster than a thigh does. Original Recipe rather than Extra Crispy usually helps, because the pressure fry is shorter.

On protein, comfortably. A breast gives you 39g at $3.89; the Classic Chicken Sandwich gives you 34g for more money. On convenience the sandwich wins, because a breast needs hands and a napkin.

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