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KFC A La Carte Wing

$2.59 70-170 cal 10g protein

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

Checked across 21 restaurants, $1.94 and $3.49.

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Nutritional Facts

Per serving · Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Total 130 kcal
  • Protein 10g 20%
  • Carbs 3g 1%
  • Fat 8g 10%
Nutrient Amount % DV
Calories 130kcal 7%
Total Fat 8g 10%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 55mg 18%
Sodium 380mg 17%
Total Carbohydrate 3g 1%
Protein 10g 20%

Figures are KFC's own published nutrition data, for a 43g 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 Wing Complete Information

The KFC A La Carte Wing costs $2.59 and carries 70-170 cal, which makes it the cheapest piece of real chicken on the Fried Chicken menu and the cheapest item on the whole menu that is not a sauce. A wing is two joints of dark meat with a high ratio of skin to flesh, which is the point of ordering one: the crust is most of the eating, and the crust is where the eleven herbs and spices live.

At 10g of protein and 380mg of sodium it is the lightest thing in the category by a distance, and three of them still cost less than any sandwich. Wings are the piece regular customers order when they want seasoning rather than substance, and they are the piece most likely to be sold out late in the evening because each bird only carries two. For meat rather than crust, the A La Carte Breast is the opposite trade at $3.89.

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.

$2.59 A La Carte Wing $2.99 Pepsi

Combo Total

$5.58 380 cal

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KFC A La Carte Wing Recipe

Wings are the forgiving cut. Small, fatty, and hard to dry out, which makes them the right place to practise the Original Recipe coating before committing a whole bird to it. At $2.59 each in a restaurant you are cooking for the technique rather than the saving.

Prep20 min
Cook12 min
Total32 min
DifficultyEasy
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.

Variations

  • Toss them in Nashville hot paste made with the frying oil for a hot wing.
  • Halve the flour quantity and coat once for a thinner, Original Recipe style crust.
  • Bake at 425F on a rack for 35 minutes instead. Less crisp, much less oil.

Serve it with

  • Three or four per person as a starter, six as a meal.
  • Ranch or a vinegar hot sauce for dipping.
  • A dozen home wings cost a fraction of a dozen at $2.59 each.

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

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A La Carte Wing Questions

$2.59 for a single a la carte wing, which is the cheapest piece of chicken KFC sells. The A La Carte Drum and A La Carte Thigh both cost more.

70-170 cal, depending on the recipe. It carries 10g of protein and 380mg of sodium, the lowest figures of any piece on the menu.

Arithmetic. Every chicken has two wings and two breasts but the wings are ordered far more often relative to supply. Late evening is when a restaurant is most likely to be out.

No, and it is not meant to be. Wings are ordered in threes and fours, or as the cheap addition to something else. Three of them still come in under the price of a KFC Snacker.

Extra Crispy, if you are ordering a wing for the crust, which is the usual reason. The heavier coating has more surface to hold onto a small piece.

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