KFC Kitchen Tours

KFC Kitchen Tours – My experience and what I feel about KFC food!

If you follow me on Instagram, you would have seen some of my KFC kitchen tours pictures last week. I am usually not a fast food person, I detest McD, I don’t like Pizza Hut and Dominos Pizza. But if there is one fast food brand that I enjoy eating now and it’s KFC. Go ahead and judge me, if you want, but the crispy chicken and chicken popcorn is somewhat comfort food for me.

 

 

So when the company contacted me sometime ago for the kitchen tour, I got curious and said why not? Let’s understand what happens behind the doors, what goes into the making of KFC kitchen? Usually we equate fast food with not so clean kitchens but the first thing that strikes you when you enter the kitchen is the fact that how clean it is. We started the tour with a demo of how they wash their arms and hands before they start working every time in the kitchen, water at 35-40C , anti bacterial soup, drying followed by a santizing. The method seemed pretty solid to me.

The second thing that strikes you is the fact that how well the segregation of  vegetarian and non-veg food has been done. Different kitchen sections with separate grills, fryers and even separate apron colors for people working with meat vs vegetarian food. Contamination is highly unlikely. Oh and BTW, I love their potato crisper burger, I know the burger purist in me which not call that a burger but heck it’s yummy.

 

 

We also saw the process of breading the famous crispy chicken at KFC, and it was like we all were suddenly transported to a candy shop. The process was totally unexpected and fun. They take the marinated chicken and throw it into a huge bowl of seasoned dry flour crumb mixture. The person does a fold kind of action of 7 times and then picks out the chicken with the help of a sieve and washes it. Yes you read it right it, wash off the flour and then repeat the process of dipping it in flour all over again. This is what leads to the flakiness of the crispy chicken. Makes sense when you think of it, I am gonna surely try this at home soon.

And while we are at chicken, they showed us how the chicken is stored and processed. Stored between 1-4C, marinated and vacuum sealed with strict timestamps, the process gave me comfort and confidence.

 

 

KFC kitchen tours had me smiling and more confindent to walk into KFC with my son than before and they are open to general public. So next time you are at KFC, talk to the manager and ask for a kitchen tour. You will be suitably impressed, I assure you.

Disclaimer : This post has been brought to you in association with KFC but the views and opinions are honest and mine.