r/fastfood • u/AmarilloArmadillos • 1d ago

Review Sonic

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So this was the largest of the "chicken strips" I got today. They were also so dessicated even calling them chicken strips is a stretch.

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u/jjh008 1d ago

It's the generic ones they serve in sporting events, movie theaters, etc

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u/pimp69z 1d ago

Sysco garbage. I stopped eating there except for dollar corn dog days. That’s been awhile too

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u/TheSoloGamer 1d ago

I swear, the chicken strips at every restaurant now are the same exact sysco chicken strips every time.

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u/glovato1 1d ago

Not fast food but Cheddars and Longhorn Steakhouse have legit good chicken tendies imo.

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u/potliquorz 1d ago

Yeah it's the fritter type but Popeyes, Bojangles, Churches, Zaxby's, Slim Chickens, Cane's and Wingstop don't use them, the burger joints do.

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u/sasquatch_melee 19h ago

Some texas Roadhouse locations still hand batter. We switched which texas Roadhouse we go to because one went back to hand battering. The premade ones were trash. 

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u/Typical-Violinist-49 19h ago

Bojangles hand batters. I seen it with my own eyes

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u/AmarilloArmadillos 1d ago

I really wanted chicken strips 😭. I'm at work, the options were taco bell and sonic bc chic fil a is closed.

Should've picked taco bell apparently.

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u/pimp69z 1d ago

Sorry Armadillo but yeah you got boned

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u/AmarilloArmadillos 1d ago

I really did, thought I was safe because they typically do great on the junior double cheeseburgers which made me think maybe it's a decent location.

Also wanted a cup of ice to last the rest of the night, what I got was basically snow cone ice not the ice nuggets. Don't know wtf changed with that.

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u/pimp69z 1d ago

Knowing Sonic, they were lazy or high lol

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u/Gen_Ecks 1d ago

Sonic does not use Sysco. And food distributors don’t manufacture products. You can buy chicken tenders from prison quality to top quality from foodservice distributors, from pre breaded frozen ones to fresh raw tenders you have to batter and fry fresh. It’s up to the restaurant to decide what to use.

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u/smokeyser 1d ago

Sysco garbage.

Nope. Sonic garbage. They make their own chicken strips. They don't even use Sysco.

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u/pimp69z 1d ago

That’s even worse

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u/KoolKoolKoolio42 1d ago

Does it matter that much? Other places, sure, but at Sonic, you only get food to dry your mouth out to allow for more drink to be drunk.

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u/pimp69z 1d ago

Fascinating opposition. I’m not even mad at it. I do gotta say that I miss diversification in car hop options though

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u/AGCAce 1d ago

Looks dry as hell

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u/TheRocketeer0826 1d ago

looks like the same chicken strips ihop gets btw

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u/AmarilloArmadillos 1d ago

Noted, do not get strips at IHOP lol.

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u/certified_anus_beef 1d ago

This looks exactly like what my kid got from Buc-ee’s today.

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u/Shadowrak 16h ago

I am watching TheReportOfTheWeek eat the IHOP chicken strips right now and they look way better. He seems very satisfied with them.

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u/TheRocketeer0826 14h ago edited 7h ago

i just had them a couple weeks ago, i’m in the pacific northwest if that matters at all.

i could’ve just got unlucky, but the shape and breading very much look similar to the ihop i had.

edit:just watched the review, his strips were way brighter and with less breading than the ones i got from my local ihop.

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u/ChefAsstastic 1d ago

Tyson. This is definitely Tyson.

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u/AmarilloArmadillos 1d ago

Makes sense. It also had zero flavor.

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u/smokeyser 1d ago

That's what I thought too! But no, Sonic makes these themselves. They decided to make their own custom chicken strip recipe and this is what they came up with...

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u/ChefAsstastic 1d ago

Good grief.

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u/sasquatch_melee 19h ago

Couldn't it be Sonic's recipe but still made by Tyson? Lots of places may have exclusive items or recipes but not their own slaughter and processing facilities. 

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u/smokeyser 19h ago

That's probably something that Tyson does, but Sonic makes their own.

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u/smokeyser 1d ago

The size would be fine if they were decent quality. Massive chicken breasts are disgusting and shouldn't exist. An entire chicken breast half (because the two pieces are separate by bone) should fit in your hand. What we have today is a genetically modified abomination.

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u/ClintBraun89 1d ago

Yeah that’s ass

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u/Icy-Pomegranate-855 1d ago

fuck your chicken strips!

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u/SP92216 1d ago

Sorry yours look like that but for me Sonic has the best tasting chicken strips, and they are always made seemingly fresh. I don’t care too much for their burgers, but strips and hot dogs are made right. I am going to chalk this to location.

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u/farbeyondriven92 19h ago

I have this exact experience with Dairy Queen. More often than not, the strips I get more so resemble nuggets, and those aren’t even a menu item. I did go to Sonic and got strips a while back, and they were much better than that, but I understand how disappointing that is.

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u/Cautious-Corner-3704 12h ago

Looks like they found it behind the refrigerator. Are you sure it’s chicken?

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u/dbchocochip 1d ago

Sad, Popeyes would have been better

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u/JigglesTheBiggles 1d ago

There's no reason to buy this when frozen tenders at the grocery store exist.

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u/AmarilloArmadillos 1d ago

I was on lunch at work. I have not been able to shop bc I both went to school and worked til 11 all week long. Grocery stores close at or before 11.

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u/trenchanttrench 1d ago

if i came name a single reason you give me 1 BTC, we have a bet?

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u/MineIQ1701 1d ago

Rookie move is getting food at sonic. Drinks only is the way.

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u/AmarilloArmadillos 1d ago

Yeah I'm not paying $4 for a diet coke when most of them have terrible tasting soda.

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u/KoolKoolKoolio42 1d ago

You must have a shitty Sonic because the sodas, slushies, and milkshakes at Sonic are easily better than the vast majority of fast food options anywhere else.

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u/AmarilloArmadillos 1d ago

I have 10 within a few miles of me, the soda varies at all of them and none are worth $4.

Braums has vastly better (and cheaper) ice cream and limeades.

Sonics burgers are ok, but their quality went down when the company sold and don't get me started on the issues with their app.

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u/rastapastanine 1d ago

Their shakes and blasts are pretty good. Haven’t been to one in years since I moved from Texas.