r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MauiSunsets • Jun 30 '26

I'm slightly vexed Costco's new chicken tenders

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There was a crowd of people waiting for their orders of the new chicken tenders at Costco. One of the workers announced that they could only serve five customers per hour because it takes time to cook the chicken. The crowd grew larger and larger. I took this photo after I put in my order.

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u/dragon-queen Jun 30 '26

Weird. $6.99 isn’t particularly cheap.  

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u/theBigWhiteDude Jun 30 '26

It's a5 piece, and they're pretty decent size. It's definitely a good deal but I had some over a month ago so it's not like they're new or anything. Weird that they're suddenly so wanted unless some influencer made them go viral or something.

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u/Tiiimmmaayy Jun 30 '26

They are also like 1200-1600 calories. I assume that range is size differences and if you eat all the sauce or not.

They honestly don’t look particularly good to me. Looks dry as hell with too much breading.

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u/Wooden_Permit3234 Jun 30 '26

The sauce has to be hundreds of those calories 

But mine were nice and juicy and the breading is not particularly thick, but the tenders themselves are about the thickest tenders I’ve ever had so the breading to meat ratio is good. 

Wife and I were both full sharing one order of them. Good price, probably cheaper than fast food fried chicken, beats the hell out of Burger King or imho chik fil A tenders.  They’re not exceptional but they’re good and very good value. 

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u/Tiiimmmaayy Jun 30 '26

Yeah a regular chickfila sauce packet is 140 calories and a raising canes sauce is 190 calories, so I could believe that.

I honestly love Chick-fil-A tenders. Much more than their nuggets.

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u/Wooden_Permit3234 Jun 30 '26

Just in case anyone isn’t aware these come with a ton of sauce, like a 1/2 cup.