Just about every weight-loss expert advises substituting chicken for beef. Chicken has less total fat—and much less saturated fat—than regular ground beef. But when you wrap any chicken in breading and submerge it in a deep-fat fryer, it becomes a Frankenbird. Not long ago, the Federal Trade Commission took KFC to task for claiming in advertisements that two Original Recipe chicken breasts had less fat than a Whopper and were therefore healthier. Turns out they were telling us a “whopper.” What the ads didn’t mention is that the chicken breasts have three times the trans fat and cholesterol and more than twice the sodium. Oops.
You can peel the skin off fried chicken and knock down the fat by about half—but who’s likely to do that? Fortunately, there are a few other things—but only a few—on the menu that can keep calories in a reasonable range. Here are your best choices at KFC.
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