If there was a Chicken Wars hall of fame, this battle between Chick-fil-A and the Habit would be inducted today.
All the nuggets in the competition before this seem gross by comparison. It almost seems like every battle after this will be a formality, because the winner of this battle will need to royally screw up to not make the finals. This might as well have been a championship battle because,holy smokes, did both competitors bring the heat, literally and figuratively.
With that being said, let’s see how it went down.
Right off the bat, the Habit’s breading was the epitome of crispness. Someone like the late Biggie Smalls might have remarked that he likes his chicken nugget breading like he likes his money: thick. And I couldn’t agree more with the fake version of him that I made up in my head. 10 points for the Habit.
The Chick-fil-A breading was much thinner but was still unexpectedly crispy for how thin the breading was. I can’t think of a rapper that would like thin money, but I still liked the crunch so that was 8 points for Chick-fil-A.
The aforementioned thick breading from the Habit seemed to seal in maximum chicken juiciness in the Habit’s nuggets. That breading was like a jailhouse and the juice might as well be R. Kelly because that juice was locked up! The Habit earned a 9 for juiciness.
Although the breading on the Chick-fil-A nuggets wasn’t maximum security, the Chick-fil-A nuggets were still about as juicy as nuggets could be. The thinness of breading made the nuggets taste even more juicy because the ratio of crunch to juice was much more sewed on the juice side. So more like Bobby Shmurda, the juice served its time. Chick-fil-A earned a 9.
The Habit also excelled in the tenderness category. These nuggets were like my confidence — they fell apart at the slightest amount of resistance — and the Habit earned a 9 in the tenderness category.
The Chick-fil-A nuggets were even more fragile than my ego. I’m talking melt-in-your-mouth tender. The thin breading helped these nuggets out again because the nuggets fell apart even easier without any hard shell. I would recommend these to anyone with bad teeth and anyone with good teeth too. Chick-fil-A earned a 10 for tenderness.
Both nuggets performed amazingly in the flavor category. They were two halves of the same coin. The Habit’s nuggets relied more on seasoning and were delicious and the Chick-fil-A nuggets relied more on the flavor and juiciness of the chicken, but both were equally flavorful. Both also tasted fresh and authentic. There were no hits of anything artificial in these nuggets, and they both earned a 9 for flavor and keeping it real like the Lost Boyz.
In the sauce category, the Habit absolutely killed it again. The nuggets came with ketchup, ranch and barbecue sauce, and all three were way above the standard in fast food dipping sauces. The ranch was particularly fresh and delicious, which earned the Habit a 9 in the sauce category.
The interesting thing about Chick-fil-A was that they didn’t have to go this hard in the sauce category. They could have given me one packet of Chick-fil-A sauce and earned a 9 or 10 but no. They gave me 1, of every single sauce they had! Unprovoked! The absolute mad men in the kitchen gave me 9, different sauces. They even gave me a packet of salad dressing. And on top of that all the sauces were good, especially of course the signature Chick-Fil-A sauce. If that doesn’t earn a 10, nothing should.
Both the nuggets were similarly priced and in similar quantities, but I still can’t believe the angelic workers at Chick-fil-A gave me every sauce without me even requesting one so they get an extra point. The only explanation I can think of is that the person who took my order forgot to ask so they just decided to give me every single sauce. Nevertheless, Chick-fil-A gets an extra point. Actually, 2 points because I make the rules and that was the best customer service I’ve ever received.
This brings the totals to an astonishingly close and high scoring 46 points for the Habit and 48 points for Chick-fil-A. A near-perfect score for the tournament favorite!
To find who will have to face Chick-fil-A in the next round of the Chick Dinner wars, catch the next chicken nugget battle between the Carl’s Jr. star nuggets and the microwave maniac, Dino Nuggets!
