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## Video: Joel Stein Tries a Chicken Breakfast Sandwich

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_Published 2008-06-20. Joel Stein tries the Southern Style chicken breakfast sandwich at McDonald's._


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## Transcript

>> Hey. This is Joel Stein. I'm about to get chicken for breakfast at McDonald's. My stomach hurts already. Are we getting this? Are we doing this the wrong timing? It's legal. Oh, there it is. Drive through. Excellent.

>> Welcome to McDonald's [ unk ].

>> Hey. I was thinking about getting the Chicken Biscuit? Have you tried it? Is that crazy chicken for breakfast? Is it good?

>> Yes.

>> For real?

>> Yes.

>> All right. I'm scared. Hey. Have you had the chicken for breakfast?

>> Breakfast chicken?

>> Yes.

>> Chicken biscuit.

>> Have you tried it?

>> Yes.

>> Is it okay?

>> It is delicious.

>> Delicious?

>> Yes.

>> All right. Here's the Biscuit. Small. Wow. All right. They're reasonably sized and if you can get the scale of my hand, pretty small. That's a small chicken though. The guy saved my-- my brain is definitely you'll know why. Good. Let's see. Oh my God. It tastes a lot more like chicken and now it's hot. It doesn't taste McNuggety. Tastes like-- it's pretty plain like there's no sauce or any McDonald topping for this. The Biscuit is pretty good. It's not natural key though like the normal soda biscuit. And how really is it like it's pretty, it's a lot of butter in there or whatever the McDonald's are the ones buttering it.

It's buttery. It's soft. It's better than [ unk ]. Pretty basic. It's fried chicken on biscuit. I never had these ones for breakfast but pretty good. Seriously.

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