Free McDonald's Southern Style Chicken Sandwich on May 15th

McDonald's leveraging the power of word-of-mouth by offering their new Southern Style Chicken Sandwich or Biscuit, free with purchase of medium/large drink. The offer is good only on May 15th from 7am to 7pm. Depending on the location, I've been informed the sandwich retails for about $3.00 give or take.

I haven't had a chance to try the sandwich yet but any comments from those who have are welcomed! To watch their juicy demo, go here: For restaurant locations, go here and if you don't know where to find a McDonald's you need to open your eyes, or go here.

Comments

[Dave]

I tried this "Southern Chicken Sandwich" today out of cheap curiosity. I've gotta tell you, this sandwich was a poor excuse for traditional Southern fare. But what did you expect? Pulled pork? Nahh. For FREE today only, you got one enriched hamburger bun, two ultra thin pickle slices, and one deep fried fatty chicken breast of some sort. What a let down. If you consider this Southern food, please go wave that rebel flag somewhere else.

[dragonslayer]

Went through the drive-thru this morning at the Mickey-D's out in Oakbrook (the big one) and actually listened to the woman in the little speaker pitch the free sandwich. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known. I was already going to get an orange juice so I said "give me the free sandwich".

Verdict: tasty but calorie-dense. It's the biscuit that does you in. The chicken was tender and flavorful. I probably won't order it again, because I'm sure it's full of fat (19 g according to mcdonalds.com), but if I wasn't trying to be the fitness-oriented type, McDonald's would be selling me more southern-style chicken sandwiches.

[dragonslayer]

Dave, sounds like we got different sandwiches. Mine's came on a biscuit with no toppings. I kinda liked the chicken (relative to other fast food chicken).

[Jason]

This is the best damn thing at McDonald's. Nobody expects real soul food for three bucks in three minutes in the middle of 500 sandwiches a day, but what the big M can do is rip off Chick-Fil-A and do it better, faster and cheaper. I don't want to know what black, arcane technique went into the formulation of chicken this juicy at such a large volume, but as long as I'm resigned to doing the walk-of-shame power lunch, vive la science.

[MikeFio]

This sandwich is not as good as Chik-Fil-A, but, like many of you, that chain is far away from where I live and work. I think it is the best thing at McD's by far. For those of you who need a little somethin-somethin extra, get some of that Sweet and Sour or Hot Mustard and throw it on there. Pure fat boy bliss.

[julie]

I work at mcdonalds. The technique? Deep fried chicken slathered in liquid butter.