Taco Bell is adding chicken nuggets to the menu for a limited time

Taco Bell will soon be adding an item to its menu that may surprise some customers.

The fast food chain, known for its Mexican-inspired cuisine, will begin serving its crispy chicken nuggets at Taco Bell restaurants nationwide on Thursday. They will remain on the menu “for a limited time and while supplies last,” according to The Verge. Yum! Owned brands a company.

Taco Bell said it will make the new item with a “spicy yogurt flavor” seasoning and bake it with “a combination of bread crumbs and crunchy tortilla chips.”

Three dipping sauces — Hidden Valley Fire Ranch Sauce, Belle Sauce, and Jalapeño Honey Mustard — will be served at the same time as the chicken tenders.

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The introduction of nuggets to American menus for a limited time comes after Taco Bell conducted market tests in Minneapolis last year and in Houston earlier this year. About 87% of Taco Bell 8,565 restaurants Located in the United States

Customers will be able to purchase made-to-order nuggets as well as a portion of a combo meal and a deluxe meal. The chain said.

A standalone five-piece serving of crispy chicken tenders will cost $3.99 and come with one dipping sauce. For $6.99, customers can get 10 nuggets and two sauces.

The combo will feature five or 10 nuggets paired with regular nacho fries, nacho cheese sauce and a large fountain drink. It will be $5.99 or $8.99, depending on size.

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Meanwhile, Taco Bell will also offer a $10.49 Crispy Chicken Nugget Deluxe Meal that includes five nuggets, dipping sauce, crunchy taco, beef chalupa, regular nacho fries, and a medium fountain drink, the chain said.

“As the inventors of the Nacho Fries, Taco Bell fully understands that reinventing the American classic with a Taco Bell twist is a responsibility we don’t take lightly,” Taylor Montgomery, Taco Bell’s chief marketing officer, said in a statement. “But in a world dominated by chicken cravings, it’s time to show the world how Taco Bell does chicken nuggets — unexpected, bold and undeniably bold.”

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Nuggets will compete with similar items you offer Other fast food giants Such as McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, Wendy’s, and Burger King.

Chicken has become an increasingly popular category in fast food restaurants. In late October, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski described it as “a huge category worldwide that is twice the size of beef and growing much faster.”