KFC menus could be having a HUGE overhaul… and it’s bye-bye burgers and hello beer-marinated chicken and celeriac fries
The controversial potential new additions also include crispy skins, a 'Shoreditch Shofaffle', fried gherkins and a 'protein box'
KFC menus could be having a HUGE overhaul and it’s bye-bye burgers and hello beer-marinated chicken and celeriac fries.
The fast food chain, famed for its buckets of finger-lickin' good Kentucky Fried Chicken, has been busy in its innovation kitchen coming up with new menu items that wouldn't look out of place in a trendy city restaurant.
These include chicken soaked in Brewdog Punk IPA, crispy chicken skins, fried gherkins and a "protein box" containing Original Recipe chicken, an egg and sliced avocado.
The new side dishes put forward range from Southern Roots Fries - a combination of carrot, parsnip, celeriac and sweet potato - to chips loaded with bacon and avo.
The hipster menu even includes a "Shoreditch Shofaffle" - an Original Recipe fillet, crispy bacon and Emmental cheese sandwiched between two fluffy, syrup-lathered waffles.
If the new items from the development chefs get the go-ahead, they could be on sale at KFC branches across the country.
The fast food giant is currently showing off its creations to its fans on social media to garner reaction.
So far people have gone clucking mad for the Punk Chicken, with a snap of the meal notching up 12,000 likes.
Top 10 innovations from the KFC kitchen
The Sloppy Po’Boy – two mini fillets, sticky BBQ sauce, sweetcorn, chopped tomatoes, fried gherkins, served with gravy for dipping
Shoreditch Shofaffle – an Original Recipe fillet, crispy bacon and Emmental cheese sandwiched between two fluffy syrup lathered waffles
Chicken Skins - enough said here really!
Kentucky Protein Box - original recipe chicken, an egg with sliced avocado on a bed of slaw
Loaded Fries – KFC fries loaded up with bacon and avocado
The 1939 Sandwich – two slices of simple white bread, a juicy Original Recipe chicken fillet covered in ketchup
The Kentucky Cheese Press – doorstop bread, Original Recipe fillet, smokey melted cheddar cheese, gherkins, caramalised onions, gooey halloumi, chipotle mayo
Southern Roots Fries – a selection of carrot, parsnip, celeriac and sweet potato fries with an assortment of dips
Brew Craft Burgers – classic southern burgers infused with IPA BBQ sauce, beer battered onion rings and beer glazed bacon
Punk Chicken – a hippy twist on Colonel Sanders’ Original Recipe chicken – chicken marinated in Brewdog Punk IPA
Jack Hinchliffe, innovation director at KFC UK & Ireland said: 'We're always looking at emerging food trends to help us develop exciting new menu items.
"We encourage our chefs to be creative in the kitchen - this is where the real magic takes place and showstoppers are born."
In July we told how KFC launched a clothing line.
And last month a KFC superfan revealed the easiest way to eat chicken wings.