Trader Joes fans balk at attempt to answer pleas for popular ready-to-eat dinner: Thats sketch
The bok-boking the rotisserie chicken trend.For years, customers urged the cult-favorite grocery store to debut their own rotisserie chicken.
Now, crazed fans’ prayers have been answered, but in a way that’s best for meal-preppers.Trader Joe’s new pre-seasoned and shredded rotisserie chicken breast is only $8.99, and the beloved grocery store is marketing it as the perfect way to add protein to salads, sandwiches and burritos.For some, it’s the ultimate lazy-meal protein, and for others, it’s an overpriced scam.It’s seasoned with garlic, onion and chicken broth, and reviewers are loving the convenience of adding it to a number of quick, easy meals.The package comes with one pound of white chicken to use throughout the week.
It’s moist, flavorful and the right amount of salty according to Simply Recipes, which also said the Costco rotisserie chicken is dry, stringy and bland in comparison.Simply Recipes also recommended using the chicken in tacos, greek bowls, caesar salad or buffalo wraps. Trader Joe’s never carried rotisserie chickens before, and added this one to their repertoire to make a “simple pleasure even simpler” and help those who meal prep weekly.
Before this release, the closest item they had to rotisserie chicken was their Hardwood-smoked pulled chicken. But people online are skeptical about the packaging, authenticity and price. “$9??? Is it organic? Humane certified? Free range? Looks from the package like it’s factory-farmed chicken just cooked and shredded,” one Redditor said. “That’s sketch and this is some desperate stuff,” said another.“I might as well buy canned chicken instead.”From those who tried it, reviews are mixed, with some saying it’s moist and flavorful, and others saying it was dry and bland unless it was thrown into something already with flavor, like a casserole or making it buffalo-style. Reviewers are also giving recipe ideas for the chicken.
“We mixed it in with the Spicy Queso Dip...