For a limited time, Popeye's Fried Chicken is serving blackened naked chicken strips. We tried them today in Ruston, and they are goood! You can get a strip combo for $4.99. It includes 3 strips, Cajun fries or other side, a light and fluffy biscuit, a medium drink, and a sauce-your choice of ranch, barbecue, or honey mustard. The strips are seasoned with
Chef Paul Prudhomme's® Magic Seasoning Blends®.Even if the food were not good, you would still need to go there a read all the clever sayings printed on the wall. That new wallpaper is wild.
Read more here: Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits RestaurantsPopeye's has been extolled by food critics as a one of the finest sources of true New Orleans style food anywhere. The story of the executive chef explains much about the reason this restaurant is so much more than a fast food place. Here is that story:
Billy JacobExecutive Chef, Product Research and Development
Popeyes® Chicken & Biscuits"Billy Jacob is the Executive Chef for Product Research and Development for Popeyes® Chicken & Biscuits, the world's second largest quick-service chicken chain. Jacob is responsible for the research and development in order to create the products that Popeyes locations serve throughout the world.
Jacob grew up deep in the heart of Cajun country in Lafayette, LA, and was raised on Acadian cuisine. In 1935, his parents established a local family restaurant called the Four Corners Cafe that quickly became an institution. The restaurant grew into the 400-seat Jacob's Restaurant serving a delicious blending of Cajun/Creole cooking with classical French dishes. Jacob learned a great deal about the restaurant industry working alongside his parents in the restaurant's kitchen and office.
After working in the family business for many years, Jacob spent some time working for ConAgra Foods before joining Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits in 1993. Since joining Popeyes, Jacob has developed many new products that have helped to establish the brand as the leader in the Cajun segment of the QSR industry. Jacob developed the award-winning Popeyes product line, Popeyes Louisiana Legends™, which features jambalayas, etouffées, stews, gumbos and chilis. Nation's Restaurant News honored the Popeyes Louisiana Legends menu category with the prestigious MenuMasters Award in 1999.
Jacob also played key roles in the creation of many Popeyes seafood items such as the flavorful Popeyes Firecracker Shrimp. In addition, he was instrumental in launching the brand's "Cajun Craver" in 2002 - a single-item, portable carryout product line offering bite-sized pieces of boneless chicken and seafood menu items.
His creativity in the kitchen and innovation in the development of new menu items has not gone unnoticed over the years. Nation's Restaurant News recently honored Jacob as part of The NRN 50: R&D Culinarians in 2003.
Jacob has been featured on The Food Network, CNN and numerous local television shows cooking-up a variety of Louisiana-inspired culinary delights including deep fried Cajun turkey.
He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America."
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