Back in 2020, they added this limited time menu item. Made from 100% white meat chicken and served with Jack's Good Good Sauce, its popularity has convinced the chain to bring it back every year since.

Jack in the Box is bringing back its popcorn chicken Jack in the Box loves messing with fans' emotions: the fast-food chain has once again brought back its popcorn chicken. When it was first introduced, the popcorn chicken was only available for a limited time; it was brought back once in 2021 and again in 2022.

Jack in the Box Popcorn Chicken Returns After dropping the Popcorn Chicken items a second time in 2021, Jack brought them back again in April 2022.

The popular fast food giant KFC introduced popcorn chicken to the world and the delicious food has gained immense popularity since then.

Ingredients. Boneless skinless chicken breast with rib meat, wheat flour, water, cracker meal (wheat flour, soybean oil), Contains 2% or less of salt, food starch, natural flavors, spices, dried whey, leavening (cream of tartar, sodium Bicarbonate), torula yeast, extractives of paprika, spice extractives.

Why Is It Called Popcorn Chicken? Popcorn chicken gets its name from its bite-sized pieces that resemble kernels of popped corn. The chunks of chicken are small enough to pop a couple of bites in your mouth at once.

Popcorn chicken is smaller-sized and made with whole pieces of chicken breast meat, while chicken nuggets use ground chicken and can be made with both chicken breasts and thighs.

Popcorn chicken was invented by food technologist Gene Gagliardi, who also invented Steak-umm. It was test-marketed in the United States from March 1992, and was launched nationwide by September of that year. It has been periodically available in KFC outlets. It was re-introduced in the US in 1998, and again in 2001.

The name of the dish refers to the small pieces of chicken that are reminiscent of popcorn after they have been fried. The dish has been popular in the American South for centuries, since the small chicken pieces were easy to prepare and pack into lunchboxes.

Our 100% chicken breast Popcorn Chicken pieces with regular fries and a drink. A brilliant bite-sized meal.

These are bite-sized nuggets of tender chicken, coated in a crisp, seasoned batter, and deep-fried to perfection. They get their name from their resemblance to popcorn once cooked, especially popular due to their crunchy exterior and juicy interior.

Special varieties are grown to improve popping yield. Though the kernels of some other types will pop, the cultivated strain for popcorn is Zea mays everta, which is a variety of flint corn.