Wendy's 4 Alarm Chicken Sandwich

Has anyone tried this yet? Is it super spicy?

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John

Thanks TwoJays. That's really good to know.

If you think that link is long...look at the list of ingredients:

Artisan Bread
Unbleached Flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour), Water, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Sour Culture, Contains less than 2% of the following: Salt, Sugar, Yeast, Semolina, Malt Powder, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Ascorbic Acid (dough conditioner), Folic Acid, Ferrous Sulfate. CONTAINS: WHEAT.
Spicy Chicken Fillet
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Containing Up To 17% of a Solution of Water, Seasoning (salt, spices, sodium phosphates, modified corn starch, paprika, extractives of paprika, extractives of turmeric), Battered and Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Water, Bleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Spice, Wheat Gluten, Gum Arabic, Egg White Solids, Yellow Corn Flour, Leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), Spice Extractives, Dextrose, Extractives of Paprika, Yeast. Cooked in Vegetable Oil. Note: May be cooked in the same oil as Fish Fillets (where available). CONTAINS: EGG, WHEAT.
Tomatoes, 2 slices Tomato
Lettuce Lettuce.
Pepperjack Cheese Slice
Monterey Jack Cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride), Jalapeno Peppers (jalapeno peppers, salt, vinegar, calcium chloride, potassium sorbate as a preservative). CONTAINS: MILK.
4-Alarm Chipotle Sauce
Soybean Oil, Water, Red Chili Peppers, Egg Yolk, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Ancho Pepper Powder, Garlic, Salt, Dehydrated Cilantro, Xanthan Gum, Chipotle Peppers, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (preservatives), Spices, Corn Oil, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Oleoresin Paprika, Natural Smoke Flavor, Calcium Disodium EDTA (flavor protector). CONTAINS: EGG.
Jalapenos
Jalapeno Peppers, Water, Vinegar, Salt, Sugar, Calcium Chloride, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Natural Flavor, Colored with Turmeric Extractives.
Swiss Cheese
Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Aged Over 60 Days. CONTAINS: MILK
American Cheese Slice
Cultured Milk, Water, Cream, Sodium Citrate, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Sorbic Acid (preservative), Artificial Color, Acetic Acid, Enzymes, Soy Lecithin. CONTAINS: MILK, SOY.
Bacon
Pork Cured With: Water, Salt, Sugar, Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite.
Mayonnaise
Water, Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup, Egg Yolk, Modified Corn Starch, Distilled Vinegar, Contains less than 2%: Salt, Spice, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate (preservatives), Natural Flavor, Calcium Disodium EDTA (flavor protector), Yellow 5 and 6. CONTAINS: EGG.
Ketchup
Tomato Concentrate Made From Red Ripe Tomatoes, Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Salt, Spice, Onion Powder, Natural Flavoring.
Mustard
Water, Distilled Vinegar, Mustard Seed, Salt, Turmeric (color), Paprika, Spice.
Honey Mustard Sauce
Soybean Oil, Honey, Water, Dijon Mustard (distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, white wine, citric acid, tartaric acid, spices), Sugar, Distilled Vinegar, Egg Yolk, Salt, Mustard Seed, Egg White, Xanthan Gum, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (preservatives), Titanium Dioxide, Spice, Garlic, Onion, Natural Flavor, Lemon Juice From Concentrate, Calcium Disodium EDTA (flavor protector). Dehydrated. CONTAINS: EGGS.
Dill Pickles (4)
Cucumbers, Water, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Calcium Chloride, Alum, Sodium Benzonate (preservative), Natural Flavors, Polysorbate 80, Turmeric, FD&C Yellow #5, FD&C Blue #1.
Onion (4 rings)Onion.

"Is it super spicy?"

Unfortunately, NO.

quote:

Originally posted by Adjudicator

"Is it super spicy?"

Unfortunately, NO.

I agree completely. I found that it wasn't really that spicy at all

Spicy is such a relative term. In New England it means they actually use black pepper but in a Chinese restaurant it can mean true pain for a round eye.

True dar,V960,although I think I'm a moderate on the issue - then there's degrees of spiciness...

I haven't had the 4 Alarm yet, those ingredients Pigiron posted didn't look too appetizing. I've seen the ads but have heard that they're not all that spicy in any event.

V960, us New Englanders (at least in the populated sections) have made great strides in the past 25 years, but that was absolutely true when I was growing up. Italian spaghetti sauce was considered "hot and spicy." (Nowadays the salsa trucks are busting through the frontier on a daily basis and dens of Szechaun cooking operate openly without police interference.)

New England's not the only part of the country where spice is a new and often mistrusted concept and for that reason, alone, I can't imagine a national chain rolling out anything that is anywhere near "4 Alarm."

Besides, with all those other ingredients, where'd they find the room for any flavor?

Yeah, I'm probably weird, and someone out there will probably cut me down, but I just cannot understand why folks patronize "fast food" joints.

The “stuff” they put in those sandwiches, burgers, fries, etc. is unbelievable (to me). Then all the stories that I read about sanitation issues, rodents, insects, and workers with attitudes (probably can’t blame the under-paid, over-worked workers for that, though) . . . I just cannot go into ANY of the “fast food” places.

It’s been at least 20 years since I have been into a “burger joint” . . . with one exception. And that is Red Robin, which is more of a professional “restaurant” to me. Of course, that’s just my opinion, and RR may not be any better than Wendy’s, but I feel that it is.

Ronald MacDonald and Little Wendy probably aren't losing any sleep over my absence, though.

I think Wendy's sandwich creator is capsacian intolerant, I wouldn't even rate it a 2 alarm sammie.

I had some errands to take care of at lunch time yesterday, with very little time for lunch, so I stopped in at Wendy's for the first time in years. After seeing the commercials, I did try the 4 Alarm Chicken sandwich and it just wasn't that hot or good. And I admittedly don't have a high tolerance for spicy food. 1 Alarm sounds just about right.

I gave it a try just so I could laugh at the commercials, I don't know how they do it but even the jalapenos IMO where bland but then Ive been accused of having an asbestos tongue

I tried this today, not very good, very messy and not spicy at all.

quote:

Originally posted by V960

Spicy is such a relative term. In New England it means they actually use black pepper but in a Chinese restaurant it can mean true pain for a round eye.

Pain is GOOD!

Hello All,
I tried it tonight.
I liked the bread.
The cheese, why did they bother?
At first, I didn't think it was hot, but it
seemed to get hotter as I ate it. But it was
not a 4-alarm hot and not a good tasty hot.
I don't eat hot, spicy food just for the heat,
but for how it blends and compliments the dish
it is on. The sauce and jalepeno peppers did
nothing for or with the chicken.
Their hot and spicey chicken sandwich is much better
than this in my opinion.
Still, I'm glad they are trying something new, but
at $3.99, I won't be ordering it again.
Take Care,
Fieldthistle

Ask the person who hands you the sandwich for 4-5 packets of the chili hot sauce packets. YUM

Thank you Pigiron, for that long list of "ingredients". Very helpful.

I did try one of these creations today. It was not awful, but it was not spicy either ...at all. Four Alarm should mean something. I think if Dave were still alive he would take Wendy right out to the woodshed for an attitude adjustment regarding telling lies to her valued customers. Perhaps a better remedy would be Wendy's valued customers taking her to the courthouse for her obvious fraud.

Having said that I did somewhat enjoy the sandwich. The "artisan bread" was not bad at all, the single lettuce leaf was only half wilted, tomato was OK, the sauce was insipid and unnecessary and the cheese slice detracted. I counted four small jalapeno peppers that had no character whatsoever. I imagine the four pepper slices account for the four alarm brag.

The chicken was quite good...hot crispy and a rather generous portion for a fast food place. It was the redeeming grace of the sandwich. Overall, I would give the sandwich a medium high rating...good bread, good chicken, just get rid of the sauce, cheese and the fraudulent name. A three year old could eat this with no complaint!

I also had fries with this. They were lightly salted which was a pleasant surprise. They were also hot, but were devoid of the outer crunch and the comforting interior texture associated with an excellent french fry. About standard for fast food fries, I guess.

Cost for this experiment was $6.00 and change without beverage.