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KFC 12 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard

$29.29 1380-3600 cal

Includes 12 pieces of our delicious Original Recipe fried chicken. Choose between our Variety Bucket (3 drums, 3 thighs, 3 breasts and 3 wings) or our all-dark meat Drum & Thigh Bucket (6 drums and 6 thighs).

Checked across 21 restaurants, $25.99 and $32.99.

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The KFC 12 pc. Chicken Bucket costs $29.29 and carries 1380-3600 cal across twelve pieces. It is the middle bucket and the one that makes the most sense for a family meal, at roughly three pieces a head for four people. Chicken only, as with every bucket: sides come from the Sides menu and are priced separately, which is the part that surprises people comparing the sticker price against a family meal.

Per piece it undercuts the 8 pc. Chicken Bucket, and the 16 pc. Chicken Bucket undercuts it again, so the arithmetic rewards buying larger every time. Where that stops being true is leftovers, and twelve pieces is about the point where a household of four finishes the bucket rather than reheating half of it. The Family Meals menu bundles chicken with sides if you would rather not build the meal yourself. Work out the real per-person figure in the meal planner.

Pairs Well Together

Mac & Cheese is carried by 21 of the restaurants we sampled, which makes it the safest thing to add.

$29.29 12 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard $2.99 Mac & Cheese

Combo Total

$32.28 1,520 cal

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KFC 12 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard Recipe

Twelve pieces means a bird and a half and at least five batches in the pan, which makes this a project rather than a weeknight fry. The technique does not change from a smaller bucket; what changes is that oil temperature management becomes the whole game.

Prep40 min
Cook60 min
Total100 min
DifficultyHard
Servings
6

Ingredients

Chicken

Brine

The seasoned flour

To fry

Method

0 of 6 steps

Tips

  • White pepper carries the Original Recipe flavour more than any other single spice in the blend. Black pepper is not a substitute; it tastes of something else entirely.
  • Rub 3 tbsp of the brine through the dry flour before you coat anything. The lumps it makes are what give the crust its craggy surface.
  • Use a thermometer in the oil and one in the chicken. Colour tells you nothing useful about how done bone-in chicken is.
  • Four pieces in the pan maximum, whatever the size of the pot. Crowded oil drops temperature fast and the coating absorbs instead of sealing.

Variations

  • All dark meat, which removes the temperature juggling entirely.
  • Split the flour and make half the batch hot with cayenne.
  • Pressure fry the breasts if you have the equipment, which is closer to what KFC actually does.

Serve it with

  • Four sides for twelve pieces is the ratio that works.
  • Plan for leftovers. Twelve pieces rarely disappears in one sitting.
  • Ingredients cost a fraction of $29.29, though the evening costs more.

A home version of 12 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard. It is our own recipe, not KFC's, and the Original Recipe blend stays a trade secret.

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8 pc. Chicken Meal

Choose between Variety Bucket (2 drums, 2 thighs, 2 breasts and 2 wings) or our all-dark meat Drum & Thigh Bucket (4 drums and 4 thighs). Includes 2 large sides and 4 biscuits.

  • 2300-4800 cal

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Put 12 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard in a Full Order

Add sides and a drink, then see what the whole tray costs and what it carries.

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12 pc. Chicken Bucket - Standard Questions

$29.29 for chicken alone. Sides, drinks and biscuits are all extra.

Four to six, depending on appetite and how many sides are on the table. Three pieces a head is the usual planning number for adults.

Per piece, yes. The step up from the 8 pc. Chicken Bucket costs less than four a la carte pieces would. The 16 pc. Chicken Bucket improves on it again.

1380-3600 cal for the whole bucket, spread across pieces that are nothing alike in size.

No. A bucket is chicken only. The versions that include sides are on the Family Meals menu, and they cost more for that reason.

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