we wanted to find out all the differences

between KFC in India and the US.

This is "Food Wars."

Here in India, we have two types of chicken sandwiches,

a Krisper and a Zinger.

In the US, we have two chicken-sandwich options,

the Chicken Little, 'cause it's little,

and, of course, the Kentucky Fried Chicken

chicken sandwich. The classic.

Now let's weigh them to see

how much they weigh, obviously.

Ugh! This thing has not been cleaned

in a very long time.

Nikhil: All right, first up, the chicken Krisper.

Joe: Our Chicken Little in the US weighs ...

Next up, the chicken Zinger.

Joe: 240 grams for the classic chicken sandwich.

This thing is a work of art.

All right, on to chicken popcorn.

Here in India, we have it in three sizes,

regular, medium, and large.

We're going to weigh our large popcorn

to see how much we get.

I actually really love chicken popcorn.

I have an idea. We should weigh one popcorn chicken

and add that back to the total.

My bad, my bad.

They should serve this in movie theaters.

I don't want regular popcorn anymore.

Mm!

I love that they sprinkle in a bunch of sesame seeds,

and it adds a nice crunch to it.

What? Sesame seeds? We don't have that.

All right. You guys are lucky. That sounds really nice.

We only have one size according to the website

and the KFC I went to, and that is this.

How accurate do these measurements need to be, really?

Oh, it's so good!

Unfortunately, here in India,

we do not have mashed potatoes,

but that would be pretty awesome.

We do have fries. We're big fans of them.

And they come in two sizes, medium and large.

And in the US, we also have two sizes of fries at KFC,

the individual, for an individual,

and the large, also for an individual.

Nikhil: Let us now measure the large

to see how much you get.

140 grams.

[laughing]

That's never not funny.

That's the third time that's happened,

and it's always funny.

Look at that block of fries.

Our largest fry is more than double their largest fry.

Here's our individual.

150!

Our smallest is bigger than their largest.

In KFC India, we can get our chicken in six portion sizes.

No. 1, the single piece.

Two-piece.

They like to give you

one breast piece and one leg piece. Kind.

Four-piece. Leg piece to top it all off.

The leg piece on top, as they say.

Like cherry on top. No? OK.

Now we move on to buckets.

We have four sizes.

The first one is a five-piece bucket

that comes with only leg pieces

and also does not come in a bucket for some reason.

Why, KFC? I want a bucket.

Next up, we have a six-piece bucket,

an eight-piece bucket,

and the largest one of them all,

a 10-piece leg bucket.

Whew, that's a lot of chicken.

In the US, our KFC chicken comes in seven portion sizes.

One, which you can get à la carte;

two-piece, with a combo;

three-piece, with a combo;

four-piece, with a combo.

Then [snaps] buckets.

Did that work? OK.

We have an eight-piece.

Yeah, eight pieces.

The 12-piece.

And our largest bucket, the 16-piece.

Ready, Yuelei?

What?

You get the idea.

Next up, you're going to need a drink

to wash all that chicken down.

Here in India, we don't serve cups, we just serve cans.

We have Pepsi; 7Up; Mirinda, which is an orange soda;

Red Bull; and a Pepsi PET bottle.

However, these will vary from store to store.

In some places, they might not serve plastic,

and in some places, you might not get these drinks,

you might get something else.

They also serve something called a virgin mojito Krusher,

which they don't deliver, unfortunately,

but here's an image of it.

Refreshing.

American drinks come in these following sizes:

the regular, which is 20 ounces,

and the large, which is 30 ounces.

And we don't stop there.

If you want, you can also get

half-a-gallon bag

of your favorite drink of choice.

Look at this thing!

Mm.

It's convenient.

[burps]

Here is everything you'll find on the menu at KFC India

that you won't get in the US.

And here's everything you can find at a KFC in the US

you won't find in India.

Take a look, India. Take a good look.

OK, let's start with chicken.

In India, apart from the crispy chicken,

we also get smoky red chicken.

Ooh.

Wow.

I believe this is KFC's answer to tandoori chicken.

If you guys don't know what a tandoor is,

it's basically a cylindrical oven

that they light up using wood fire or charcoal,

and it adds a really smoky flavor to the meats

or breads that you cook inside of it.

I doubt KFCs across the country have an actual tandoor,

but the flavoring definitely smells like that.

The marinade looks like that.

Oh, my God, that's actually pretty good.

You know what, KFC?

Pretty good job.

You have to remember, KFC is competing

with a lot of Mughlai restaurants across every Indian city,

and while this doesn't have as much of that

smoky char that a lot of tandoori kebabs have,

it has a lot of flavor,

and the chicken is quite juicy.

Good job.

It's super spicy though,

so if you're somebody who can't handle spice,

go a little easy on this one.

When an Indian says something's spicy, it's spicy.

I believe you, man. I believe you.

That looks incredible.

We, unfortunately,

don't really have anything too spicy on the menu

for the chicken-on-the-bone options.

Really the only thing that we have here

that apparently you guys don't have

is something that is what I associate

Kentucky Fried Chicken with, is extra-crispy.

I don't know exactly what makes it extra-crispy,

but it is, as you can imagine,

crispier than the regular chicken.

[crunching]

Extra-crispy to me is far superior

to the regular way they cook chicken.

I think it should be the other way around.

This should be the regular,

and the other one should be, like, half-crispy.

You know what I mean? This is way better.

All right, let's move on to chicken sandwiches.

Here in India, we don't have an American chicken sandwich,

but we have a Zinger

and a smaller sandwich called a Krisper. Cute.

The Krisper looks like it wants to grow up

and be a Zinger someday.

They also come in two variants,

a spicy Krisper and a tandoori Zinger.

Let's taste all of them.

Oh, that's pretty yum.

They've used a different kind of mayonnaise here.

It has a bit of sweetness to it

and a spicy kick at the end.

And now for the legendary Zinger.

Back in the day, there were only two

fast-food chains here in India,

it was McDonald's and KFC.

And while McDonald's had more affordable burger options,

the KFC Zinger was so delicious,

it was always a treat to eat.

Mm. And it still is.

I love that they use a whole

boneless piece of proper chicken in there.

Delicious mayo.

It's so delicious.

OK, now let's try the spicy variants.

This is the spicy Krisper.

Look at this sauce!

It's almost blood-red. I'm excited.

Oh, my God.

This sauce almost has a Szechuan taste to it.

Next up, the Zinger, but tandoori.

Mm. I love the fullness of the chicken

that comes in these burgers

versus, like, a minced chicken patty in other restaurants.

There's so much bite to it.

It's so juicy, tender.

That all sounds amazing.

Stop, you're going too fast!

I have to say, those sandwiches look delicious,

and I am jealous.

One sandwich you can get here in the US,

can't get in India,

is this little guy, the Chicken Little.

Looks to be a chicken tender

in between these tiny little buns.

Pickles, goodbye.

Could probably eat, like, five of those.

Slightly different from what you have in India,

so I'm going to use it as an excuse

to show it off yet again.

Our crispy chicken sandwich.

This thing, the original, the bad boy.

Also with pickles.

Hang on.

Get off of my sandwich.

But it has this really creamy mayo sauce on it, the bun.

I love this.

Yeah.

Other chicken stuff we got here you ain't got.

I'm already getting loopy.

Start over here, Nashville hot tender chicken.

Here, this, I think, is the spiciest thing

you're getting at the KFC menu.

And I'm gonna be straight up, I've had these before,

these are pretty good.

And they're really crispy, Yuelei.

Want to hear that crisp again?

[crunching]

Not sure if it's made it over to India yet.

It is called a chicken pot pie.

It's a pie, but instead of there being, you know,

fruit or any of the sweet stuff you like,

they fill a pie with chicken,

and what do you think else is in here?

Corn, gravy, peas maybe.

I have no idea. I'm not going to rip this thing open.

This thing, it's got some weight to it.

This is a meal right here. This is not a side.

I don't know where it is in the menu, but whew.

This right here, the KFC Famous Bowl.

And it is famous, let me tell you.

Nikhil, if you're wondering what this is,

someone at KFC was like,

"How can we put everything into one bowl?"

And this thing was born.

It is mashed potatoes, corn,

the popcorn chicken,

cheese, and gravy, all in a convenient bowl

for you to eat while you are driving.

It generally does nothing for the flavor.

It's exactly what I would think this would taste like.

It's just a bunch of this stuff in one bowl.

Yes, in India, you can get wings at the KFC,

but at our KFC in the US, you can get your wings sauced.