Flavor Trends, Strategies and Solutions for Menu Development
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Turkey carries global flavors while keeping things familiar in modern sandwiches
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Menu developers are wielding fried chicken skins in wildly creative ways
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Creative flavor play lifts the already soaring 
fried chicken higher and higher
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Turkey breast gives chefs a crowd-pleasing, versatile protein for optimizing menus
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Join our chefs as they discuss how smoked meats can help your carryout menu.
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A dozen ways to deliver dishes that soothe the soul
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Modern ways that chefs are featuring meat, poultry and game
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Chefs are flying high with poultry
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Serious innovation helps keep this category in the zeitgeist
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Answer the call for nutrient-rich dishes that power menus
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Give guests a thrill with exciting global flavors
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Butterball Foodservice’s Pavo Saltado demonstrates a creative way to leverage an emerging flavor trend while keeping it familiar and approachable
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This Gluten-Free Turkey Ramen taps into trending global flavors while staying in your guests’ comfort zone
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Tap into trending global flavors while staying in your guests’ comfort zone
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Barbecue today invites experimentation—melding Korean with Texan, Carolina with California. It also encourages a push outside of traditional barbecue formats, moving into bar bites and shareables, and adapting flavor systems that don’t typically see a play in barbecue.
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Chicken moves into stardom when chefs show it some love, developing recipes that are delicious and trend-forward. Here are three dishes that stand out—each bringing a different approach to a very familiar protein.
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Innovating with wings showcases the constant need to update, tweak and improve—even on proven classics
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Bessou offers Chicken Karaage: Japanese-style fried chicken with Moroccan spices, potato salad, shiso tzatziki
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Farmer Boys offers a Southwest Chicken Salad with grilled chicken breast, roasted corn, black beans, avocado, tortilla strips, iceberg and green leaf lettuce, chile-ranch dressing
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The Immigrant Restaurant offers Duck Wings with celery leaves in vinaigrette and blue-cheese potato chips
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D’Angelo Grilled Sandwiches offers its Southwestern Chicken, Rice & Grain Bowl: Grilled chicken and onions, charred corn-black bean-pepper salad, bell peppers, pickled jalapeños and cilantro with chipotle sauce and ranch dressing
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Ida Claire offers Nashville Hot Chicken: Fried chicken, grilled brioche, pimento cheese, pickles, onions and sesame seeds
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Chicken Kimbachi offers a Chicken Kimbachi: Kimchi fried rice, gochujang, hibachi chicken, yum yum sauce, sunny-side-up egg, shredded nori
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Rice & Gold offers a Golden Chicken: Roasted Cornish hen, Persian spices, stuffed shishito peppers, feta-stuffed Medjool dates, white sauce and harissa sauce
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Wendy’s offers a Southwest Chicken Avocado Salad: Greens, avocados, grilled chicken, tomatoes, bacon, pepper Jack, Southwest ranch dressing
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Komodo offers a Arroz Con Pato: Peking duck, rice, enoki mushroom, green onion, bell pepper, poached egg, shaved black truffle, served in a hot stone pot
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The Ruin Daily offers a Buffalo Chicken Melt: Parmesan-crusted sourdough, cheddar-Swiss-fontina blend, Buffalo chicken, celery barigoule, ranch sauce
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Minigrow offers a The Chicken Jawn: Fresh three-wheat noodles, whole roasted chicken, sweet-and-sour onions, black truffle, miso corn, chives, Parmesan
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Flying Biscuit Café offers a Chorizo Hash: Roasted potatoes, red and green peppers, onions, cheddar, chicken chorizo, over-medium eggs, tomatillo sauce, fresh cilantro
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Fried Chicken can deliver fantastic results that build revenue, buzz and return visits.
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Flavor in Focus: A distinctly Southern accent is showing up in diverse applications
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Flavor in Focus: Chefs today are creating even bigger flavor play to stand out in a crowded field
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Thanks to inspired flavor combinations, today's chicken wings are taking flight