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Jumping on the inexorable fried chicken sandwich bandwagon, Taco Bell has announced plans to roll out a Fried Chicken Sandwich Taco. It’s really a fried chicken sandwich on folded flatbread, but they’re calling it a taco to stay on-brand, and they’re not rolling it out just yet: They’re testing it, starting in a couple of weeks, in two medium-sized markets.
Taco Bell is by no means the first chain to offer fried chicken tacos; in fact, Velvet Taco’s currently Weekly Taco Feature has fried chicken in it, and Smokey Bones’ new line of street tacos includes a fried chicken one.