Raising Cane's is a fast food chain that serves only one main dish:
Chicken Fingers. The battered and deep-fried chicken strips are accompanied by crinkle-cut fries, coleslaw, and Cane's Sauce for dipping. That pretty much covers the chain's menu.
When ordering all you're left to choose is how many chicken strips you want. I picked up
The Box combo, which yields 4 strips, sides, and a 21-ounce drink. It's their most popular order and costs
$6.79.
At first glance, the breading of the Chicken Fingers reminded me of
Popeyes a little, but the strips themselves were noticeably plumper. Like any other chicken strip, they're cut from the breast, but were remarkably juicy and flavorful. The breading was crispy and lightly seasoned; these are meant to be dipped.
For dipping, there's one option: Cane's Sauce. It appears to be a Thousand Island variant. It starts out with a balance of sweet and tangy, and then comes some black pepper notes, followed by a deep-rich hit of savory that must be the sauce's secret. It goes really well with the chicken and fries. I didn't try dipping the toast in them, but their website recommends doing so.
The Texas Toast is buttered and lightly sprinkled with garlic salt. It's a really soft, squishy bread that reminds me a bit of King's Hawaiian bread. It could stand to be a little toastier, but I enjoyed it very much.
The fries were well-prepared and pretty good. The crinkle cut leaves a bit more crispy edges as well as potato flavor. I especially like that they were only lightly salted. Off the top of my head,
Chick-fil-A is the only other major chain that salts their fries in such a moderate fashion.
Coleslaw is nice: the mayo isn't too heavy and there's a nice sweetness. The cabbage was fresh and had that slight bit of bitterness to it. I'm not a huge fan of coleslaw though.
Overall, Raising Cane's menu/combo is all pretty quality stuff and well worth the money. I especially liked the Chicken Fingers, the sauce, and the Texas Toast.
