Dairy Queen's Chicken Strips $5 Buck Lunch is available daily from the hours of 11am to 4pm and features three chicken tenderloin strips with a choice of dipping sauce, a side of fries, a fountain drink, and a sundae for $5. The sundae can be upgraded to a mini-size Blizzard for an extra $1.
I went for the upgrade and chose ranch for sauce. The price tag came out to $6 plus tax.
I've actually never eaten anything from Dairy Queen beyond the Blizzard, since all of the locations I've been to only served frozen treats, so this was new to me.
The chicken strips are pretty comparable in size to most fast food chicken strips. They were fried to a fairly thick and satisfyingly crunchy shell. The breading was very lightly seasoned (and goes real well with the ranch sauce) and the chicken inside was reasonably juicy.
The fries were crispy and lightly battered. They reminded me of Burger King's old French fries, which I didn't really care for. Still, if you miss Burger King's old fries, you might want to try Dairy Queen.
For dessert, I went with the Tripleberry Brownie Blizzard, which I
wrote about previously.
Overall, Dairy Queen's Chicken Strip $5 Buck Lunch is a pretty reasonable deal for a decent lunch with dessert included. The chicken strips were pretty good but the fries left me a little wanting.
