Saturday, January 17, 2026

KFC Singapore's La Zi Ji Sichuan Mala Chicken

La Zi Ji Bites

KFC Singapore launched a laziji campaign earlier this week in the runup to Chinese New Year. It kinda makes you wonder why no one else had thought of this before. Yes, they basically shower their fried chicken in dried chili peppers and peppercorns, just like laziji.

The main difference of course is the thick batter; those were the smaller popcorn "bites" above, but one can get full-sized bone-in parts dressed like this too. There was a bit of a goopy sauce underneath, but it wasn't excessive, even if it still made everything quite salty. That was separate from that extra Mala Mania Sauce above it, which was sweet.

They also offered some lotus root chips that were pretty potent. I ate the La Zi Ji Bites above quickly either way, and was even happy to nibble on the remaining pile of chili peppers afterwards. This was much better than their ghost pepper promo; I kinda hope that they make this a permanent addition.

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