The Red Lobster restaurant chain is heating up its menu with newly launched Nashville Hot Chicken and Crispy Cod Sandwiches, the latter of which has been dubbed the Codzilla.These latest offerings join other recently introduced items including the Baja Shrimp Bowl and Wagyu Bacon Cheeseburger and Baja Shrimp Bowl, all of which are available at lunch and dinnertime with house-made Cheddar Bay Biscuits.
The Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich is served on a buttery, toasted brioche bun and boasts two crispy, sweet and spicy and juicy all-white meat chicken tenders that are hand-breaded in-house and served with a side dish. The crisp fried chicken tenders are tossed in spicy Nashville hot seasoning and sweet honey butter, then finished with pickled peppers and cool ranch dressing.
The Codzilla Crispy Cod Sandwich features 6-8 ounces of hand-battered, fried codfish placed on a toasted buttery brioche bun with crunchy slaw and tartar sauce, served with a choice of side.
“Guests might think of us solely for seafood, but we’ve created an amazing chicken sandwich that will surely become a favorite choice. From sweet heat to a punch of vinegar from the peppers, the flavor combinations will have one wondering if a seafood restaurant really just topped all crispy chicken sandwich expectations,” said Chef Dustin Hilinski, executive chef and drector of culinary at Orlando, Florida-headquartered Red Lobster. “But we couldn’t stop there. It makes sense for Red Lobster to also have an epic fried fish sandwich, and we are affectionately calling it the Codzilla because we know our guests will not be disappointed by size or taste.”
These new menu items are not the only things that have changed at Red Lobster recently. The coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic prompted the menu, once a 22-page book that took customers on average 18 minutes to read, to be cut by two-thirds to fit onto a single, double-sided printed menu page, easing navigation for guests. Red Lobster will continue using this single page menu featuring popular fare like the Ultimate Feast, while also strategically adding new items including sandwiches like the Wagyu Bacon Cheeseburger, as well as bowls like the Baja Shrimp Bowl, Sesame-Soy Salmon Bowl, pastas like Kung Pao Noodles and appetizers including Bacon-Wrapped Sea Scallops and House-made Crab Cakes.
