Aria Brent
\nVariety Editor<\/p>\n

The argument \u201cwho has the better chicken tenders?\u201d is one that Southerners have been having\u00a0for years. The two main contenders in this argument are beloved fast-food chains Zaxby\u2019s and\u00a0Raising Canes. However, there is a new competitor to add to this argument for Jacksonians.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Huey Magoo\u2019s opened in Pearl, Miss., and since then I have heard nothing but\u00a0raving reviews. I was told that their chicken was juicy and tasted fresh. When asking people how\u00a0they enjoyed it, they noted that they appreciated the option to add different flavors to their\u00a0chicken tenders, much like Zaxby\u2019s. And I personally really enjoy Zaxby\u2019s so that alone was a\u00a0selling point for me to go ahead and try out Magoo\u2019s.<\/p>\n

This past weekend I went and tried Huey Magoo\u2019s, and I enjoyed it. I got a five-piece tender\u00a0meal with a large lemonade. Chicken tenders can be ordered either hand-breaded or grilled. The\u00a0lemonade was good. It had a nice balance of sweet and sour and neither flavor profile was\u00a0overwhelming the other.<\/p>\n

All meals come with coleslaw, a piece of garlic Texas toast and a side of Magoo sauce. The\u00a0Magoo sauce was noted to be like a \u201ccomeback\u201d sauce and then was further explained to favor\u00a0Canes\u2019 infamous dipping sauce.<\/p>\n

I ordered my chicken tenders dipped in their sweet heat sauce. This was just one of several sauce\u00a0options they offered. In total they offer six different kinds of sauces that you can get your\u00a0chicken tenders dipped in or on the side, including: buffalo, blue cheese, honey mustard, sweet\u00a0heat, barbeque, and garlic parmesan. In addition to this, I also substituted my coleslaw for an\u00a0extra piece of Texas toast.<\/p>\n

Despite getting a traditional tender meal, Magoo\u2019s offers a variety of items such as salads,\u00a0sandwiches and even wraps. As sides they offer fries, fresh cut chips and coleslaw. They serve\u00a0Coke products as well as a multitude of house-made drinks such as watermelon sweet tea,\u00a0lemonade and both traditional sweetened and unsweetened tea.<\/p>\n

The food came out very quickly and it was hot. This was appreciated, especially because cold\u00a0chicken tenders aren\u2019t very good.<\/p>\n

The sweet heat sauce was very flavorful. It had Asian inspired notes and was like a sweet chili\u00a0sauce. On the other hand, it also kind of just tasted like buffalo sauce mixed with honey.\u00a0Nonetheless, I enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

I dipped both my tenders and my fries in their signature sauce. Due to the chicken already being\u00a0coated in the thick, sweet heat sauce I couldn\u2019t really taste the Magoo sauce. Once having tried it\u00a0on my fries though, I was able to truly taste it and it did in fact, taste like Canes\u2019 sauce. They\u00a0have a spicy version of their signature condiment as well, along with the classic chicken dipping\u00a0sauce, ranch. The fries were crispy on the outside with a fluffy interior. They were lightly\u00a0seasoned and an overall great component to the meal in its entirety.<\/p>\n

However, I cannot say the same for the Texas toast I had. The toast was dry and flavorless.\u00a0Considering how delicious everything else was, for the bread to be so bland I really was\u00a0disappointed. To have two pieces of it only added insult to injury.<\/p>\n

Having gotten my tenders sauced and a large drink, I ended up paying a little over $13 for my\u00a0meal. Had I ordered them plain along with a regular sized drink, I would have paid about $11.<\/p>\n

Overall, Huey Magoo\u2019s was worth the try. The company affectionately refers to their product as\u00a0\u201cthe filet-mignon of chicken\u201d and in my experience, they definitely upheld that standard. On a\u00a0scale of one to 10, I give it an 8.6. I would come back and further explore their menu for sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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