Hungry-Man Rotisserie Chicken

June 18, 2007 | Reviewer: Abi

Hungry-Man Rotisserie Chicken Price: $2.00 (sale)
Serving: 1 meal, 16.5 oz.
Calories: 690
Fat: 54%, 35g
Sodium: 78%, 1880mg
Protein: 49g
Carbohydrates: 16%, 48g
Fiber: 19%, 5g

Hungry-Man says: Rotisserie chicken with mashed potatoes, green beans, and a brownie

Abi says: One of the things I like about Hungry-Man is that they don’t try to gussy up their meal descriptions with words like ‘delectable’ and ‘fragrant’. This is obviously man-food (or Nicole-food, depending on audience) and needs nothing more than a listing of what the box contains.

I don’t like so much that the chicken is bone-in. Some people dislike bone-in chicken because they don’t like to be reminded that they’re eating animals. Please, people. If you can’t deal with chowing down on some feathered friends, get the heck out of Hungry-Man’s kitchen.

My personal dislike of bone-in chicken in microwaveable meals stems from the fact that I’ll either need to introduce another piece of silverware to the dining occasion (in this case, a knife) or I’ll need to eat microwaved chicken with my hands. Neither of these options could be described as ‘fabulous.’ Both could be described as ‘inconvenient.’ Fortunately, my chicken could not be described as ‘frightening.’ If you want to be scared by frozen chicken, please check out this news from North Dakota.

Hungry-Man’s chicken, sodium aside, tastes pretty darn good for something that came out of the microwave. It is juicy and tender and more than filling. The mashed potatoes were once again a disappointment (Marie Callender does them about 15x better) and the green beans were floating in an absurd amount of butter-dotted water. I don’t know about all of you, but I find it rather disheartening when my vegetables are floating in a pool of anything. Well, anything but ranch dressing. Mmmmm, ranch dressing.

Due to removal partway through the cooking process, the brownie becomes something of a mess. I have come to accept this because it is made of chocolate. Also, it is a brownie.

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5 Responses to “Hungry-Man Rotisserie Chicken”

Ginia on June 19th, 2007

I’m a hungry girl who loves Hungry Man meals, so thanks for the review! Yes, the veggies in Hungry Man meals are sad — I usually remove them before cooking and replace them with my own frozen veggies. More work, I know, but I also just leave the brownie in the tray the entire time — it’s fine that way. Keep up the good work!
Jessica on June 19th, 2007

Except for the excessive sodium, I generally like Hungry Man meals. I have to say that the calories for this one are almost in the acceptable range! (My comparison, however, is the beer battered cheese fry meal — still my HM favorite).
Crow on June 19th, 2007

“One of the things I like about Hungry-Man is that they don’t try to gussy up their meal descriptions with words like ‘delectable’ and ‘fragrant’.”

“Neither of these options could be described as ‘fabulous.’”

Well, yes, it’s not of the flowery persuasion, marketing-wise…
Ace N. on June 19th, 2007

There’s way too much mystery sauce in this meal, it makes it all a bit unappetizing.
Abi Jones on June 20th, 2007

Ginia - I’ll try leaving the brownie in during the next Hungry-Man taste-test

Jessica - I didn’t eat the skin off of the chicken or the buttery water-sauce that came with the green beans, so I’m positive that cut out calories as well.

Crow - Ok, so I got a little carried away. It is still inconvenient unless I start using Ginia’s method of brownie-cooking and just dealing with having greasy chicken-hands. The latter is not likely.

Ace - I didn’t notice much in the way of sauce in this meal. The chicken wasn’t sauced (though there was some grease in the bottom of the tray) and after the first disastrous bite of beans, I ignored them.