u/MrGodless

Hello Team,

Welcome back to another extremely scientific review of ALDI Korean Style Chicken with Spicy Gochujang Sauce.

Tl;dr - 5/10 chicken on its own, chicken with sauce my wife scored 8.5 and I scored 8.

Now to the review -

The way these reviews are done, we establish a baseline score for the item and then see whether or not a sauce or different preparation improves the taste.

We also keep in mind the price point of the reviewed products - you're obviously not going to get restaurant quality Korean food out of a six dollar frozen ALDI product.

While the chicken was cooking I was reminded of a very particular smell from my childhood, sitting in the local Chinese takeout spot playing Frogger waiting for our takeout to be prepared, it just smelled so strongly of plain vegetable oil. Strange memory but it's pretty vivid.

When we tasted the chicken we found it to be quite bland and lacking any strong flavor. The texture of the batter was kinda gummy but it wasn't particularly offensive. Perfectly fine as a vessel for sauce.

My wife and I both scored 5.

Chicken with Gochujang sauce -

Keeping in mind that this is a frozen chicken product that costs 6 dollars we found the sauce to be really, really good. It added a sweet and savoury flavor along with a nice fermented quality, a little bit acidic.

We didn't get any spice out of the sauce, absolutely no heat detected despite being advertised as "spicy". Whilst my heat tolerance is particularly high, my wife's isn't and she didn't feel like there was any heat whatsoever which was a little disappointing.

The chicken and sauce received an 8.5 from my wife and I gave it an 8.

Chicken with a combination of Gochujang sauce and kewpie mayo -

Not as good as the chicken and gochujang. The mayo did add something, a kind of sweet flavour, however it detracted a little from the other qualities that the sauce by itself had. My wife gave it an 8 and I gave it at 7. Not bad, just kinda meh.

Again - thanks a bunch for reading, have an awesome week and we'll catch y'all around on the flipside. Adios.

Hello Team,

I hope you're all well.

I spotted this at our local and my wife and I can't wait to give it a try and review.

I'd also like to thank everyone in the community for participating, sharing their tips / tricks and generally helping to make these very scientific reviews that much more fun for us.

Hello Team,

tl:dr - Wife's score 8 my score 7.5.

Welcome back, it's Friday night and we are READY to perform science for the public.

Tonight my wife and I tried the Aldi chicken burrito.

We went into this review thinking the burrito would be quite average. However we were pleasantly surprised that the burrito was pretty good.

Initial thoughts - the packet instructions didn't work for us. The label calls for 1 minute in the microwave and 1 minute to rest. It probably took 2 minutes and 30 seconds to get to a point where the inside was warm.

The tortilla held up well but it was really hot by the time the middle of the burrito was warm and we had to let it sit for longer than a minute to let the outside cool down enough to hold.

We were both pleasantly surprised by the taste. I can't really describe it more than "white people Mexican night with a hint of chipotle". It was quite mild, but I can understand that Aldi are catering to a very Australian pallet.

As expected there was a huge amount of rice but it was well seasoned. We would have liked to have seen more chicken and beans, but I'm not sure you can expect that when the price point is $6.99.

We would we eat it again? Yeah, bloody oath we would.

My wife added some sour cream and I added some hot sauce which elevated the eating experience.

My score -7.5 and my wife gave this an 8.

Happy Sunday all,

You'll never guess - We've been shopping again at ALDI.

We spotted some Tunnock's products and couldn't resist giving them a try. One of my best friend's Dad is very, very Scottish and I recall him speaking with such glee when reminiscing about these.

Tea cake - My score 7, my wife's score 7. We both really like the flavor, reminders us of a chocolate royal howevere these have a marshmallow cream filling where the royals have a denser filling. My wife didn't enjoy the texture as much as a royal.

Caramel wafer biscuit - My score 7, my wife's score 8. These are nice, not super sweet and the texture of the biscuits wafer had a nice crunch to it. I prefer these to Australian biscuit wafers which I find are mostly flavourless.

Tl;Dr I we scored the tea cakes 7, i scored the caramel wafer 7 and my wife scored them an 8.

Hello again gang,

During our regular shopping trip, my wife and I stopped by Aldi and spotted these Louisiana chicken tenders. Considering how much we enjoyed the Aldi buttermilk chicken tenders, we thought this was a no-brainer.

These were prepared exactly as per the instructions included on the bag.

We tested the tenders on their own, and with Tabasco habanero, kewpie mayo, and tomato sauce (which was requested on our last review).

The aroma coming from our air fryer was fantastic and our house smelled like chicken tenders for a while. It almost reminded us of KFC, but less greasy.

The tenders come in a 500g bag for ten dollars which is not terribly expensive compared to the buttermilk tenders, but compared to double the chicken for an extra couple of dollars at Woolies is not the best value for money.

The tender - these were well seasoned and crispy coming out of the air fryer. We both scored the tenders a solid 8.5 on their own in comparison to the buttermilk tenders which we scored an 8.

Tender with Tabasco habanero - I gave these a 9 and my wife reduced the score to a 7.5. I love a good hot sauce and the sweet, fruity flavour of the habanero paired exceptionally well with the tender. Whilst my wife enjoys hot sauce, she isn't a fan of habanero. She thinks she would have enjoyed a different hot sauce a bit more.

Tender with Kewpie mayo - we both gave these a 9. The subtle sweetness and savoury qualities of kewpie enhanced the flavour of the tenders. My wife will almost without exception favour mayo as a pairing with chicken when it comes to your off-the-shelf sauce options.

Tender with tomato sauce - we had a lot of people request this last time so we gave it a go. I gave this a 5 and my wife gave this a 7.5. I simply don't like tomato sauce and found that it detracted from the eating experience. My wife didn't mind it but doesn't think it added anything.

Closing thoughts -

* These really were crispy following the packet instructions. I reckon we could have crisped them even further without risking them burning.

* I'm not sure if these are permanent, but I would be making an effort to grab a bag or 5 if you're happy with the price point.

* These reminded us both a bit of KFC chicken and I'm keen to try to make a knockoff chicken burger.

Thanks for reading!

Howdy all folks,

My wife and I have performed more science and have tried the butter chicken naanwich from ALDI.

We prepared the naanwich exactly as stated on the packaging, while it was microwaving the kitchen was filled with a delicious aroma, I reckon our kitchen will smell of naanwich for days.

Once plated we sliced the naanwich in half to look at the cross section, nothing particularly special however the amount of chicken maryland chunks was very generous. We spread the chicken out to the edges of the naanwich as they had mostly clumped up at the bottom.

The naan itself was extremely soft which made it difficult to cut cleanly or hold, this was even after waiting a minute for it to cool down as described on the instructions. If you were eating this as a snack without utensils you would definitely want want to keep the cardboard sleeve it comes in.

We found the flavor to be very mild, if you've ever had a frozen curry and thought to yourself - damn, this needs a bit more pungency or ompf you'll find a similar result here.

I had a small spark of genius and mixed some ghee and garlic together and zapped it in the microwave before brushing it over the naan. This elevated the eating experience and complemented the flavor.

Thoughts -

* The texture of the naan might put some people off as it was an extremely soft, almost stodgy texture.

* We could see people really enjoying this on smoko on a worksite, as its quick and easy to prepare and if you use the cardboard sleeve to hold it, it wouldn't be messy at all.

* Framing our expectations, this was a 4 dollar snack.

Scores -

My wife - 6.5, she was leaning towards a 7 but she is very particular about textures and this bumped it down half a point. With garlic butter 7.5, it really helped.

Mine - 7, for 4 dollars I don't think you can go wrong here, I just wish it had a bit more pungency and spice. With garlic butter this was a solid 8 for me.

Thanks for reading!

Run, don't walk.

Hello Gang,

My wife and I have performed very important scientific research (eating chicken tenders) and can now provide a review.

We tested the tenders by themselves, with sriracha, with kewpie and with barbecue sauce.

The review methodology is based on much we liked tender out of 10. The scores for tender and sauce would go up or down based on whether or the sauce improved the experience or worsened it.

The baseline review score is 8.

The Tender - Solid 8 out of 10. My wife and I both agree on an 8

Following the box instructions resulted in a bloody good chicken tender. Crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside. The batter doesn't have a strong flavour, just a really pleasant savoury taste that comes with seasoned buttermilk batters. These are real deal chicken not processed crap. Compared to similar products that cost 12-15 dollars a bag these are an absolute steal for a 400g box at $5.99.

Tender with sriracha - 8. My wife and I both agree on an 8.

The sriracha didn't really do much to increase or detract from the eating experience for either of us. We both we both like sriracha and chicken tenders, the sauce didn't make a difference.

Tender with Kewpie - 8. My wife and I both agree on an 8.

We aren't doing decimal points on the review scale, while she thought it did improve with kewpie it wasn't enough to bring it up to a 9.

We both agree its the best of the sauces, chicken and kewpie mayo were made for eachother. The kewpie enhances the savoury qualities.

Tender with barbecue - My wife said 7 and I said 6.

Nothing wrong with the sauce or the tenders but we found the taste of the tender was overwhelmed by the sweetness and smokiness of the barbecue sauce.

Take away thoughts - We have a Phillips XXL 5000 series airfryer, based on how it cooks I would cook at 180c for 15 minutes and around 5 minutes at 200c.

Thank you for reading.

I'm back again with a 20cm round spring form cake tin.

This week I took a box of ALDI Cinnamon Crumble Muffin mix and turned it into a tea cake.

The only difference was I added more butter to the crumble mix (a total of 30g) and baked it for 35 minutes at 180c fan forced.

Some absolute giga chad posted below that they mixed a can of ALDI sour cherries with a triple choc fudge brownie mix.

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I've made this for science. As far as cooking goes - I only had a 20cm spring for cake tin on hand, my grandmother has my 20x20cm square.

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It also needed a 60 minute cook time instead of 45min on the box. It needs some time to set. I'll post updates.

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Thinking it'll pair well with a dollop of sour cream.