KFC has a new menu item in the US – and has no chicken (unless you upgrade!)

KFC has a new dish – and there’s no chicken in sight unless you top it up.

In fact, the $3.49 Smash’d Potato Bowls are a carb overload.

The bowls come with two types of potatoes — mashed potatoes and fries — plus cheese sauce, bacon crumbles and a three-cheese blend.

For another $2 you can add chicken nuggets.

‘Now you can satisfy your cravings with our new Smash’d Potato Bowls, which take comfort to an 11 with a unique twist on all your favorite KFC flavors, smashed together. If you love our Famous Bowls, you’ll love this new bowl,” said Nick Chavez, Chief Marketing Officer of KFC US.

“For just $3.49, it’s a comforting meal deal. Are you ready to smash it?’

Smash’d Potato Bowls for $3.49 come with mashed potatoes, fries, cheese sauce, bacon crumbles and a three-cheese blend

For another $2 you can add chicken

For another $2 you can add chicken

Smash’d Potato Bowls are landing on KFC menus nationally after a successful test run in Pittsburgh in 2023.

KFC’s popular Famous Bowls were first added to KFC menus in 2006 and in 2019 KFC introduced Mac & Cheese Bowls.

KFC is also introducing the new $20 Taste of KFC meal.

Available at KFCs nationwide, the combo comes with six pieces of KFC’s Original Recipe bone-in chicken, as well as four individual sides, including mashed potatoes and gravy, fresh coleslaw, corn, rich and creamy cheddar mac & cheese, and four biscuits.