#22 - Batchelor's Chicken Flavour Pot Shots

• Brand: Batchelor’s Pot Shots


• Flavour: Chicken


• Cost: £0.60 (3 for £1.80 deal, normally £0.79 each)


• From: Sainsbury’s


• Description: A delicious, filling noodle snack in a tasty sweet & sour flavour sauce


• Weight: 46g (225g when prepared)


• Allergies: Wheat, Gluten, Milk
  
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I've only tried one of these Pot Shots before, the Sweet & Sour flavour, and I thought it was great so I'm looking forward to this one. As with the afore mentioned test I can see that ALL the packaging is recyclable - brilliant!

WOW! When you pour the water in you can actually smell chicken. If you've read previous posts you'll find that I've got quite cross about the fact that all these noodle manufacturers give a protein on the front, like Chilli Beef or Chicken & Mushroom, and they make no effort to add anything that gives you the flavour of it. However, on the ingredients list here I can see diced chicken and chicken fat - this is going well.

“How do they taste?” The answer is different.They're a little bit grainy. There is a sweet taste coming through as well as a dry kind of umami over the top. There's no spice in it and the veg doesn't really come through either.

“Do they remind me in any way of a chicken dish?”  The answer is yes, but a it's a very specific yes. When I was younger I used to go swimming with my dad and afterwards we'd have something out of the 10p hot drinks vending machine (this is about 25 years ago). Quite often I'd go for the chicken soup and that is the flavour I'm getting from this dish.

“How do I feel now I’ve finished it?” The answer is alright but not quite full. The  flavour I'm left with is quite salty too and my mouth's gone a bit dry. Looking at the nutritional information I can see there's 18% of your day's salt intake in them - is that a lot? I'll have to pay more attention to this in future. Wait hang on, this might actually be down to the inclusion of tricalcium phosphate - take a look at the glossary to see what I mean.

Conclusion – Packaging and commitment to flavour I have to applaud but they're just a little bit too small and I don't think they got the flavour they were looking for. It's just a bit average which is a real shame and this salty after taste is a bit annoying.

Need 4 Noodle Rating: 5/10