Is KFC adding a new sauce to its menu?

KFC is one of the nation's most popular fast food restaurants with nearly 4,000 restaurants in the US alone.

The fried chicken chain is launching a new product to its menu in select locations this week.

Is KFC adding a new sauce to its menu?

Starting Monday, December 6, 2021, the famous fried chicken restaurant will be introducing a new sauce to its menu.

The new sauce called Sweet Hot Capital City mambo sauce will be available only in Washington, Atlanta, and Dallas for a limited time.

The sauce has been taking over the food scene in DC for some time and KFC is offering it to other cities.

The founder of Uncle Dell's mambo sauce is Andy Burton, Thrillist reports.

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What is the history behind mambo sauce?

The mambo sauce is not a KFC invention, but they are making it their own and testing it out with the name Sweet Hot Capital City.

"If D.C. has a flavor, it is undoubtedly mambo sauce. Just as diverse as the city that created it, mambo sauce is known for its distinctive red-orange color and its sweet-sour flavor that can taste like barbecue sauce, buffalo sauce, or something completely its own—depending on the restaurant that made the condiment," said the Thrillist article.

KFC has reportedly partnered with Capital City, a Black and female-owned business to offer the mambo sauce.

Capital City is operated by Arsha Jones.

In a press release, Capital City's Arsha Jones stated the importance of KFC offering their sauce.

"KFC has given Capital City a huge opportunity to highlight a culture that many don't get a chance to experience," the CEO and co-founder of Capital City said.

"When visitors think of Washington, D.C., they envision museums, government, and politics, but there's a huge community just beyond those few blocks that has a rich history filled with styles, music, lingo and food all our own. We are proud to be able to partner with KFC to share our culture with more people."

The sauce may be new to KFC and many of their customers but has been a staple of DC's black food culture since the 1950s, according to Thrillist.

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