Sources suggest that Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen uses beef tallow to fry its chicken. The ingredients for the shortening include: partially hydrogenated beef tallow, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, citric acid, BHT (protects flavor), and the antifoaming agent dimethylpolysiloxane.
Of interest, one cup of beef tallow has 1849 calories and 205 grams of fat (including 102 grams of saturated fat - 511% of daily value).
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