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Recreate copycat Chick-fil-A nuggets with ChatGPT (it missed the breading)

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by Amanda Caswell (Tom's Guide)
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How we verify

Evidence: Article or interviewA newsletter, journalist or interview account of what happened.

FailureThe source says the agent did not get the job done.

What went wrong: The recipe gave no specifics on the breading, the key element, and cited no sources; the nuggets didn't taste right.

Outcome

Tom's Guide's Amanda Caswell asked ChatGPT for the closest possible homemade Chick-fil-A nuggets recipe and used ChatGPT Voice to guide her while cooking; it kept saying she was on track. After one bite she realized it had skipped the most important part, the breading: top-rated copycat recipes specify things like Ritz crackers, sugar and baking soda. With no time to restart at about 8:15 p.m., she turned the chicken into a makeshift chicken parmesan.

Agent

ChatGPT

Prompt Original prompt

Exact prompt as published in the source.

Give me the closest possible homemade Chick-fil-A nuggets recipe, including any secret techniques that make it taste authentic.
Optional stronger version

Our rewrite with extra checks. The poster didn't test it.

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Give me a reliable copycat recipe for a restaurant dish, based on the best-reviewed versions online.

Fill in before running:
- Dish: [RESTAURANT + DISH]
- Servings: [NUMBER]
- Equipment: [fryer / oven / air fryer]
- Ingredients I can't use: [ALLERGIES]

Rules:
- Base the recipe on 2–3 highly rated copycat recipes and link them.
- Spell out every element exactly, especially coatings, brines and sauces, with amounts.
- Say where the sources disagree and which version you chose.
- Flag any step where a small detail makes a big difference to taste.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- Before I start cooking, list the parts of the recipe you're least sure about so I can check them.

Output: Ingredients with amounts, step-by-step method, and the source links.

You'll know it worked when: nothing in the method is vague, and the key 'secret' steps match the top-rated versions.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-asked-chatgpt-to-make-a-copycat-chick-fil-a-recipe-but-it-left-out-a-key-ingredient

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