Battle of the Dishes: Fast-food breakfast

​Does a fried chicken biscuit sandwich really sound that appealing for breakfast? Not really, unless you’re a serious fan of Chick-fil-A and love to start the day with a little cardboard box of Chick-n-Minis: three little buttered biscuits, about the size of a 50-cent piece, stuffed with a ball of not-so-crispy fried chicken, slightly larger than a marble. Very salty, with 2.5 grams of saturated fat and 260 calories. Even with a container of orange juice, not so good for you.

The breakfast sandwiches at Chick-fil-A are comparable to those served at their biggest morning rival: McDonald’s. Both offer bacon-egg-and cheese biscuits, sausage biscuits and sausage breakfast burritos.

Chick-fil-A has bigger biscuits (and flakier than McDonald’s, which tend to be dry), but the one with bacon, egg and cheese has a funny aftertaste with 490 calories and 12 grams of saturated fat! The McDonald’s version of the same sandwich hardly tastes much better; although there’s no distinct aftertaste, it’s a salty sandwich — and with 420 calories and 12 grams of fat. The sausage, egg and cheese version is just as fattening.

So who wins this battle? Neither! Go eat a bowl of oatmeal — it’s cheaper too!