Raising Cane's/Facebook Add Tasting Table on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Though there are a few changes we wish Raising Cane's would make, it's hard to deny the restaurant has been successful with its formula of drilling down on one specific specialty — in this case, breaded chicken fingers — and building an entire brand around that specialty. If you want a wide variety of menu items to pick from, Raising Cane's probably isn't for you. But if you want consistent, high-quality chicken fingers with an excellent dipping sauce and some basic sides, well ... you know where we're going with this.
All that being said, just because Raising Cane's is narrowly focused on its chicken fingers doesn't mean those chicken fingers don't have room for improvement. There are ways to order, dress, and otherwise tweak Raising Cane's mainstay to elevate them into something a bit more special.
We get it: The people who love Raising Cane's love it because of its simplicity. But if you were okay settling for the default chicken fingers and scoff at the idea of changing them in any way, you probably wouldn't have clicked this article in the first place. So, if you're here, you're either someone who likes Raising Cane's and is open to hear how it can be better or you're someone who actually isn't a fan but is open to becoming one by learning ways to make the chicken fingers more to your liking.
Just like you can do with McDonald's chicken nuggets (sometimes), you can request the chicken fingers from Raising Cane's be prepared extra crispy. The most common reason to order them this way is to ensure you get a fresh batch rather than something that was sitting under the warmer until you arrived. Cane's isn't known to have an underwhelming texture or crunch in its breading even without this trick, but nothing beats breaded chicken that is fresh from the fryer.
While you're at it, go ahead and ask for the fries to be extra crispy as well. You'll already need to wait a little longer for this special order so you might as well have both the chicken fingers and the fries come out piping hot and as satisfyingly crunchy as possible. Of course, not everyone wants that much crisp on their fries, so it's up to you whether you want to go that route.
One hidden benefit of ordering the chicken fingers extra crispy is best seen when ordering through the drive thru. Many customers report a higher chance of the chicken (and the fries) being soggy by the time you get home when ordering to-go since the food is wrapped up while everything is still steaming hot and the steam gets trapped in the packaging. Ordering the chicken extra crispy gives it a sturdier defense against the steam turning it soft, but Raising Cane's pros also know to crack open the container to let the steam escape while they're driving.
Raka Firdaus/Shutterstock One of the undeniable truths about Raising Cane's is its lack of sauce and condiment options, something that rubs a lot of people the wrong way given that chicken fingers live or die by what you dip them in. The chain assumes you will love its Cane's Sauce and be content with that as the only advertised option for dipping the chicken fingers in, and fans of the restaurant tend to be cool with that. If you don't love Cane's Sauce and wish there were other options, you should know there actually are — they just aren't on the menu.
Raising Cane's not only offers a honey mustard dipping sauce, apparently it's even made in-house just like Cane's Sauce. It's also incredibly delicious and makes for a perfect dip for the chicken fingers. We know Raising Cane's wants everyone to love its titular sauce, but that doesn't explain or justify why the honey mustard is relegated to secret menu status; especially if the company is having its employees go through the trouble of making the sauce in the restaurant.
