September 17, 2025 // Franchising.com // San Francisco – Starbird is shaking up the hot chicken landscape this fall, elevating beyond the Nashville Hot Chicken craze with the launch of its new Indian Hotbird® limited-time menu. Debuting just in time for National Chicken Month, this bold and innovative lineup features the Indian Hotbird sandwich, the Indian Hotbird Tender Box, and Masala Street Fries, available starting today across all California locations.
Building on the success of its Nashville Hot Chicken, Starbird is pioneering a new era with the Indian Hotbird, featuring its signature crispy chicken infused with vibrant, flavorful Indian spices to elevate the fast-food experience. With dynamic, complex flavor combinations rarely seen in the fast-food space, this limited-time menu is a groundbreaking offering that pushes the boundaries of what guests expect from a fast-food chicken concept.
Each item has been carefully crafted to deliver the intense, mouth-watering flavors and inventive culinary creations that Starbird is known for, including:
To complement the new food items, Starbird is also introducing two seasonal house-made beverages: a Blueberry Lemonade and a Mango Iced Tea.
“This new Indian-inspired menu is a perfect example of our commitment to chef-driven creativity and our mission to expand the boundaries of what fast-food can be,” said Aaron Noveshen, Founder of Starbird. “It reflects our culinary roots and our belief that fast-food should offer craveable, feel-good flavors that elevate every meal. We’re excited to celebrate National Chicken Month by introducing these standout, spice-forward dishes to our guests. From the Indian Hotbird sandwich with its house-made Tikka Sauce to the Masala Street Fries, we’ve built layers of flavor that we know our customers will crave.”
The new menu additions were developed through a unique process of culinary innovation, designed in partnership with The Culinary Edge (TCE), the U.S’s leading food and beverage consultancy agency. This collaboration ensured the Indian-inspired limited-time menu would meet the high standards of a fast-food concept, from sourcing ingredients like garam masala and fenugreek leaves to creating new house-made recipes for Tikka Sauce, Tamarind Mint Raita, and a Masala Fire Shake.
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