Honey Fried Chicken Sandwiches
Honey Fried Chicken Sandwiches feature crispy fried chicken breasts with a spicy honey sauce on a buns. This perfectly crisp chicken is a family favorite at our house. When I first started cooking, 25 years ago, I found deep frying to be very intimidating, but now I feel like a professional fryer. Over the years, I’ve developed loads of recipes to feature these crispy breasts, and these Honey Fried Chicken Sandwiches are one of my very best creations.
The star of this sandwich is, of course, the boneless, skinless fried chicken breast. It is perfectly crispy and juicy and is complemented by the Spicy Honey Sauce, which is a perfect blend of sweet honey, hot tabasco sauce, and creamy butter. Tangy pickle chips, creamy honey butter, and a plush brioche roll complete the sandwich, for a fantastic lunch or dinner.
One of the things I love about this sandwich is that the ingredients are inexpensive, and are things I always have around the house. When I want to save even more money, I swap out the brioche buns for regular hamburger buns, or even white sandwich bread.
The secret to making these Honey Fried Chicken Sandwiches lies in the frying of the chicken. For best results, I recommend using a deep frying thermometer and a cast iron Dutch oven. These tools will enable you to keep your oil at 350 degrees, which is the key to frying perfectly cooked chicken. The chicken only needs to cook for about 7 minutes, so you can prepare the entire meal in under an hour.
This sandwich makes a terrific lunch or dinner. I like to serve it with a creamy cabbage slaw and crispy potato chips. If your family loves fried chicken, I hope you’ll try these delicious fried chicken sandwiches.
Honey Fried Chicken Sandwiches
Equipment
- cast iron Dutch oven
- deep frying thermometer
Ingredients
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp tabasco sauce
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups vegetable oil
- 5 tbsp honey
- 6 butter
- 4 brioche buns
- 12 sweet pickle chips
Instructions
- Cut each breast in half horizontally, and then flatten each of the 4 pieces, between two pieces of plastic wrap, with a rolling pin or meat tenderizer.
- In a cast iron Dutch oven, or other heavy pot, heat about one inch of oil until it reaches 350 degrees.
- As the oil heats, prepare your dredging station. Fill one bowl with the buttermilk and one teaspoon of tabasco. Divide the flour and spice between two bowls.
- .Dip each piece of chicken into the first bowl of flour, then in the buttermilk, and then back in the flour. When the oil reaches 350 degrees fry the chicken two pieces at a time until they are golden brown on both sides. They will cook about 7 minutes. Do not add the second batch of chicken until the oil reheats to exactly 350 degrees. Drain all the chicken on a wire rack.
- For the Honey Butter, mix 2 tbsp. of butter with a tbsp. of honey. For the Spicy Honey Sauce, mix 4 tbsp. butter with 1 tsp of Tabasco sauce and 4 tbsp. of honey in a small saucepan and cook over low heat until the butter melts. Dip each piece of chicken in the Spicy Honey Sauce.
- To assemble the sandwich, spread the bun with Honey Butter, and top with the chicken and pickles.
