Description
Indulge in the ultimate comfort food with these Hot Honey Fried Chicken Sandwiches. Crispy, juicy chicken thighs are coated in a spicy-sweet hot honey glaze and sandwiched between soft brioche buns with creamy mayo, crisp lettuce, and pickles.
Ingredients
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Chicken:
- 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
Breading:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Other:
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 4 brioche buns
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup shredded lettuce
- 8 dill pickle slices
Hot Honey Sauce:
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Marinate the Chicken: Combine chicken thighs, buttermilk, and hot sauce in a bowl. Marinate for at least 1 hour.
- Prepare the Breading: Mix flour, cornstarch, salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder in a bowl.
- Bread the Chicken: Dredge marinated chicken in the flour mixture.
- Fry the Chicken: Fry coated chicken until golden and cooked through.
- Make the Hot Honey Sauce: Combine honey, hot sauce, cayenne, and butter in a saucepan. Heat until smooth.
- Coat Chicken: Brush fried chicken with hot honey sauce.
- Assemble Sandwiches: Toast buns, spread mayo, add lettuce, pickles, and chicken. Serve hot.
Notes
- Adjust hot honey sauce spiciness to taste.
- Substitute chicken breasts if desired.
- For extra crunch, double-coat chicken in buttermilk and flour.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes (plus marinating time)
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 685
- Sugar: 16g
- Sodium: 920mg
- Fat: 38g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 24g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 58g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 32g
- Cholesterol: 115mg
