Description
Learn how to make a delicious Homemade Chick-Fil-A Chicken Sandwich with this easy recipe. Crispy fried chicken on a toasted bun with dill pickles – a perfect fast-food favorite made right at home.
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken:
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup dill pickle juice
Batter:
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Additional:
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 4 hamburger buns
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- Dill pickle slices, for serving
Instructions
- Pound and Marinate: Pound chicken breasts to 1/2-inch thickness, cut into 4 pieces, marinate in pickle juice.
- Prepare Batter: Whisk egg and milk. Mix flour, sugar, spices in a bowl.
- Coat Chicken: Dredge chicken in batter.
- Fry: Fry chicken until golden brown.
- Toast Buns: Brush buns with butter, toast.
- Assemble: Place chicken on buns, add pickles.
Notes
- Add lettuce, tomato, or sauce for variety.
- For a spicier version, increase cayenne pepper and add hot sauce to the egg mixture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus marinating time)
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 520
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 970mg
- Fat: 26g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 18g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 34g
- Cholesterol: 105mg
