Chick-fil-A Spicy Deluxe Sandwich - Copycat Recipe
Recreate Chick-fil-A's famous spicy deluxe chicken sandwich at home! Pickle-brined chicken, pepper jack cheese, and crispy coating. Perfect copycat recipe!
Servings 4
Calories 672kcal
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breast butterflied
- 2 cups pickle juice (total juice from 32 oz pickle chips jar)
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Peanut oil for frying
- 4 hamburger brioche buns
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 8 hamburger dill pickle chips
- 4 iceberg or green leaf lettuce leaves
- 4 tomato slices
- 4 slices pepper jack cheese
Instructions
- Add chicken to a large mixing bowl with pickle juice. Cover and place inside the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours.
- When done, drain chicken breast and pat dry.
- Add oil to a large stovetop pan and allow it to heat up.
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat together the milk, egg and hot sauce.
- In another medium, shallow bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Mix well.
- When your oil is heated, dunk each butterflied chicken breast into the egg mixture covering well.
- Shake off any excess and dunk into flour mixture, covering completely. Work each piece through one at a time.
- Carefully drop each piece of chicken into the oil and allow it to fry on either side for 3 to 4 minutes or until the chicken is golden brown. Repeat for each piece
- Add butter and buns to a separate skillet over low-medium heat to toast.
- Assemble your sandwich toasted bun first. Top with lettuce, tomato, chicken breast, pepper jack cheese, pickle, and top bun.
Recipe Tips
Be sure you don’t get your oil too hot. Otherwise your breading will burn before your chicken cooks. Test a small piece before frying an entire breast.
This recipe works best with a breast butterflied. The chicken will expand while cooking so an entire breast may be too large to use.
After breading the chicken, be prepared to fry it in the oil immediately. You don’t want the chicken to sit breaded. Otherwise, the flour will absorb.
Nutrition
Calories: 672kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 238mg | Sodium: 2063mg | Potassium: 415mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 3451IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 249mg | Iron: 3mg
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