Hot Honey Jalapeño Chicken Sandwich
Serves 6
Directions
- 1Debone the chicken thighs.
- 2Add the chicken to a bowl.
- 3Add buttermilk, hot sauce, cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, and MSG to the chicken.
- 4Mix until well combined.
- 5Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the chicken marinate.
- 6Prepare the flour mixture by combining flour, cornstarch, and the same seasonings used for the marinade.
- 7Whisk the flour mixture.
- 8Coat the marinated chicken in the flour mixture, squeezing to create craggy bits.
- 9Double fry the chicken until golden brown and cooked through (325F for 3 mins then 350F for 2-3 minutes until internal 165 F).
- 10Make the hot honey sauce by melting butter in a pan.
- 11Add sliced garlic and jalapeños to the pan.
- 12Pour in honey and sprinkle red chili flakes.
- 13Slice cucumber and jalapeños for the slaw.
- 14Finely shred or thinly slice cabbage.
- 15Combine the shredded cabbage, sliced cucumber, sliced jalapeños, and dill in a bowl.
- 16Add spicy mayonnaise, salt, and lemon juice to the slaw ingredients.
- 17Mix the slaw ingredients well.
- 18Toast the bread buns.
- 19Spread spicy garlic mayonnaise on the toasted bun.
- 20Place the fried chicken on the bun.
- 21Drizzle the hot honey jalapeño sauce over the chicken.
- 22Add a generous amount of the prepared slaw on top of the chicken.
- 23Place the top bun to complete the sandwich.
Ingredients
- 6 boneless, skin-on chicken thighs
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1.5 tbsp your favorite hot sauce
- 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
- to taste coarse black pepper
- 2 tsp coarse salt
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp MSG
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp coarse black pepper
- 1 pinch coarse salt
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp paprika
- 6 tbsp salted butter
- 3 jalapeños, thinly sliced
- 0.3333333333333333 cup honey
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp red chili flakes
- 3 cloves garlic, sliced
- 2.5 cups cabbage, finely shredded
- 1 jalapeño, thinly sliced
- 0.75 cup English cucumber, thinly sliced
- 3 tbsp fresh chopped dill
- 3 tbsp spicy mayo
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 0.6666666666666666 cup mayonnaise
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 dash hot sauce
- 1 pinch salt
Equipment
knifelarge bowlplastic wrappantongswhiskmandoline slicer
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