# Hot Honey Jalapeño Chicken Sandwich

This Hot Honey Jalapeño Chicken Sandwich is the perfect combo of spicy, sweet, and crispy.

- Servings: 6 servings
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

1. Debone the chicken thighs.
2. Add the chicken to a bowl.
3. Add buttermilk, hot sauce, cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, and MSG to the chicken.
4. Mix until well combined.
5. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the chicken marinate.
6. Prepare the flour mixture by combining flour, cornstarch, and the same seasonings used for the marinade.
7. Whisk the flour mixture.
8. Coat the marinated chicken in the flour mixture, squeezing to create craggy bits.
9. Double fry the chicken until golden brown and cooked through (325F for 3 mins then 350F for 2-3 minutes until internal 165 F).
10. Make the hot honey sauce by melting butter in a pan.
11. Add sliced garlic and jalapeños to the pan.
12. Pour in honey and sprinkle red chili flakes.
13. Slice cucumber and jalapeños for the slaw.
14. Finely shred or thinly slice cabbage.
15. Combine the shredded cabbage, sliced cucumber, sliced jalapeños, and dill in a bowl.
16. Add spicy mayonnaise, salt, and lemon juice to the slaw ingredients.
17. Mix the slaw ingredients well.
18. Toast the bread buns.
19. Spread spicy garlic mayonnaise on the toasted bun.
20. Place the fried chicken on the bun.
21. Drizzle the hot honey jalapeño sauce over the chicken.
22. Add a generous amount of the prepared slaw on top of the chicken.
23. Place the top bun to complete the sandwich.

## Equipment

- knife
- large bowl
- plastic wrap
- pan
- tongs
- whisk
- mandoline slicer

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd97pans/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/46c6230d-f609-44b6-b97d-31cc7e4d6a6a
- Extracted: 2025-08-04

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