Fried Chicken Burger
Super delicious fried chicken burger is juicy and crispy, drizzled with honey, has tangy and sweet pickles, topped with a delicious slaw, and creamy spicy mayo. Its perfection! This is comfort food at its best.
Ingredients
Fried chicken
- 3 8 oz chicken breast halved crosswise
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup flour
- ½ corn starch
- 1.5 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1.5 tablespoon light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- Pepper to taste
- Canola oil for frying
Slaw
- 3 cups red cabbage thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoon pickle juice
- 1 Jalapeno thinly sliced
- ½ cup cilantro
Spicy Mayo
- ½ mayo
- 1 tablespoon sriracha
Buns
- 6 Brioche burger buns
- 2 tablespoons butter
Condiments
- 3 tablespoons Honey to drizzle
- 18 bread and butter pickles
Instructions
Slaw
- Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix until well combined, cover and chill.
Spicy Mayo
- In a small bowl, mix the mayo and sriracha until well combined, cover and chill.
Fried Chicken
- In a shallow bowl, whisk flour, cornstarch, paprika, garlic powder, light brown sugar, salt, pepper.
- Place the buttermilk in a bowl.
- In a large cast iron skillet pour ½ inch of oil. Place deep-fry thermometer in oil, over medium heat, heat the oil until the thermometer reaches 350 degrees.
- Working with 1 piece of chicken at a time, dredge the chicken into the flour mixture, shake off excess, dip into buttermilk, and dredge into flour mixture again, shake off excess.
- Fry the chicken until its golden brown and cooked, about 3 minutes per side. The safe cooked temperature for chicken is 165 °F (with an instant-read thermometer). Transfer to a baking sheet with a wire rack and season with salt.
Prepare Buns
- Butter the cut sides of the brioche buns. Over medium heat, heat a large skillet, place the bread cut side down, brown and toast.
Assemble
- Spread the spicy mayo on the brioche buns, add bread and butter pickles (about 3 per burger), add the fried chicken, drizzle generously with honey, then add the slaw and voila!
Notes
Nutrition info is an estimate, all the flour may or may not be used. The nutrition info accounts for all the flour. You do not consume all the oil that was used for frying the chicken. The nutrition info considers 1 tablespoon of oil per serving to account for the oil that was absorbed. The chicken may absorb less or more oil.
Nutrition
Calories: 550kcalCarbohydrates: 64gProtein: 20gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 1447mgPotassium: 374mgFiber: 2gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 1023IUVitamin C: 31mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 2mg
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