Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich

These Hot Honey Chicken Sandwiches combine buttermilk-marinated, seasoned, breaded, and fried chicken breasts, slathered with hot honey sauce, paired with creamy coleslaw and pickles on toasted brioche buns.

Course lunch, lunch/sandwich, sandwich

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword hot honey chicken sandwich recipe, how to make a hot honey chicken sandwich, how to make hot honey chicken sandwich

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Marinating Time 30

Total Time 1

Servings servings

Calories 1191kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

Marinade

1 cup buttermilk
3 tablespoons pickle juice
2 tablespoons hot sauce
1 egg
4 chicken breasts pounded to even thickness

Flour Mixture

⅔ cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
½ tablespoon smoked paprika
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Vegetable oil for frying

Slaw

1 ½ cups tri-color coleslaw
¼ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

Sandwiches

4 Brioche Buns
Hot Honey Sauce
Pickles

Instructions

Whisk the buttermilk, pickle juice, hot sauce, and egg in a large bowl. Add the chicken breasts and marinate for at least 30 minutes or up to overnight. If marinating for more than 2 hours, cover the bowl and refrigerate.
In a large, wide bowl, whisk the flour, cornstarch, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and black pepper.
If making homemade hot honey sauce, whisk the ingredients together. There is a link to hot honey sauce in the ingredients above.
Mix the coleslaw, mayonnaise, granulated sugar, and apple cider vinegar.
In a cast-iron skillet, heat about ½-inch of oil. Dredge the chicken breasts in flour. Fry the chicken for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through, flipping halfway through the cooking time. Chicken is done when it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
Toast the brioche buns, then layer them with the fried chicken breasts, drizzled with hot honey sauce or dunked in it, along with the coleslaw and pickles. For best results, serve promptly.

Notes

Store leftover breaded chicken breasts in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Store the coleslaw in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Make the hot honey sauce up to 1 week in advance. Store it in an airtight container at room temperature. Ensure that the hot sauce you use does not need refrigeration; if it does, store the hot honey sauce in the refrigerator.
Reheat the chicken in an air fryer at 350° for 5-7 minutes or until hot.

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