Chick Fil A Chicken Sandwich (Copycat)

The Chick Fil A Menu currently makes 6 signature chicken sandwiches of which are breaded and grilled. The love for these sandwiches is mostly the Chick Fil A Sauce that you can dip with waffle fries, grilled nuggets, Cobb salad, and the Chick Fil A Sandwich in! You can find the Chick Fil A Sauce Recipe here.

List of Chick Fil A Fried Chicken Sandwiches:

• Original Chicken Sandwich- seasoned chicken breasts and dill pickle chips over a toasted butter bun.
• Deluxe Sandwich- fried chicken with dill pickle chips, green leaf lettuce, tomato and American cheese.
• Spicy Chicken Sandwich- spicy breaded chicken breasts (with a spicy blend of peppers) and dill pickle chips over a toasted butter bun.
• Spicy Deluxe Sandwich With Pepper Jack-  spicy breaded chicken breasts, dill pickle chips, green leaf lettuce, tomato and Pepper Jack Cheese.

I want to inform you that the Chick Fil A Menu serves a collection of dipping sauces and dressings. The sauce closest to the Chick Fil A Sauce is the Chick Fil A Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce. Don’t get confused with these two sauces, they are very similar.

The Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce is smokier and has more notes of BBQ sauce. It was specifically designed for the Grilled Chicken Sandwich (off their menu) and the Chick-Fil-A Sauce has more notes of honey mustard and mayo and is slightly lighter in color.

Both Dipping sauces are sweet, smokey, tangy, and equally delicious.

The ingredients for the Chick Fil A Chicken Sandwich are; boneless skinless chicken breasts, seasoning (salt, msg, sugar, paprika, spices),  flour, nonfat milk, leavening (baking soda, and baking powder), soybean oil, water, egg, fully refined peanut oil, bun, vinegar, butter flavored oil, pickle. 

My interpretation of the ingredients above? Use spice blends to shorten the list and home alternatives that will work the same. Here is my grilled chicken marinade:

• Chicken breasts- boneless and skinless chicken breasts, cut in half to make two thinner fillets out of each breast of meat.
• Chicken Marinade- a blend of seasoned salt, water, and leavening (baking soda is my favorite way to tenderizer meat without buttermilk and hot sauce and the white distilled vinegar quenches any bitterness!)
• Seasoned Flour- white flour, salt, ground mustard, sugar, black pepper, leavening, seasoned salt, paprika, celery salt, ground sage, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, ground ginger, and turmeric.

Note: This is a fried chicken sandwich without buttermilk. The marinated fried chicken breast makes this sandwich moist and tender!

To make fried chicken at home first prepare the chicken by cutting the chicken breasts in half lengthwise. Then make the chicken marinade and let the meat tenderize while you prepare the other steps.

1. Heat the frying oil to 350°F. You want to get the oil temperature right in order to get crispy fried chicken without burning the crust. A frying Thermometer can help to fully cook the interior of the chicken.
2. Toast your hamburger buns on a non-greased griddle or hot skillet. Brush the tops with melted butter or butter flavored oil or cooking spray. Set aside.
3. Drain the marinade from the chicken (DO NOT WASH.)
4. Add your chicken cutlets to the milk and egg wash.
5. Then dip the chicken pieces into the seasoned flour and press it firmly into the flour. Flip and shake chicken pieces from excess breading.
6. Fry the chicken, rough side down for 4-5 minutes or until nicely browned and cooked through. I like to occasionally flip my chicken breast over for even browning as the flour bits collect on the bottom.
7. To assemble the sandwiches place 2-3 dill pickle slices onto the bottom bun. Top with a fried chicken fillet and buttered bun.
8. Serve with Chick Fil A Sauce.
9. Taste the chicken sandwich and let me know what’s it like!

Chicken thighs will work great for this fried chicken sandwich! Leave the thighs whole and do not slice in half like you would a chicken breast fillet.

If you want to know how to reheat Chick Fil A Sandwich, its to microwave it or wrap it up in foil and bake. These reheating instructions are for assembled and prepared sandwiches. If you are working with a filet you’ll want to revive it in the oven uncovered until the breading crisps up again, then assemble into sandwiches.

An air fryer would do a great job at reheating the filets too! Keep leftovers refrigerated for up to 4 days. Be sure to pat dry your pickles before placing into the buns, this way the bread won’t get as soggy.

Wondering how to fry chicken breast for a Sandwich? The best fried chicken sandwich comes together with the right equipment. Colonel Sanders of KFC fried his chicken in a pressure fryer like Chick Fil A. Apparently it makes juicy fried chicken, however the way you marinade chicken will determine the juiciness too.

You don’t need a Pressure fryer or any fryer in that matter, just a deep pot to hold the frying oil and enough room to submerge the chicken cutlets into.

Chicken Breast cutlets take anywhere from 4-5 minutes or around 3 on each side. The thicker the fillet the longer it will take to cook. It is important to cut the chicken breasts in half lengthwise for even cooking.

Your chicken is done when the meat thermometer reads 165°F.

Who owns Chick fil A? Chick Fil A was founded in 1946 in the Atlanta suburb of Hapeville, by Truett Cathy. The first diner was called Dwarf Grill and later in 1967, Cathy founded and opened the first Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta’s Greenbriar Shopping Center.

Today, it’s one of the best selling fried chicken restaurants that is operated by his son and grandson who are the CEO of the company.

Chick Fil A Chicken Sandwich is 440 calories per sandwich. This Homemade Chicken Sandwich recipe is 438 calories!

• Soup
• Cole slaw or Summer Slaw Recipe
• Chicken tortilla soup or this Instant Pot White Chicken Chili
• Mac and cheese
• Salad Wrap
• Southwest Salad
• Dessert (Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies)
• Lemonade