Spicy Chicken Sandwich Carls Jr Food

SPICY CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken breast with salt and pepper and set aside. Mix the flour and cayenne in a shallow dish or bowl. Stir together the egg, buttermilk and 1 tablespoon hot sauce in a second shallow dish or bowl. Add the breadcrumbs to a third shallow dish. Coat each chicken breast by dredging in the flour mix, then dipping in the egg/buttermilk mixture and then finally in the breadcrumbs. Set aside.
• To a bowl, add the remaining cup of Louisiana hot sauce and 2 tablespoons of the melted butter. Mix together and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil and remaining 4 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over a medium heat. When the oil is hot and the butter has melted, add the chicken pieces to the skillet and fry until golden and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Remove and set aside. One by one dip the crisp chicken into the Louisiana hot sauce and butter mixture, turning to coat completely.
• Serve on the toasted buns with tons of pickles.

COPYCAT CARL JR'S BACON SWISS CRISPY CHICKEN SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat 6-8 cups of shortening in a deep fryer to 350 degrees or use a deep chicken fryer skillet adding 2" of shortening.
• To prepare the ranch dressing, combine all of the ingredients except the water and gelatin in small bowl.
• Mix the water with the gelatin in a small cup until all of the gelatin is dissolved.
• Add this gelatin solution to the other ingredients and stir.
• Cover and chill the dressing until it's needed (I like to prepare the day before so flavors blend).
• Beat the egg and then combine with 1 cup water in a small, shallow bowl.
• Stir.
• Combine the flour, salt, onion powder and garlic powder in another shallow bowl.
• Pound each of the breast fillets with a mallet until about 1/4-inch thick.
• Working with one fillet at a time, first coat each fillet with the flour, then dredge it in the egg and water mixture.
• Coat the chicken once again in the flour and set it aside until all of the fillets have been breaded.
• Fry the chicken fillets until light brown and crispy.
• As chicken is frying, prepare each sandwich by grilling the face of the hamburger buns on a hot skillet over medium heat.
• Spread about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the ranch dressing on the face of the top and bottom buns.
• On the bottom bun, stack a leaf of lettuce and a tomato slice.
• When the chicken is done frying, remove the fillets from the fryer and drain them on paper towels or a rack for a couple of minutes.
• Stack one fillet onto the bottom of the sandwich (onto the tomato), then stack a slice of the Swiss cheese onto the chicken.
• Arrange the bacon, crosswise, on top of the Swiss cheese, then top off the sandwich with the top bun.
• Repeat the stacking process for each of the remaining sandwiches.