Fried Chicken Sandwiches With Slaw And Spicy Mayo

Total Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 garlic clove, finely grated
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon hot sauce (sriracha)
• 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 jalapeno, thinly sliced
• 4 cups thinly sliced cabbage
• 1/2 cup bread and butter pickles, slices
• 1/4 cup pickle juice (or more to taste)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 (8 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breasts, halved crosswise
• peanut oil or vegetable oil (for frying)
• 4 sandwich buns or 4 baguette, rolls or 4 hoagie rolls
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

Recipe

• 1 prepare spicy mayo: mix garlic, mayonnaise and hot sauce in a small bowl. cover and chill.
• 2 prepare slaw: toss onion, jalapeno, cabbage, pickles and pickle juice in a large bowl to combine. (additional juice may be added if the mixture seems too dry.) cover and chill.
• 3 prepare fried chicken: whisk flour with black and cayenne peppers and salt in a shallow bowl. pour buttermilk into another shallow bowl. working with 1 piece at a time, dredge chicken in flour mixture, shaking off excess. dip in buttermilk, allowing excess to drip back into bowl. dredge again in flour mixture, shaking off excess.
• 4 pour oil into a large heavy skillet to depth of 1/2 inch. heat oil to 350 degrees.
• 5 fry chicken until golden brown and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. transfer to wire rack set inside a baking dish; season with salt.
• 6 assemble sandwiches: spread cut sides of rolls with butter. heat buttered sides in hot pan until browned and crisp, about 1 minute. spread with spicy mayo. build sandwiches with rolls, chicken and cabbage slaw.