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Copycat Chick-fil-a Chicken

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A copycat fried chicken recipe for Chick-fil-a’s original chicken. Use chicken breasts and make a chicken sandwich, or fry up some tenderloins for chicken fingers. This is the best fried chicken recipe you will ever make!

Ingredients

  • 3 whole Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast Or Substitute 9 Chicken Tenders For The 3 Breasts
  • 1 cup Dill Pickle Juice
  • 1 whole Egg
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 2-½ Tablespoons Powdered Sugar
  • ½ teaspoons Black Pepper
  • Salt To Taste
  • Peanut Oil, For Your Frying Pan

Preparation

Take your chicken and marinate it in a plastic bag with the pickle juice for 7 to 48 hours.

After your chicken has been marinated, pour the peanut oil in a large frying pan and heat it slowly over medium-low heat.

Meanwhile, grab two medium sized bowls. In one of the bowls, mix together the egg and the buttermilk. In the next bowl, stir together the flour, powdered sugar, pepper, and salt.

Now, test the peanut oil by dropping in just a pinch of flour. You want it to sizzle quickly. If it burns, the oil is too hot. If it doesn’t sizzle at all, the oil needs to be warmer. It is essential that the oil be at the proper temperature because you don’t want the chicken to absorb the oil, but you also don’t want it to blacken.

When the oil is ready, take your chicken, and dip each piece in the flour mix, then the buttermilk mix, then back in the flour mix. Finally, set it in the pan to fry. Do this with each piece of chicken.

Watch the coating to make sure that it isn’t browning too fast. I flip my chicken twice over the course of about 30 minutes.

Serve with a salad or, for a more authentic Chick-fil-a experience, add a side of waffle fries!

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Pat Mendell on 9.6.2012

Made this for Sunday dinner last weekend and is a definite do again recipe. As in my usual form I can not leave a recipe alone. I used whole chicken parts, legs and boneless breast. I sliced one of the thicker breast in half, thinking it would be a good to make a sandwich and it was (more on this in a minute). I marinated the chicken pieces for about 16 hours, then followed the recipe directions. I’m not sure what the purpose of the powdered sugar is but I think it cause the crust to brown to quickly, next time I lower the heat. Can’t wait to make this for my grandgirls. Gotta save that pickle juice! As for the sandwich I put a slice of pepper jack cheese on top of the breast wrapped it, then wrapped the bun with the mayo and dill pickles in another baggie. At lunch I microwaved the chicken till it was warm, then topped it with the cheese and heated it again till the cheese was nice and melted around the chicken, placed it on the bun and hummmm-hummmm good. A great treat for lunch, next time I will split more breast. Thanks for the recipe!
Pat

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