
How To Make Son of A Gun Fried Chicken Sandwich
Crispy fried chicken is the heart of this chicken sandwich from Son of a Gun with layers of sweet, spicy, and sour flavors from pickles and pepper sauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Spicy Coleslaw:
- 1tbspgarlic clove
- ½cupmayonnaise
- 1tbsphot pepper sauceLouisiana-style
- 4cupscabbagethinly sliced
- ½cupPickle
- ¼cuppickle juice
For Fried Chicken:
- 2cupsflourall-purpose
- 1tbspblack peppercoarse ground
- ½tspkosher salt
- 1cupbuttermilk
- 2chicken breasts
- vegetable oilfor frying
- 4sandwich rolls
- 2tbspunsalted butter
Instructions
Spicy Coleslaw:
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Mix together the garlic, mayonnaise, hot pepper sauce, cabbage, pickles, and pickle juice in a large bowl.
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Put in the refrigerator to chill.
Fried Chicken:
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Add the flour, pepper, and salt in a shallow bowl.
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Butterfly the chicken and cut into 4 thinly cut pieces.
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Add the buttermilk to a small bowl and dip the first piece of chicken into a bowl. Let the excess buttermilk drip off.
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Dredge into the flour mixture and shake the excess off.
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Repeat the process, then lay gently onto a cookie sheet and repeat with 3 remaining pieces.
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Add the vegetable oil to your cast-iron skillet until it is about a ½-inch high.
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Heat on medium until the oil is 350 degrees F and fry the chicken for 3 minutes on each side.
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Rest on wire rack and sprinkle salt to taste on top of the fried chicken pieces.
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Cut the rolls in half and spread butter on the cut sides.
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On a griddle brown the buns buttered side down.
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Assemble the bottom of the bun, then the chicken, then a cup of the coleslaw before topping with the top of the bun.
Nutrition
- Calories: 737.58kcal
- Fat: 36.03g
- Saturated Fat: 8.08g
- Trans Fat: 0.27g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.02g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 15.59g
- Carbohydrates: 87.70g
- Fiber: 5.72g
- Sugar: 7.04g
- Protein: 15.66g
- Cholesterol: 28.98mg
- Sodium: 738.03mg
- Calcium: 183.67mg
- Potassium: 410.46mg
- Iron: 3.27mg
- Vitamin A: 62.34µg
- Vitamin C: 36.49mg
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