A Perfect Afternoon Snack: How to Make a Fried Chicken Sandwich

By Patricia Tan   –   Parent Herald

What type of sandwich do you prefer? Chicken salad sandwich, egg sandwich, turkey sandwich or chicken sandwich?

Try a new, delicious friend chicken sandwich recipe today that is as easy as pie. Your afternoon snacks, dinner or any meal of the day don’t have to be boring. Here are some simple steps to make the perfect fried chicken sandwich.

James Briscione, the Director of Culinary Development School of Culinary Arts, says on The Daily Meal that a fried chicken sandwich has four basic components: bread, chicken, pickles and sauce. According to People, a soft potato roll for the bun will do. Nothing more, nothing less.

For the pickles, you may use your preferred type of pickles such as dill pickles. If you want to add extra spice to your fried chicken sandwich, you can also try making quick pickles by combining cucumber, vinegar, oil, brown sugar, salt and pepper.

For the main ingredient, the fried chicken, All Recipes notes that brining the chicken first before cooking is an effective way to help make the meat tender and juicy. This simple cooking technique makes a huge difference when it comes to texture and taste.

For the sauce, you may choose any kind of mayo. However, People recommends using an umami mayo. According to The Guardian, umami was recently recognized by Western scientists as the “fifth taste” after salt, sweet, sour and bitter.

There are a lot of recipes for the umami mayo that you could try. But for this simple sandwich, you can achieve the umami flavor by simply combining roasted shallots, garlic, shrimp paste and fish sauce (optional).  Spread some Umami mayo on each side of the buns, put the fried chicken in between, finish with some of your preferred pickles, and, voila, you have the perfect fried chicken sandwich.