Spicy Chicken Deluxe
Spicy Chicken Deluxe
Ingredients
- 480 grams chicken breast
- as needed black pepper
- 40 grams panko crumbs
- 4 low-calorie buns
- 4 teaspoons hot sauce
- 4 slices pepper jack cheese
- as needed lettuce
- 1 tomato, sliced into 4 slices
- as needed pickle juice, to cover chicken
- as needed gold sauce, low-calorie Chick-fil-A sauce dupe, optional
Instructions
- 1
Place the chicken breasts into a bowl. Pour enough pickle juice over the chicken breasts to ensure they are fully covered. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and label it to brine for at least 2 hours.
⏱️ 5 min
- 2
After brining, remove one chicken breast from the pickle juice. In a separate shallow bowl, add approximately 10 grams of panko crumbs. Thoroughly coat both sides of the chicken breast with the panko crumbs. Repeat for remaining chicken breasts.
⏱️ 5 min
- 3
In another shallow bowl, add 1 teaspoon of hot sauce. Take a breaded chicken breast and coat both sides with the hot sauce. Repeat for remaining chicken breasts.
⏱️ 5 min
- 4
Transfer the hot-sauce-coated chicken breasts into an air fryer basket, ensuring they are in a single layer. Air fry the chicken at 375°F for 15-20 minutes, or until cooked through and golden brown.
⏱️ 20 min•🌡️ 375 - 5
While the chicken is air frying, prepare the vegetables: slice the tomato into 4 slices and prepare the lettuce.
⏱️ 5 min
- 6
Toast the low-calorie buns until lightly golden.
⏱️ 3 min
- 7
Assemble each sandwich: Place lettuce on the bottom bun, followed by a tomato slice, then an air-fried chicken breast, and finally a slice of Pepper jack cheese. Place the top bun to complete the sandwich.
⏱️ 5 min
- 8
Optionally, drizzle Gold Sauce (a low-calorie Chick-fil-A sauce dupe) over the assembled sandwich.
⏱️ 1 min
- 9
Enjoy the Spicy Chicken Deluxe.
⏱️ 1 min
Kitchen Tools
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Spicy Chicken Deluxe
- 480 grams chicken breast
- as needed black pepper
- 40 grams panko crumbs
- 4 low-calorie buns
- 4 teaspoons hot sauce
- 4 slices pepper jack cheese
- as needed lettuce
- 1 tomato, sliced into 4 slices
- as needed pickle juice, to cover chicken
- as needed gold sauce, low-calorie Chick-fil-A sauce dupe, optional
Instructions
- 1
Place the chicken breasts into a bowl. Pour enough pickle juice over the chicken breasts to ensure they are fully covered. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and label it to brine for at least 2 hours.
⏱️ 5 min - 2
After brining, remove one chicken breast from the pickle juice. In a separate shallow bowl, add approximately 10 grams of panko crumbs. Thoroughly coat both sides of the chicken breast with the panko crumbs. Repeat for remaining chicken breasts.
⏱️ 5 min - 3
In another shallow bowl, add 1 teaspoon of hot sauce. Take a breaded chicken breast and coat both sides with the hot sauce. Repeat for remaining chicken breasts.
⏱️ 5 min - 4
Transfer the hot-sauce-coated chicken breasts into an air fryer basket, ensuring they are in a single layer. Air fry the chicken at 375°F for 15-20 minutes, or until cooked through and golden brown.
⏱️ 20 min•🌡️ 375 - 5
While the chicken is air frying, prepare the vegetables: slice the tomato into 4 slices and prepare the lettuce.
⏱️ 5 min - 6
Toast the low-calorie buns until lightly golden.
⏱️ 3 min - 7
Assemble each sandwich: Place lettuce on the bottom bun, followed by a tomato slice, then an air-fried chicken breast, and finally a slice of Pepper jack cheese. Place the top bun to complete the sandwich.
⏱️ 5 min - 8
Optionally, drizzle Gold Sauce (a low-calorie Chick-fil-A sauce dupe) over the assembled sandwich.
⏱️ 1 min - 9
Enjoy the Spicy Chicken Deluxe.
⏱️ 1 min