Chic Fil A Chicken Sandwich Recipe - That They Don't Want You to Know!!!
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Hey everyone! I am starting a Chic Fil A series where I show you how to get as close as possible to Chic Fil A. The difference between my videos and the rest on youtube, is that I match the ingredients listed on Chic Fil A's website. This is the inside scoop on how to get the CLOSEST sandwich possible to Chic Fil A. There was many months of trial and error perfecting the ratios of ingredients to get this one right.
Here are the links to their training videos:
• Here's How Chick-fil-A...
• Bryson Jones Chick-fil...
Here is the link to to their ingredients:
www.chick-fil-....
Recipe:
Thin Sliced Chicken Breasts
Brine:
2-4 cups of cold water
2 tablespoons of table salt
Seasoning:
1 Teaspoon Table Salt
1-3 Teaspoons of MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
2 Teaspoons of Paprika
2 Teaspoons of Black Pepper
1/2 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
1 Teaspoon Powder Sugar
Egg Wash:
2 Large Eggs
1 Cup Nonfat Milk
Breading:
1.5 Cups of Self Rising Flour
2 Tablespoons of Nonfat Powdered Milk
1 Teaspoon of Powdered Sugar
1 Tablespoon of Seasoning from Above.
Fryer Oil:
100% Fully Refined Peanut Oil
Temperature: 335-340 degree Fahrenheit
Buns:
I used Brioche, but plain buns will work.
Toast in 1/2 Tablespoon of butter per entire bun
Pickles:
Any type of thin Sliced Pickle Chip
We tried this recipe today and we all couldn’t believe how amazing it tasted. I felt like we were eating at Chick-Fil-A. People on here saying they changed the recipe a little PLEASE DON’T! This guy knows what he’s talking about and he did his homework. Follow this recipe exact and it will taste amazing! I repeat DO NOT add pickle juice to the recipe unless you’re wanting it to not taste like Chick-Fil-A. The pickles on the sandwich give it the pickle flavor you guys are thinking it needs.
Thank you!!! It’s a pretty close representation for the recipe!! You should try the nuggets next!
No... Lacking mustard powder, that's the vital ingredient
The chicken breast is marinated in pickle brine (or juice), you can taste in the chicken with no actual pickles in the bread, and also in the seasoning - mustard seeds(powder) as one user also mentioned.
@@DJRod-e4f Exactly; every time I have made a copycat recipe and I don't marinate in pickle juice it does not taste like Chic fila at all. I'm not sure how people are saying it taste the same.
This is, hands down, the best chik fil a recipe I have ever had. Game changer and insanely easy to do. Thank you!!
hell yeah!
We have no Chick Fil A here and this is wonderful and satisfied my craving!
I really loved the nuggets
they are awesome. I really wanted Chick-fil-A yesterday so I made these they’re so good.
I’m glad it worked out for you!!
I tried this recipe today with my son. The result was so amazing! Thank you!!!
In an earlier post I mentioned I made this by your recipe and did a blind "triangle" test with my son.
This weekend I took your recipe and modified it some.
(Anyone gullible enough to believe the CEO is truthful on paprika only, bless your heart)
I reduced the sugar by 1/3 in the brine, and used 1/2 milk 1/2 water. Before the egg wash, in a shaker, I made a mix of 1 tsp Ground Thyme, 1 tsp Ground Rosemary, and 1 tsp oregano. I sprinkled the dry chicken with the above mix. Then, with what was left over, I put it, and the same ingredients as your recipe in the breading, then followed the same steps as your guide.
I made some for my son's birthday (on Sunday) as appetizers. Everyone said they were way closer than your original recipe we 1st tried .**Not 💯 unmistakable from Chick-fil-A but really close.
I'm still working on tweaks now and then.
Me and my son love Chick-fil-A we eat there twice a week ❤ thank you for sharing that video
Awesome! Let me know how it works for you!
I made this a couple days ago. The only change i made was to marinade in plain pickle juice instead of the marinade he uses and it was the bomb. We have a a chick-fil-a 10 minutes from me and i've never thought it was THAT great like people act like its the best thing since sliced bread. (good for fast food but thats about it). This was SOOO much better. I'm in love. I will continue to make this & thanks for posting it. I would definitely recommend the change i made (pickle juice brine).
Awesome!!! Glad it worked with some tweaks for ya!
Tried a lot of different recipes that claim to be identical to chic fil a . This recipe is by far the best.
What I really want to know is, can you make this on a Sunday?
Hell yes hahaha
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According to Catholic dogma, no. No you can’t.
I ❤ Chick-fil-A! It’s so good 🐓
My chicken was already sitting in pickle juice before I saw this recipe but it turned out amazing. We loved it, it was just like the real thing!
Don’t use pickle juice
I haven't tried it yet but I almost surely believe it.😊
Has anyone else made this recipe? Because every youtubber says it tastes just or very close to Chick fila--who is right and who is wrong?
but I made chipotle chicken from cooking with Chris and it was really good, but I never had the chicken from the restaurant.
Looks BOMB. next the spicy one!
That's what my wife loves. The Spicy.
This recipe helped me make the best fried chicken sandwich! And I attempted many recipes that didn't quite hit the mark. The only difference I did was marinade it overnight and include some of the spices. From my own preference, I prefer saltwater brines. The chicken is a lot more juicer when compared to other marinades. I know the rumor is the company uses pickle juice in their marinade but all I get is pickle flavored chicken. Not my preference. This recipe is the best way to go!
Great tips!!! Thanks for the inout
I always suspected they brined their chicken in pickle juice so I tried it and it was actually surprisingly good, but not quite that Chick-Fil-A flavor I was hoping for. I will definitely try your recipe now!
Hell yeah! Honestly I think the secret is MSG and the breading flour they use. I have a specific type of flour that I found that is self rising.
@@CookingwithChris1 the Holy Trinity in cooking is Butter, Bacon, and MSG!
mkryu yes, if you brine it in pickle juice first for hours, it will taste much closer to their actual recipe. If not, you will not even be close. Been making it w/ pickle juice for years.
www.austin360.com/story/entertainment/dining/restaurant-reviews/2021/10/22/david-chang-fuku-best-fried-chicken-austin/6132847001/?itm_source=AMP&itm_medium=UpNext
I would disagree completely. The secret to its taste is MSG
@@CookingwithChris1 I agree. Everyone thinks its pickle juice, but that's only becasue they're tasting the brine from the pickle on the bun. Duh.. 😂
I’ve never had chick fil a before but I do love a good crispy chicken sandwich. They’re my favourite. Loving everything about this and seriously craving it now!
Thanks Anadi!
Just tried these and they are mediocre at best. They put it in a foil kind of wrapper that makes the bun soggy and the chicken breast tastes like every other chicken breast. Nothing special. Good luck.
@@richarddorney8837 absolute nonsense. Troll
@@peabodyfrost577 Oh, I guess you're right, everybody has to forget about their own thoughts or preferences because little miss peabody has decided they are in charge of telling everyone what they should or shouldn't like. What are you, a food nazi? Yeah, you're a food nazi, arent you.
@@peabodyfrost577 Oh, and relax, Karen.
Great job. This looks awesome. I've never eaten at panda express...pf chang's is probably my closest comparison.
Great lesson. Probably the best I've seen.
Tried it as he prescribed and then with pickle juice. The pickle juice brine resulted in the sandwich tasting like pickle juice. The recipe in the video is better and pretty dang close to Chick-fil-A.
Hell yeah! I am glad it worked out for ya!
Even thickest better even cook I love it!!
Awesome! Anything else you’d like to seev
Thank you definitely trying the recipe!
Some Panda Express would be amazing!!!
I will do it. It’s like YUMMY YUMMY!!
Brioche buns!! Thank you.
I work at chick fill a 😂 and I know breathing too greate job man..❤
Great video. Great communication skills. Trying this recipe tomorrow!
[Like I said below to Mickey, but I"ll put the comment here where more people can see it.]
Thank you, Chris and Mickey (or other employees like him that give us ideas on how to do our recipes better). You are doing the Lord's Work. Please, keep it up and sharing these "techniques" with us. Now, I don't mind eating out now -- say every once in a while, but it's just gotten too expensive for a family now.
We're just trying to keep paying everything on time, because food costs are just too much. We don't eat out much now and are trying to copycat things that we want to eat at home. I don't want to go to Subway and pay a DAMNED TWELVE BUCKS for their stupid sandwich. My family only goes when they have BOGO. And, we're trying different subway breads to make them at home. Similarly, we like Jersey Mike's but we can't pay $ 18 bucks for their Philly Cheese steak that is 16 inch. So, we bought shaved beef from Walmart and are learning to make it at home for more like $2 or $3 bucks the same sandwich size. Just lot of Fast Food doesn't realize what families are going through. Everything has went up around Nov of 2022, and we're doing our best to keep treading water.
Man that looks amazing! I will try it. I’m also going to do a copy cat Popeyes Chicken sandwich. Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome!! I hope you like it haha. Any thing else you’d like to see?
just like chick-fil-a!!!!
yooooo he's back!!!
I am stumped - the whole KFC and Chick Fil A is the Oil Pressure fryer and spices in the dry mix. I made KFC as a college kid. Here is an approximation of Chick's Ingredients
1 Large Egg
½ cup Milk
½ cup Dill Pickle Juice
1 pound Chicken Tenderloins (or chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch chunks)
1 ¼ cups All-Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Paprika
1 tablespoon Black Pepper
1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
¼ teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
½ teaspoon MSG (optional but recommended)
2 teaspoons Confectioners' Sugar
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
2 tablespoons Nonfat Milk Powder
add Neutral Oil (for frying, like canola or peanut oil)
Great job
Panda express sounds good 👍.
Nice
would like to see you do panda express
Got ya
@@CookingwithChris1 hey man just one more thing, would you do a video on the chick fila grilled chicken copy cat recipe
Great recipe, would you happen to know what the difference is for their spicy chicken sandwich?
Thank you! Yeah I would use more paprika and more cayenne in both the seasoning mixture and flour!
it was really good my son loved it!!!! can you make panda orange chicken or pei wei chicken teriyaki
I can do orange chicken! That is easy.
We will try this today! We had CF yesterday so we’re prepared!
Let me know if you have any questions! Having a fryer really helps control the temperature which is key to getting the breading right and not overcooking it or having it fall apart. Temperature control is everything
how was it? did it taste similar?
Too much work for me to make at home, I 'll drive the 3 miles and pick one up at my local Chic Fil A! but loved the video
Where is the link to the fryer you used? Great video and looking fwd to trying this out! Thank you
Hamilton Beach Professional Grade Electric Deep Fryer, 19 Cups / 4.5 Liters Oil Capacity, XL Frying Basket, Lid with View Window, 1800 Watts, Stainless Steel (35035) www.amazon.com/dp/B073SM2KL1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_7VZF75KN1CF485D3W9MH
You should have put the seasoning in the brine, not directly on the chicken. You also need a little more milk in your milk wash. Pressing the fillet is just to get the coating stuck well to the fillet, not necessarily to flatten out the fillet. When you remove the fillet from the flour you should set on a wire cooling rack. Nuggets get shaken off in a wire basket that looks like a cooling rack. You should only place 2 pickles. Not one, not three. Two.
Well done! Looks delicious
Thanks Jason!
Great video dude. I’d love to see Buca di Beppo’s Shrimp fra diavolo if you’re up for it sometime!
As a manager in training who has worked their for the last year...here's my thoughts:
The filets look spot on in size and shape.
The restaurant I work at has NEVER brined their chicken in salt...atleast while I was their. Maybe in the past. Maybe its at some or most resturants. Never seen this. And even if we did brine the chicken...where would we put it? Our nearby options are the walk in, where we cant have raw stuff otherwise cross contamination, and the freezers/refrigerators where we store the thawing chicken.
Already w/ the spices...I think theirs too much paprika, or too much cayanne...or rather too much red. The regular filets should look golden brown or slightly dark brown if cooked too much. What the spices is...I'm not too sure. Our breading flour is premade at this point. Good job w/ the flour spot.
the milk wash is honestly just POWDERED nonfat milk and egg, so IG close enough...Gotta say though, the color looks a little too yellow.
NOOOOOOOO! What're ya doing!? The seasonings IN THE BREADING! If ya season the chicken and then bread it, it just makes either 1 a stronger unnecessary flavor, and/or 2 less flour for the cooking oil to cook the chicken. Also again, not sure if its before me or never done, I do not believe our regular Chick-FIl-A filets are preseasoned...we do premarinate our grilled chicken ie Spicy Grilled and normal Grilled Chicken, but besides those, we don't touch the chicken. And its not even seasoned completely...AND we dont even season THAT MUCH IF we do have them seasoned beforehand. Most of the time, the "preseasoned" chicken breast just looks like normal chicken breast.
Dont know if I can congratulate you or insult ya for seasoning, dipping, then breading the chicken in preseasoned flour...
The random clumps of milk wash IS NOT INTENTIONAL! We get it when we don't sift our station enough. Why must ya ruin the flour like us...
Ya prob pressed the chicken a bit too much. Doing so may/could overcook the chicken, which sounds dumb, but its possible. But good job on not over coating the chicken in the flour.
Ya caught your own mistake but I'll accept it as long as ya know. Our chicken is deep fried pressure cooked. Meaning we fry our chicken, and its pressure cooked. But maybe...just maybe that device works.
We cant pat down our chicken. We let it chill on a wire rack like normal human beings.
End result of the chicken looks more like Costco Chicken then CFA chicken...but at least theirs the lil crisp on the end.
Buns aren't cooked w/ butter. They're cooked w/ canoli oil. But they look close enough as a mimicry.
either .25 for effort, .5 for yes but no. .75 for close but no cigar. 1 for spot on. 0 for never seen or completely wrong
Rating:6.5/11
Percentage: 59.1%
Worst case scenario IF they did do what you had
Rating: 7/11
Percentage: 63.6%
Avg Rating:6.75/11
Avg Percentage: 61.4%
Honestly thought it would have been +70% based on the title...
I would like to add a few things. From what I have seen in Chic Fil A restaurant tutorial videos, like the ones I posted above, there is no way for in store employees to tell how the chicken is brined because it comes in pre-seasoned and pre-brined in a bag. They even say it comes in pre seasoned, that is why I seasoned the chicken in the video. But if you watched further, you will see that I also season the flour.
Other than that I really appreciate those tips. Again, you have more knowledge then I do, I only try my best to recreate the recipe. All in all, if I could afford it, and it made sense, I would pressure fry it. But those are only for commercial use and cannot be used here.
Mickey ... Thank you. You are doing the Lord's Work. Please, keep it up and sharing these "techniques" with us. Now, I don't mind eating out now, but it's just gotten too expensive for a family now. We're just trying to keep paying everything on time, because food costs are just too much. We don't eat out much now and are trying to copycat things that we want to eat at home. I don't want to go to Subway and pay a DAMNED TWELVE BUCKS for their stupid sandwich. My family only goes when they have BOGO. And, we're trying different subway breads to make them at home. Similarly, we like Jersey Mike's but we can't pay $ 18 bucks for their Philly Cheese steak that is 16 inch. So, we bought shaved beef from Walmart and are learning to make it at home for more like $2 or $3 bucks the same sandwich size. Just lot of Fast Food doesn't realize what families are going through. Everything has went up around Nov of 2022, and we're doing our best to keep treading water.
Lol. Funny. Thank for video and comments. I bet it doesnt cost 30$ for 2 sandwiches and baby size ckn nuggets when you do it at home.
I worked for Tyson for years and done KFC and Wendy's so on. But I know for a fact u can not do their spice. Everyone out there good look 😅😅
For a guy who works at cfa, why are you just critiquing rather than helping? This guy put together a video to help the world and all you’ve done is say “wrong here” and “wrong there”. How about “try this instead.” Way more productive and constructive
Cool video! You should try to make some Smash Burgers 🍔
Okay!
Chris where are your regionally,, in what city?
Our insta pot presure cooker isnt 6k dollars. Its not designed for a professional kitchen but i bet it would work for home use for this recipe.
a pressure cooker and a pressure fryer are not the same
Brioche buns are not the closest thing to what they use? It says it right on my app when I order (hamburger bun) lol nice video
Interesting enough, none of the hamburger buns at the store came close to chic fil a’s bun. So the closest thing I found was Walmarts brioche. If you find something closer please share!
@@CookingwithChris1 All it is, is a toasted white bread hamburger bun with butter on the inside. Nothing more.
chick fil a did regular buns but u did the brioche bun to elevate the sweetness. Annd good job on the chicken and can you do like other chicken sandwich videos like popeyes, recipe
You should open a Chick-fil-A if there franchise
Well thinning fhe filas make them easier to cook in the fryer to much meat means over cooking the exterior and the middle is still pink
What white cheese does chipotle use for their bowl?! I need to know
I have made this recipe and it’s better than chick fil a ❤
What can I substitute for msg since I’m sensitive to it
What about the pickle juice for the brine?
Nope
Excellent, I made them and they better than cick a filet sandwich, I wish I could have serve them with coleslaw.
Hell yes
I want Chick-fil-A ice cream vanilla it’s my favorite ice cream in the world ice dream
Moneeeeey!
can this work on a air fryer
Yes but not as good!
@@CookingwithChris1 thanks for responding, there is a person named jason farmer did something similair to you,but he is brine was different as he had a whole recpie from it, want me to link it to you,sorry
@@CookingwithChris1 ok would be cool if you can see if you can match the chick fila taste with an air fryer
I’ll make this minus the msg…..thx!
Up the salt for sure then haha.
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I make the fryers that chick fil a uses
I thought they put pickle juice in their brine
I better get a deep fryer. Where can I get the same fryer you have?
I have the same fryer he’s using and I bought mine from QVC. Hope that helps!
Gonna have to try this recipe , i also heard chickfila brines in pickle juice
I don’t think so, from my research, but it couldn’t hurt it!
@@CookingwithChris1 I used to work there and they do, in fact, use pickle juice :)
honestly it's better to do these recipes at home than to go out to a fast food restaurant, wasting about $20 for a meal that wont even fill you up. especially if you dont have a car to drive in.
Can I do it without dried milk?
you added the msg😂😂😂😂 let the brain cells die what makes it funnier is you chose to use it yourself
Is it possible to make it using an air fryer?
Not really no, but the fryer I bought off Amazon was cheaper then an air fryer, only $60!
Hey Chris ... Why don't you have a video where you talk to us about the "Goals for your Channel". Then, ask us what we'd like for you to make. I'd love for you to become something like the next Everyman's Todd Wilbur. Or, let us guide you or suggest to you what to cook or crack, then the rest of us can cook at home more and not spend so damned much money. It's just gotten too expensive to eat out now. We are making so much at home now.
Thanks Poe! I will take a look!
This was my first real job when I was 16, we got to eat for free - I couldn't eat it for almost 10 years I ate so much. Their grilled chicken is marinated in pickle juice and spices - so weird. The chicken salad is fried chicken that didn't sell by a certain time ground up.
Chris make birria
okay
I’ve heard chick fil a uses some pickle juice in their brine
I don’t think so based on my research
I wonder what it tastes like with no msg 🤔
Walnut shrimp from Panda Express please!
I’ll do it$
I almost collapsed when I saw the golden crispy bun!
Hey Chris I just subscribe to u
Someone said they used pickle 🥒 juice in marinade
That's a myth
They use buttermilk though?
no
Missed the crushed mustard
Spice could be turmeric
Swore they brine it in Dill pickle juice?
According to everything I have found online, I do not think so.
Can you make Whataburger burger recipe?
Chick-fil-a has some of the ugliest looking fried chicken in their sandwiches, it tastes great but damn it is ugly in colour and shape.
no Chick-Fil-A sauce?
Please do Panda Express orange chicken and chow me in
I stopped doing fried foods bc of the mess and smell in the house.
I would never add MSG to my food.
Why not? Recent studies have debunked all the baseless fear mongering from the 60s and 70s. Unless you're one of the few people who have a sensitivity to it, there's nothing to worry about. Look it up for yourself if you don't believe me. It's not dangerous.
Chick Fil A food aint burnt. 😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I repeat, CHICK-FILA HAS RUINED PERFECTION by changing their crunchy breading seasoning ingredients on their chicken sandwiches since 1964.
It is now bland. Their flavorful uniqueness that set them apart from all the rest is GONE in 2024.
They use pickle juice as their brine, not what you did. They also don't don't cut their breast in half and flatten it. That's a fact. How'd you know if it tastes right if you don't have one near you?
I am DEATHLY ALLERGIC to MSG and it will swell my throat up in under 20 minutes.
I’ve been reading labels my entire life and researching everything that goes into my body.
So TRUE about MSG. I have been to hospital ER twice. MSG dangerous. Do not feed to children. When I go grocery shopping I feel like I am at the library as I study every food label for MSG.
Those buns are not nearly as good as Nature's Own brand brioche buns
Why smash it with your hand just use a meat cleaver duh😅
You forgot the pickle juice
this is great if you are the mom of the house or have no life, not worth it to go through all that prep for one or even two people. What they charge is reasonable considering the price of the ingredients
What happened to sauce
I tried their chicken sandwich and the bun was kind of soggy, the chicken breast was just meh and the chicken nugget things literally tasted like rubber...why do people go crazy for it? I think we Americans have gotten used to mediocre. Or maybe I'm just getting old, I won't rule that out.
You sure it was Chick-fil-A lol maybe the ppl on that shift didn't really care to much. There chicken nuggets are great