Jay is now on Pinterest. One of his first pins was a homemade Chick-fil-a sandwich recipe.

Ironically we had these for dinner last night {Sunday} and we both could not believe how close they came to the real thing. I used honey wheat buns, put extra pickles on mine and slathered some kidnapped CFA sauce on the top bun. Recipe for homemade CFA sauce here.

What you need:

1/4 cup dill pickle juice
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup flour
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
Optional: up to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper for a spicy sandwich ——> Omitted this time, but next time, for sure!
Oil for frying (about a cup) ——> I used 1/2 cup and it was plenty!

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What you do:

Pound out one or two chicken breasts {or buy cutlets} and cut them in half to create 2 or 4 pieces of chicken. Marinate in the pickle juice for 30-60 minutes. When you’re ready to cook them up, mix together 1/4 cup milk with the egg in a shallow bowl and mix the flour and seasonings in a separate bowl. Heat the oil on medium and go ahead and take the chicken breasts from the juice, dip them in the egg mixture followed by the flour mixture. Coat well and place into the heated oil. I didn’t pound mine out as much as I should have so I cooked them for about 4 minutes on each side. Once cooked, place them on a paper towel lined plate. Lightly toast your buns and spread with condiment of choice {mine is the CFA sauce!}. For the traditional sandwich, just place a few pickles on the bottom bun and then add the chicken. Would also be great with some sliced onion, tomato and lettuce.

And what is CFA without waffle fries? You could certainly pick up some Alexia waffle fries to go alongside, too.

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