How to make Barefoot Contessa's Fried Chicken Sandwiches
this is no ordinary fried chicken sandwich the chicken has a double crust so it's really crispy and that sauce is made with buttermilk and mayonnaise so it's kind of tangy and fresh herbs so it's really fresh so good and then there are pickles involved so i'm gonna make the sauce first so i've got a cup of mayonnaise two tablespoons of buttermilk i'm gonna be sure to shake it first which i did just whisk it in teaspoon of white wine vinegar just give it a little tang i'm gonna whisk that together and then put in lots of fresh herbs okay first the scallions i need two tablespoons of sliced or chopped scallions the white and the green parts i think a lot of people use a knife by just doing it up and down but it's really good to use the blade and have it sort of rock back and forth and then you get the best use of it and the scallions cut really cleanly okay so two tablespoons that's about two tablespoons one tablespoon of minced chives got lots of onion flavor i love chives okay that's about one tablespoon one tablespoon of minced parsley this recipe actually originally came from shake shack which is danny meyer's fast casual hamburger restaurant and what's interesting is i was thinking about making fried chicken with double coating but i'd never actually gotten around to doing it and that's exactly what they do with the shake shack chicken so i thought i think i'll try that and it was amazing so one tablespoon of parsley just stir it in okay a little bit of Thyme all kinds of herbs in this i'm just gonna strip it right in just a little bit give it another layer of flavor half teaspoon of salt 1 teaspoon of pepper and that's it so that's the herb mayonnaise now i'm going to show you the chicken which i'm keeping warm in the oven wait do you see this now how good does that look wow chicken inside is really tender crispy outside i'm going to tell you how i made it this is the best there are four tricks to the fried chicken first a great marinade with two cups of buttermilk the acidity tenderized the chicken one sliced shallot two smashed garlic cloves one half jalapeno pepper two teaspoons of salt and one teaspoon of pepper all stirred together i put the chicken in the marinade and coated it it's six half chicken breasts flattened to half an inch which tenderizes them and ensures that they cook evenly then i put them in the fridge for eight hours for the marinade to get into the meat and to flavor it next i made a flavorful coating mix I added four teaspoons of baking powder to three and a half cups of all-purpose flour along with two and a half teaspoons of smoked paprika a teaspoon each of cayenne pepper and celery salt tablespoon of koshersalt one and a half teaspoons of black pepper and whisk them all together then the third trick is that i double dip the chicken i removed each piece of chicken from the marinade dipped it in the flour back into the marinade and then back into the flour and i promise this makes all the difference in the world then the fourth and final trick is how I cook it i fry the chicken three pieces at a time you don't want to overcrowd them in two inches of oil heat it to 350 degrees i cooked them for five minutes flipping them halfway through then when they were deliciously crispy I put them on a rack over a sheet pan and kept them warm in a 250 degree oven while i fried the second batch i did exactly the same with the last three pieces i took the fried chicken out of the oil put it on the rack sprinkled on some salt and kept all the chicken warm in the oven those tricks really make a difference okay now i'm going to put the sandwich together which in the business is known as flavor build as in where you put everything in the sandwich makes a difference in how it tastes bet you didn't know that so first i'm going to take the hamburger bun i'm using potato buns which i think have great flavor i toasted them a little 300 degrees for about 10 minutes put sauce on the bottom next i'm going to put a piece of lettuce i'm using boston lettuce because it's really tender and deliciouspiece of lettuce and then pickle these are really good pickles like four pieces of pickle so it turns out where you put the pickl in the sandwich makes a difference now it tastes i don't know why the ordermakes a difference in how it tastes but it just does okay next is the chicken look how good this is right on top just barely fits and then more sauce on the bun and put that on top and that's a shake shack chicken sandwich and that one's got my name on it okay that's one i'm gonna make five more well you can see why these are jeffrey's favorite chicken sandwich mine too and if you make them they're gonna be your favorite chicken sandwich
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