This chicken sandwich kills fascists. What does yours do?

[Erose999]

So the secret to it is that you marinate the chicken overnight in pickle juice. I mean I always thought it was the abject hatred that made it taste good, but no... turns out its just a simple brine.

What does YOUR chicken sandwich do?

If I were a more enterprising gent I would start a tumblr for people to post pics and ascribe meaning to their own chicken sandwiches... homemade or from Chick-Fil-A's competitor's. I mean it ain't like you're lacking in options for fried chicken when you're boycotting CFA. A tumblr would be something to give them a little more red ass over their support of hate groups than just a boycott.

Maybe I'd call it "dick-fil-a" or something similar.

Someone could totally run with this idea.

[Erose999]

1. And yeah, I know I probably need to clean my countertop. Thanks for reminding me :\

[pscot]

2. Let's do lunch

[arely staircase]

3. mcdonalds now has a

Chick-fil-a immitation. It isn't near as good and of course McDonald's presents it's own set pf problems for the socially conscious eater.

[Erose999]

5. Yeah the McD's immitation sandwich is close, but no cigar. They have a biscuit too, but their

biscuits are pretty terrible, just greasy and mushy. Chik-Fil-A's biscuits are pretty greasy too but not quite as bad as CFA's.

I make good biscuits too, but I'm in the middle of moving so I may not be able to do that for a while as it takes bowls, pans, etc.

[Taverner]

8. Popeyes, hands down, has the best chicken and biscuit sandwich

Next to that, Lillie Mae's House of Soul Food has a good one, but they're only in San Jose

[Erose999]

9. Yep, Popeyes is good but its across town from me. Weaver D's has the best fried chicken here, but it

is lunch only and a bit of a hike from where I work.

[Taverner]

10. All this chicken talk makes me want to go to Lillie Mae's for lunch

[Aerows]

4. I'm going to try that

Though I like mine with mayo - a chicken sandwich is the ONLY thing I will touch with mayo on it.

[siligut]

6. Looks good, and don't worry about your counter, we're all friends here.

Your recipe reminded me of this post and video, so I thought it would be good to give a link in your thread. The video gives the whole recipe and instructions and then the recipe is also listed.

Chick-Fil-Gay recipe: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101742566

[Erose999]

7. Yeah I saw that. I did pound it flat with a meat hammer like that, but didn't do the egg wash. I am

also thinking the peanut oil is pretty important. I used grapeseed oil this morning. I'm going to pick up some peanut oil and try it again tonight.

[siligut]

13. I wondered if you had seen it

Peanut oil does add flavor. I had a Chick-Fil-A sandwich many years ago, I remember it being flavorful and moist, and it did have a yummy crust.

The pickle juice adds flavor and moisture and an egg wash does make for a thicker crust. Yours looks quite good, I did remember her saying that a steamed bun is important, but I think wheat bread would be tasty too.

Good luck with all your anti-fascist endeavors

[Erose999]

14. In the rare event that I did go to CFA in the past I'd get a wheat bun. I like wheat much more than

white bread.

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11. I tried that recipe...

but it didn't live up to my expectations.

Is it possible to buy jars of just pickle juice without having to buy a whole jar of pickles?

[siligut]

12. I read that you can buy just pickle juice

I have not seen it, but then again, I have not looked for it. Apparently pickle juice is also good for hangovers.

[Erose999]

15. It doesn't surprise me. When I did my side gig grilling burgers at a concession stand at the county

Rec dept. we would freeze the extra pickle juice and sell it to the kids during softball tournaments for $0.50 for a 2oz cup. We made more money off the juice than we did from the pickles.



As for hangovers, and why the softball kids liked it so much, my guess would be electrolytes... because its so salty. Similar to gatorade, but I guess pickle juice wouldn't have as much sugar and little girls love pickles for some crazy reason.

[Erose999]

16. How long did you leave the chicken to marinate? Mine sat for about 8 hours. I've also used buttermil

buttermilk as a marinade for fried chicken with good results... not exactly CFA though, but still quite tasty.