When making a spicy fried chicken sandwich at home you need to make a lot of decisions. Picking your chicken filet, the buns, sauces, toppings, condiments, and more—everything has to work in harmony to produce the perfect bite. Andrew Rea (AKA Babish) breaks down every decision he makes when whipping up his ultimate juicy and crispy spicy fried chicken sandwich.
Andrew Rea’s cookbook, Basics With Babish, publishes on October 24. Preorder at: https://www.amazon.com/Basics-Babish-Guide-Making-Mistakes/dp/198216753X?ref=astauthor_dp
Director: Dan Siegel
Director of Photography: Ben Dewey
Editor: Micah Phillips
Talent: Andrew Rea
Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Creative Producer: Christie Garcia
Culinary Producer: Jessica Do
Culinary Associate Producer: Leslie Raney
Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producer: Amy Haskour; Oadhan Lynch
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Talent Booker: Meredith Judkins
Camera Operator: Erron Francis
Sound Mixer: Mike Guggino
Groomer: Nicole Vidro
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Lauren Worona
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20 Comments
Fun Fact: almost everyone with a peanut allergy eat items fried in peanut oil. The heating of the oil denatures the protein that causes anaphylaxis.
What about ghee/clarified butter for deep frying?
hellmans is fuckign gross either get duke, blue plate, or better yet get Kraft Avacado may best one there is.
I don’t get what the egg in the brine does
thoughts on crushed up pork rinds as part of the breading
Says the dude who has never worked in a restaurant or gone to culinary school.
Fantastic topic and entertaining mixture of reviews/recommendations with great personality. For my chicken; after making bacon I reserve the grease – and that becomes my chicken frying oil. If you are worried about the bits smoking, you can strain it.
What about a bulky roll?
WOW. I will copy your way 100%. Looks perfect and yummy
Season your flour with some Herb-Ox Chicken Bullion if you love you mom
GBD – Golden Brown Delicious
Mans just RAW DOGGED that lettuce.
20:10 Jojo Reffrence
As a chef, I was about to scold you for not accepting Brioche…glad your taste buds taught you the lesson in the end. Not for burgers, no. But fried things, chicken or fish especially, it's the only perfect choice.
Oooof. Brioche buns are the worst thing that ever happened to burgers.
I'm gravely disappointed babish prefers bread & butter on his chicken sandwich.
meat is not supposed to be juicy
Looks absolutely delicious! 😍 I would have put mayo on the bottom bun as well, and maybe gone with truffle mayo. Yeah, yeah, everybody puts truffle mayo on everything, but I really love it. 😊
KAISER BUNS! USE KAISER BUNS!!!!
yum