A lightened-up take on your favorite chicken sandwich! Who knew comfort food could be this good? My Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich is a crispy and delicious air fried chicken breast sandwich coated in hot sauce, topped with a homemade slaw and served on a soft potato bun with pickle slices. It’s everything you love for a fraction of the calories. Add this “too good to be true” sandwich to your dinner rotation ASAP.
Course dinner, lunch, main course
Cuisine American
Keyword chicken sandwich, crispy, hot sauce
Prep Time 40 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 2
Calories 589kcal
Author Steph
Equipment
air fryer
Ingredients
Ingredients
2chicken breastsapprox. 1/2 lb
dill pickleslices for sandwich topping
2potato bunsused: Martins potato buns
Brine
1cup2% milk
1/4cupdill pickle juice
2tbspbuffalo sauceRecommended: Frank's brand
Dredge
1/4cupall-purpose flour
1/2tspcayenne
1tsppaprika
1tspgarlic powder
1tsponion powder
1/2tspkosher salt
Hot Sauce
1/2cupbuffalo sauce
2tbsphoney
Slaw
2cupscoleslaw mix
2tbsplight mayo
1tbspapple cider vinegar
1tspsugar
1scallionchopped
Instructions
Combine the brine ingredients and submerge the chicken breasts in the brine for a minimum of 30 minutes; you can let this sit all day in the fridge until ready to cook.
Combine the dredging ingredients.
Remove the chicken from the brine, and coat in the flour mixture.
Generously spray an air fryer basket with non-stick spray, and add the coated chicken. Spray more cooking spray on top of the chicken to coat.
Air fry at 370 for 15-20 minutes (depending on the thickness of the chicken) or until an internal temperature of 165F is reached. Flip halfway through cooking.
Combine the hot sauce ingredients and coat the cooked chicken in the sauce.
Prepare the slaw.
To serve, place a coated chicken breast on a bun, top with the slaw and pickle slices.