Crispy Pickle-Brined Hen Sandwiches (Air Fryer or Oven)

These Crispy Pickle-Brined Hen Sandwiches are a scrumptious, lightened-up option to exchange your favourite fried rooster sandwich! I really like the pickle-brined taste of a rooster sandwich from Chick-fil-A, however at simply 377 energy or 6 WW Factors every, these sandwiches are more healthy than their quick meals counterparts, and simply as tasty. The rooster will be cooked in your air fryer (advisable) or oven and might be completely crispy on the surface and juicy on the within when completed. I like so as to add lettuce, tomato, a bit of sunshine mayo and extra pickles and serve it on a delicate sandwich roll – perfection! To view your present WW Factors for this recipe and monitor it within the WW app, click on right here.

Air Fryer or Oven?

I’ve made the rooster for these Crispy Pickle-Brined Hen Sandwiches in my air fryer and in my oven and supplied route for each within the recipe directions under. If in case you have each choices accessible, I like to recommend cooking the rooster in your air fryer as a result of the surface will get crispier, which I choose. When you don’t have an air fryer, the oven continues to be an amazing possibility and can make scrumptious rooster to your sandwich.

Do I must pre-heat my air fryer?

I’ve seen numerous blended details about this. Some sources say you completely should pre-heat your air fryer and a few say you needn’t trouble. I feel it in all probability is dependent upon the model of air fryer you personal, so it’s possible you’ll wish to test your handbook. I’ve a COSORI model air fryer and don’t pre-heat for this recipe. I see that Philips (one other common model) additionally says you don’t must pre-heat. When you’re undecided about your specific mannequin, be at liberty to only run it for a couple of minutes earlier than you add the rooster to make sure.

Recipe Notes

• Pickles: I really like Claussen kosher dill pickles and for my part, nothing else compares. Nonetheless, if in case you have a distinct model of dill pickles available, positively use what you’ve got! I used the pickle juice left over after utilizing all of the pickles in a 20 ounce jar, which was about 1 ¼ cup. I did use a nice strainer to get all of the floating substances out of the pickle juice earlier than I poured it over the rooster.
• Sandwich Rolls: I used Martin’s Potato Sandwich Rolls and they’re tremendous tasty on this recipe! These are one of many sandwich rolls/hamburger buns my household buys usually.
• Re-heating: To re-heat my rooster cutlets when there’s leftovers I often simply switch a cutlet from the fridge proper again into my air fryer and warmth it up at 350 for about 5 minutes till it’s crispy on the surface and heated by means of once more.

Hen Cutlets

Thinly minimize rooster cutlets are bought within the meat part of most grocery shops, so positively be at liberty to only seize these for this recipe. I usually purchase huge bulk packs of boneless, skinless rooster breasts at my grocery retailer after which use kitchen shears to trim them down into the styles and sizes I take advantage of ceaselessly in recipes. It’s cheaper to purchase the breasts in bulk and since I take advantage of rooster breasts rather a lot in my recipes it is sensible for me! I typically minimize the large rooster breasts widthwise into cutlets (often 4 oz – 6 oz every) like those used on this recipe. Any rooster that’s minimize off to make these I then minimize into small chunks to make rooster bites. It’s simple to weigh out 1 lb or extra of rooster chunks or tenders and a few 4, 5, or 6 oz cutlets and freeze them for later in quart dimension freezer baggage. That manner, I all the time have some cutlets and a few rooster bites available to make use of in my recipes! I like to recommend slicing the rooster down utilizing kitchen shears quite than a knife, it simply works extra shortly and simply, for my part.

Extra Tasty Lightened Up Hen Recipes:

Searching for extra tasty, lightened up recipes utilizing rooster breasts? Try my Crispy Hen Caesar Sandwiches, Spicy Hen Sandwiches,  Air Fryer Hen Tenders, Tacky Backyard Vegetable Baked Hen, Barbecue Rubbed Hen Bites, Mexican Road Corn Hen, Tacky Broccoli Stuffed Hen, Lemon Pepper Hen Bites, Nashville Sizzling Hen Bites, Crispy Hen Parmesan, Apple and Brie Stuffed Hen, Strawberry Balsamic Grilled Hen, Blackened Hen Bites, Cream Cheese and Herb Stuffed Hen, Tuscan Olive Hen, Barbecue Bacon Wrapped Hen Tenders, Pimento Cheese Stuffed Hen, Cream Cheese Stuffed All the pieces Hen, and lots of extra within the Hen part of my recipe index!