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

These Crispy Pickle-Brined Hen Sandwiches are a scrumptious, lightened-up approach to change 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 might be cooked in your air fryer (really useful) or oven and might be completely crispy on the skin 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 beneath. If in case you have each choices out there, I like to recommend cooking the rooster in your air fryer as a result of the skin will get crispier, which I choose. In case you don’t have an air fryer, the oven remains to be an ideal choice and can make scrumptious rooster in your sandwich.

Do I must pre-heat my air fryer?

I’ve seen a lot of blended details about this. Some sources say you completely should pre-heat your air fryer and a few say you needn’t trouble. I believe it in all probability depends upon the model of air fryer you personal, so you could wish to examine your handbook. I’ve a COSORI model air fryer and don’t pre-heat for this recipe. I see that Philips (one other well-liked model) additionally says you don’t must pre-heat. In case you’re unsure about your explicit mannequin, be happy 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 in my view, nothing else compares. Nevertheless, when you’ve got a unique model of dill pickles available, undoubtedly use what you might have! 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 tremendous strainer to get all of the floating components 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 typically.
• 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 skin and heated via once more.

Hen Cutlets

Thinly minimize rooster cutlets are bought within the meat part of most grocery shops, so undoubtedly be happy to only seize these for this recipe. I typically purchase massive 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 steadily in recipes. It’s cheaper to purchase the breasts in bulk and since I take advantage of rooster breasts loads in my recipes it is sensible for me! I typically minimize the massive 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 measurement freezer luggage. That means, 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 somewhat than a knife, it simply works extra shortly and simply, in my view.

Extra Tasty Lightened Up Hen Recipes:

On the lookout for extra tasty, lightened up recipes utilizing rooster breasts? Take a look at my Crispy Hen Caesar Sandwiches, Spicy Hen Sandwiches,  Air Fryer Hen Tenders, Tacky Backyard Vegetable Baked Hen, Barbecue Rubbed Hen Bites, Mexican Avenue Corn Hen, Tacky Broccoli Stuffed Hen, Lemon Pepper Hen Bites, Nashville Scorching 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 Every little thing Hen, and plenty of extra within the Hen part of my recipe index!