Fried Chicken Sandwiches With Slaw And Spicy Mayo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

For mayonnaise
1 garlic clove, finely grated
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon hot sauce (sriracha)
For slaw
1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 jalapeno, thinly sliced
4 cups thinly sliced cabbage
1/2 cup bread and butter pickles, slices
1/4 cup pickle juice (or more to taste)
For fried chicken
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 dash cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 (8 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breasts, halved crosswise
peanut oil or vegetable oil (for frying)
4 4 baguette, rolls or 4 hoagie rolls
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

Preparation

Prepare spicy mayo: Mix garlic, mayonnaise and hot sauce in a small bowl. Cover and chill.
Prepare slaw: Toss onion, jalapeno, cabbage, pickles and pickle juice in a large bowl to combine. (additional juice may be added if the mixture seems too dry.) Cover and chill.
Prepare fried chicken: Whisk flour with black and cayenne peppers and salt in a shallow bowl. Pour buttermilk into another shallow bowl. Working with 1 piece at a time, dredge chicken in flour mixture, shaking off excess. Dip in buttermilk, allowing excess to drip back into bowl. Dredge again in flour mixture, shaking off excess.
Pour oil into a large heavy skillet to depth of 1/2 inch. Heat oil to 350 degrees.
Fry chicken until golden brown and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to wire rack set inside a baking dish; season with salt.
Assemble sandwiches: Spread cut sides of rolls with butter. Heat buttered sides in hot pan until browned and crisp, about 1 minute. Spread with spicy mayo. Build sandwiches with rolls, chicken and cabbage slaw.