Crispy Fried Chicken Sandwiches

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 60.

	this recipe	typical
dairy	16%	3%
egg	6%	0%
liquid	76%	4%
leavener	1%	0%
salt	5%	0%
aromatics	0%	0%
sweetener	8%	0%
fat	14%	1%

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

605 g	3 boneless, (skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/3 lbs))
473 g	2 cups cold water
36 g	2 tablespoons + 3/4 teaspoon salt
8 g	2 teaspoons sugar
730 g	4 to 6 cups vegetable or peanut oil, (for frying)
50 g	1 large egg
122 g	1/2 cup milk
180 g	1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
24 g	3 tablespoons cornstarch
6 g	1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 g	3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
7 g	1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
	1 teaspoon Accent flavor enhancer ((see note))
2 g	1 teaspoon paprika
110 g	1/2 cup mayonnaise, (best-quality such as Hellmann's or Duke's)
53 g	3 tablespoons store-bought barbecue sauce
9 g	2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
312 g	6 hamburger buns
	Bread and butter pickles

Method: 9 steps, published by www.onceuponachef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I just made these but cut the breast into strips so I could get more crunchy coating. Wooo HOOOO! I keep picking at it. . .hope there's some left for dinner! LOL. This will be my go-to for chicken nuggets, popcorn chicken, you name it. I brined for about” — a cook, 5.0★

“Made this (minus the sauce) today for lunch, and man, so good! The brining alone--and even for just half an hour with my having pricked the breasts bwith a fork beforehand to help aid the brine's absorption--made such a difference in how juicy the chicken turn” — a cook, 5.0★