Chicken On A Bun

Famous for their greens and salads, Tender Greens also offers a fried chicken sandwich. Disappointingly though, the chicken was not fried to order but just sitting under a warming lamp in the open kitchen area. This resulted in a slightly dry piece of chicken with the taste being good for white chicken meat. The sandwich also comes with cabbage slaw and pickles which balanced out the very tasty and slightly spicy chili mayo. The chili mayo was the second best part of this sandwich, right after the fluffy and fresh brioche bun.

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Besides the sandwich at The Table, this might be the largest one we had so far. It was so large, it broke apart while eating. I also didn’t feel great afterwards because it was so much food. The chicken was good and juicy, with a nice crisp on the outside. On the list of negative points, the sauce on the sandwich didn’t have much flavor and there was just wayyy too much lettuce on this sandwich. Like cheap iceberg lettuce, nothing fancy. But on the upside, they have this amazing thick bacon that you should add on your chicken sandwich. Or order it as a side. The bacon rescued this mediocre chicken sandwich.

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There are a lot of things to like about Zareen’s and you should definitely visit no matter what you order. So when they put the Crispy Chicken Tikka Sandwich on their menu, we were ecstatic. They describe it as extra crispy, extra juicy and they’re not lying. The piece of chicken is super juicy and incorporates lots of their trademark flavors. The pickles and the sauce have a tang that pairs very well with the chicken. You can also add jalapenos and cheese on that sandwich. While the cheese is not very exciting, we can recommend adding the jalapenos.

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The KFC chicken sandwich is basically a copy of the Popeyes sandwich. It’s pretty good so we’re giving it the same rating. It slightly beats the Burger King sandwich.

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The Cowboy Bar & Grill had a fried chicken sandwich as a special so we had to try it. Unfortunately it wasn’t very good and we should’ve stuck to one of their juicy burgers. The piece of chicken was extremely tough and dry, almost hard to eat. The flavor was pretty good though with a spicy glaze on the chicken.

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We stopped here while driving hungry through Danville, and this is a great fried chicken sandwich spot. The bun is nice and fluffy and the meat is what it should be for a good sandwich. By default it comes with dark meat (that’s what we went for) but you can also “upgrade” to white meat for $2. Pair the sandwich with some of their tasty garlic fries and you got yourself an excellent lunch, served to you by the friendly staff of Hen House. There were only two things to criticize here: the chicken was slightly greasy, and the sauce was not very flavorful – otherwise two enthusiastic thumbs up!

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Baba’s Hot Chicken gets only a 4/10 from us. While the chicken piece was pretty juicy, the powder that seasoned the chicken was not very flavorful. There was an overwhelming smokiness from the seasoning and not in a good way - think one or two too many tablespoons of smoked paprika. Various spice levels were just different chili powders on top of the chicken. Get the “small size” which consists of one chicken tender on the sandwich. The “normal size” has two tenders and is simply too much chicken for the sandwich.

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The Hideout is a small American restaurant in the woods of Aptos. In the Sandwich & Burger section of their menu is a fried chicken sandwich. It’s a basic sandwich with slaw, pickle slices, a chipotle aioli. While the potato bun was pretty good, the chicken piece was disappointing - small and not very crispy. Overall, the sandwich was slightly on the dry side and not particularly memorable.

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Crispy crispy crispy! This fried chicken sandwich from the Brunch menu is crispy! We’ve never had such a satisfyingly crunchy cornflake-based breading - it simply breaks apart with every bite. The sandwich came with two thin pieces of chicken which were very juicy on the inside. The sandwich was pretty standard in terms of ingredients and well executed: nice bun, spicy mayo, and pickle slices in addition to a juicy pickle spear on the side.

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We can be a little skeptical when there’s a significant wait for any restaurant - after all, that’s how they always get you, right? With an hour long wait and swarms of people waiting outside? Nonetheless, our brunch experience at the Screen Door in Portland did not disappoint.

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While looking for a spot for dinner, we found Great Notion Brewing and figured we’d grab some beers. As luck would have it, there is a teeny tiny food menu consisting of sandwiches. We saw the fried chicken sandwich on the menu and knew we had to try it.

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Nola is a great Cajun spot in bustling, picturesque downtown Palo Alto. The ambience of this spot is what really makes it worth checking out. On the Share Plates portion of the menu are the Crispy Hot Chicken Sliders. The sliders consist of small pieces of crispy fried chicken coated in a Cajun-style hot sauce (think Crystal hot sauce), kale-cabbage slaw, and pickles between toasted Hawaiian rolls. The sandwiches are very vinegary due to the combination of pickles, hot sauce, and slaw - you either love it or you hate it. Worth trying if spicy and sour is your thing, but we wouldn’t recommend going out of your way to try this.

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Another worthwhile contender in the world of fast food chicken sandwiches! The hand-breaded chicken sandwiches from Burger King are a huge step up from their original chicken sandwich (ew). They’re actually so similar to the Popeyes sandwich that it almost seems a disgruntled Popeyes employee secretly passed their recipe to Burger King.

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The perfect fried chicken sandwich exists! If you’re from SoCal, you have almost certainly heard of the legendary Howlin’ Ray’s. The wait used to take at least an hour, and we are not the biggest fans of waiting that long for food. As of June 2021, you are able to must pay a bunch of Postmates fees to get it delivered, presumably to a random parking lot in Chinatown if you live outside the actual delivery area. For us, it was worth the extra fees to avoid waiting in line.

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The Spicy Fried Chicken Sandwich, which is part of the all day menu at Great Maple, boasts a large piece of chicken, good bun, and slaw that is on par with others we’ve tried. Unfortunately, the juicy dark meat lacks flavor. The highlight of the sandwich is the slightly spicy mayo which gives the sandwich a subtle kick.

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Surf City Sandwich is a great sandwich spot with plenty of flavorful and interesting sandwiches. Most importantly, they have a fried chicken sandwich called the Chicken Cowabunga. The chicken sandwich is pretty good, although it falls a bit short compared to their other sandwiches.

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Café Beaujolais is an amazing restaurant in Mendocino. During the pandemic, they started offering take-out food instead of their usual fine dining French cuisine. One of these new take-out items is the Buttermilk Fried Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich. The sandwich is not bad and pretty basic with fried chicken, onions, pickles, cheese, lettuce, and tomato. The bun is great, but the chicken was a bit greasy albeit juicy. The hot sauce on the chicken was not as spicy as expected and seemed to be lightly applied with a mop rather than a proper dip into a sauce bath, resulting in very little sauce. We will continue to come back for Café Beaujolais’s regular menu and delicious wood-fired pizzas, but we’ll skip the chicken sandwich next time.

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The Alvarado Street Brewery has not only good beers but also a Korean Fried Chicken Sandwich on their menu. The sandwich sounds good but the “Korean” part of this sandwich is not very pronounced. The piece of fried chicken is smothered in a red sauce - unfortunately it does not deliver on the Gochujang flavor we expected. The sauce is mainly sweet and the chicken is neither Korean nor crispy. The chicken in the sandwich is also lacking a bit of flavor. On the bright side, the slaw with carrots and lettuce works nice with the sandwich. Both the brioche bun and the fries are pretty good as well.

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Orange County might have a new best fried chicken sandwich spot - that crown belonged to Two Birds in the past but Cluck Kitchen is up there.

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Most of the items on this menu are amazing renditions of classic Hawaiian fare, but we’re focusing on the Spicy Katsu Chicken Sando. The sandwich is simple: it’s just two slabs of their thin and tasty Chicken Katsu on a bun. Not much else. They top it with some slaw and serve it with a side of spicy sauce but it’s mainly about the Chicken Katsu. The piece of chicken is not thick and juicy but thin and cripsy. It’s a good idea to serve the sauce on the side so the chicken doesn’t get soggy.

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Roux Dat offers a variety of Po’ Boys, one of them being the Spicy Fried Chicken Po’ Boy. It’s basically a New Orleans-style Shrimp Po’ Boy with small pieces of fried chicken instead of shrimps. The base of the sandwich is an airy, fluffy roll of french bread, topped with shredded lettuce, tomoatoes, pickles, and mayo. The chicken pieces are small and encrusted in a thick cornmeal breading and cajun spice.

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When you’re traveling North on I-5 and happen to be hungry around Redding, CA, you can stop here for some fried chicken. We had the Crystal Fire Chicken which sandwiches chicken pieces between two crispy waffles. The waffle is crispy but unfortunately the chicken is neither crispy nor juicy. This particular style is also a bit too sour due to all that vinegary sauce and nothing to balance it (except for a few leaves of lettuce). Maybe try one of their other Chicken + Waffle sandwiches.

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RT Rotisserie has a lot of chicken dishes but the one to get is Sally Hurricane’s Southern Fried Chicken Sandwich. Not sure whether it is actually healthier than your usual fried chicken sandwich but it definitely feels like it. They use a delicious yogurt sauce instead of the usual mayo which pairs well with the slaw and pickled onions. The chicken is not very crispy, but it’s juicy and flavorful.

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The Popeyes Chicken Sandwich started the great chicken sandwich hype of 2019 and arguably won it in the fast food category. The sandwich is great because it doesn’t try to be fancy and comes only with the basics of a good chicken sandwich: a piece of fried chicken, a soft bun, some pickles, and mayo. You should order the spicy version — that spicy mayonnaise is amazing. It also complements the buttery and sweet bun which was fresh und fluffy. Special shoutout to the pickle slices, they were thick and provided the right bit of tanginess.

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You might come here for the burgers, but there’s also a Southern Chicken Sandwich on the menu! The sandwich has all the right ingredients but the execution is not great. The chicken was too thin and relatively tough on the outside (not overly dry on the inside though). But the main issue with the sandwich was the bun. The bottom bun was extremely soggy. At first we thought this was because of the slaw but the burgers at this place come like that, too. A real bummer since the other ingredients on the sandwich weren’t bad at all - the pickle coleslaw was good and the hot sauce mayo had the perfect amount of spiciness.

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Gott’s Chicken Schnitzel Sandwich is on the lighter side and tastes almost healthy. Almost. Together with the arugula, pickled cucumbers and turnip, and the fluffy brioche bun (which has sesame on both sides), the sandwich doesn’t weigh you down. Still, that juicy piece of chicken won’t let you forget that you’re eating fried chicken.

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This little foodstand has fried chicken on a bun, on a salad, and in a bag. Obviously you should get it on a bun - which is the most delicious, fluffy, and buttery brioche. The piece of dark meat chicken itself is perfectly crispy and juicy. While the chicken is really good, what takes this sandwich over the top is that amazing fry sauce which is simultaneously creamy and peppery. This is the same sauce that they put on their cottage fries which are basically deep fried crunchy potato slices. Grab a puffy cottage fry as the perfect vessel to scoop extra sauce.

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A Berkeley/Oakland institution. The initial impression: this sandwich is simple; it seems almost reminiscent of a run-of-the-mill crispy chicken sandwich from any fast food spot (Wendy’s, Burger King, etc.), especially the chicken patty. However, the patty is big, juicy, and perfectly spiced. What really makes the sandwich is the unique slaw that is heaped on the bun - spicy with thin slices of jalapenos and crisp cabbage.

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The spicy chicken sandwich here is very sweet. Both the bun and the sauce have a sweet and fruity Hawaiian taste to them. The best thing about this sandwich is that they use dark chicken meat for their fried chicken. Our sandwich had quite a bit of skin on it and was just extremely juicy - perfect together with that spicy aioli. If you want it even spicier, down a shot of the SLAB Hawaiian Chili Pepper Water after your sandwich (not for the faint of heart).

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This restaurant has it all - a casual space to sit, friendly employees, cornhole, a good draft beer selection, and of course amazing fried chicken. The Firebird (see picture) has the right level of spiciness, fried onions, and ranch dressing on top of perfect juicy chicken.

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The fried chicken in this sandwich is absolutely massive - it would be enough for 3 sandwiches in fact. The flavor of the chicken is a bit lacking and we definitely could’ve used more of the slaw, which is unfortunate because the bun is the best we had on a chicken sandwich in a while. The healthy side salad will make you feel a bit better after you consumed an entire chicken. Overall a bit dissapointing for an otherwise excellent brunch venue.

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They call them sliders but they’re big sandwiches. Very juicy chicken and a flavorful sauce. Medium spiciness is not very spicy, so go at least one step above it if you like it hot. The pickles give the sandwich the perfect tang and compensate for the boring bun. Come here with somebody you love and share the combo #2 that has two “sliders”.

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We once stopped at a Wendy’s in the area for a quick lunch. We had the spicy chicken sandwich and some sort of now-discontinued BBQ-bacon-whatnot chicken sandwich.

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The highlight of this fried chicken sandwich is the fresh bread, the French roll is crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside. Unfortunately there’s not a thick slab of chicken on this sandwich, the buttermilk chicken is not bad but small and a bit on the dry side. Still, the spicy coleslaw makes up for it with the perfect amount of spiciness and crunch.

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Is it a 9 or is it a 5? This sandwich is sometimes juicy and flavorful, sometimes dry and bland. Let’s settle with a 7 out of 10. In any case it’s big and you won’t leave hungry. It comes with a light and fresh slaw on top which lightens the big piece of chicken perfectly. There are a lot of side options at Lazy Dog, but we prefer the traditional fries or the lighter pickled cucumber salad.

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Dangerously spicy for those who live on the edge. We like a good spicy chicken sandwich, but we can’t even imagine getting the Fire Bird; just opt for the spicy chicken sandwich instead. Pick up some boba at Mini Monster, also in the Anaheim Packing District, and head outside to have a chill lunch.

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The biscuit is tender. The chicken is crispy. The gravy is smooth and flavorful. Doesn’t matter whether you come here because you’re a fan of biscuits or you like chickens on buns - you order The Reggie. There might be a wait, but this is the perfect breakfast. Especially when the amazing pecan pie is the seasonal pie, which you must get (with whipped cream, of course).

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You wouldn’t expect a good fried chicken sandwich when you walk into a random bar in the French Quarter. But at the back of the 700 Club (21+) is a small counter where you can order a fried chicken sandwich. Grab a sandwich and take it to the bar where you can order a beer to pair with your meal.

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The Aunt Annie’s is the fried chicken biscuit you should order. It has the perfect combination of tanginess and sweetness. Who would have thought that pickles and honey go so well together on fried chicken? You might think that the honey is too sweet but it’s balanced by the little sprinkle of mustard sauce. On top of that buttery biscuit this makes the perfect fried chicken brunch.

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Chicken, spicy slaw, and chili honey wrapped in a giant waffle bun. ‘nuff said. Back in the day, they used to not give you enough slaw in the sandwich and had a different recipe for the chicken, but the current version features crunchier double-battered chicken and a heap of slaw with that sticky, addicting honey.

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One of the best fried chicken sandwiches we ever had. The sandwich comes with pickles, an apple slaw, and mayo. You have the choice between a regular sandwich and the spicy one, which is smothered in a Nashville-style sauce. As a side, you have to get their curly fries - either regular or loaded with bacon and cheese.

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The fried chicken sliders come in pairs of two and are topped with mashed potatoes for the ultimate carb-load. The chicken is very juicy and the slightly spicy sauce on the sliders gives them the perfect kick.

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Starbird’s chicken sandwiches are as good as their chicken tenders. The chicken is moist and has a tasty breading. What makes the Starbird sandwiches stand out is not the chicken itself but the toppings and the bread. They have many different styles, for example the Starbird with avocado, the Hot Honey Chicken with hot honey and sweet pepper relish, and the Korean Fried Chicken with Gochujang sauce and miso slaw. The bread rolls are soft and have a great chew. Just don’t substitute the crispy chicken with grilled chicken when ordering your sandwich.

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