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

These Crispy Pickle-Brined Hen Sandwiches are a scrumptious, lightened-up solution to change your favourite fried hen sandwich! I like the pickle-brined taste of a hen 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 hen might be cooked in your air fryer (really helpful) or oven and can 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 mushy sandwich roll – perfection! To view your present WW Factors for this recipe and observe it within the WW app, click on right here.

Air Fryer or Oven?

I’ve made the hen for these Crispy Pickle-Brined Hen Sandwiches in my air fryer and in my oven and offered route for each within the recipe directions beneath. You probably have each choices obtainable, I like to recommend cooking the hen 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 a terrific choice and can make scrumptious hen to your sandwich.

Do I have to pre-heat my air fryer?

I’ve seen a number of blended details about this. Some sources say you completely should pre-heat your air fryer and a few say you needn’t hassle. I believe it most likely relies on the model of air fryer you personal, so chances are you’ll need to verify 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 have to pre-heat. When you’re unsure about your explicit mannequin, be at liberty to simply run it for a couple of minutes earlier than you add the hen to make certain.

Recipe Notes

• Pickles: I like Claussen kosher dill pickles and in my view, nothing else compares. Nonetheless, you probably have a special model of dill pickles available, positively use what you’ve! 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 fantastic strainer to get all of the floating substances out of the pickle juice earlier than I poured it over the hen.
• 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 hen 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 reduce hen cutlets are offered within the meat part of most grocery shops, so positively be at liberty to simply seize these for this recipe. I typically purchase large bulk packs of boneless, skinless hen breasts at my grocery retailer after which use kitchen shears to trim them down into the sizes and shapes I exploit steadily in recipes. It’s cheaper to purchase the breasts in bulk and since I exploit hen breasts rather a lot in my recipes it is smart for me! I usually reduce the massive hen breasts widthwise into cutlets (often 4 oz – 6 oz every) like those used on this recipe. Any hen that’s reduce off to make these I then reduce into small chunks to make hen bites. It’s straightforward to weigh out 1 lb or extra of hen chunks or tenders and a few 4, 5, or 6 oz cutlets and freeze them for later in quart dimension freezer luggage. That method, I at all times have some cutlets and a few hen bites available to make use of in my recipes! I like to recommend chopping the hen down utilizing kitchen shears reasonably than a knife, it simply works extra rapidly and simply, in my view.

Extra Tasty Lightened Up Hen Recipes:

In search of extra tasty, lightened up recipes utilizing hen 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 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 Every little thing Hen, and plenty of extra within the Hen part of my recipe index!