Organic fried chicken sandwich

Makes 4 Burgers

Step 1 – Marinate chicken (24 hrs in advance)

Ingredients

• 4 x Bostock organic boneless chicken thighs (skin on)
• 250ml Hot Sauce (we make our own from organic chilli’s)
• 250ml Cultured Buttermilk (we culture our own from organic milk)

Method

In a large non-reactive bowl, combine hot sauce and buttermilk and submerge chicken thighs, cover and leave in the fridge for a minimum of 12 hours.

Step 2 – Prepare seasoned flour

Ingredients

• 300g self-raising flour
• 30g cornflour
• 100g Tapioca flour
• 1 1/2 Tbsp sea salt
• 60g onion powder
• 60g garlic powder
• 2 Tbsp coarsely ground black pepper
• 1 Tbsp Celery seed
• 1 Tbsp rubbed sage
• 1 Tbsp finely ground white pepper
• 1 Tbsp smoked paprika

Method

In a large bowl, combine seasoned flour ingredients with a whisk to break up any lumps.

Step 3 – Coat and cook chicken

Preheat deep fryer or large pot half full of cooking oil to 155 degrees.

Remove chicken from the fridge and place alongside deep-fryer or pot with a bowl of seasoned flour.

To coat, take the chicken from the marinade letting any excess drip off, put into seasoned flour and coat, shake off excess and return to marinade, and coat in flour again, and carefully place into deep fryer and fry for approx 11 minutes or when a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the chicken reads 75 degrees.

When cooked, place on a paper towel and allow to cool slightly.

Step 4 – Prepare Ranch dressing, iceberg & bun

We serve ours with house-made ranch dressing and finely shredded iceberg lettuce on our own house-made milk buns, however, we advise picking up a good quality bun. 

Our ranch dressing recipe is below although a good quality shop-purchased dressing is fine to use, too.

Ranch dressing Ingredients

• 250g mayonnaise
• 250g sour cream
• 50g onion powder
• 10g garlic powder
• 60ml Worcestershire sauce
• Juice of 2 lemons
• 1/8 tsp chilli flakes
• 1/8 tsp dried dill
• 1/8 tsp finely ground black pepper
• 1/8 tsp sea salt

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk to combine.

Iceberg lettuce

Wash, dry & finely sliced 1 quarter of iceberg lettuce.

Combine 1 1/2 cups of the finely sliced iceberg with around 4 Tbsps of ranch dressing.

To serve

Place chicken with dressed iceberg in the bun and enjoy.