Taste of Tuesday: Almond Crusted Chicken Sandwich Recipe from The Southern Gourmasian + a Valentine Giveaway

“Let’s stay in.” 

When you’re feeling stressed to impress on Valentine’s Day, those are three of the most beautiful words you could hope to hear. That fancy restaurant wasn’t really your style, anyway.

Instead, put on some music and make dinner together. And before you stress out about that, too, our friends at The Southern Gourmasian have you covered with this delicious recipe straight from their kitchen.

(Cue smooth, jazz voice)

But that’s not all, baby. Stick around after the recipe to find out how you can make your night in even better by winning a prize pack from Incredibly Charming Paper & Gifts and a $50 gift card from Chef Shuttle.

Almond Crusted Chicken Sandwich from The Southern Gourmasian

The Ingredients:

• 4 3-4 oz. chicken breast cutlets, approximately 1/4” thick
• 4 hamburger buns
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1 cup panko bread crumbs
• 1 cup toasted almond slices
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup high-quality mayonnaise
• 3 tbsp. Sriracha hot sauce
• 1/4 cup thai basil (hint: check out Sam’s Oriental Store if you can’t find any)
• 4 cups vegetable oil or Crisco for frying
• bread and butter pickles
• salt and pepper to taste

The Details:

Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pot at 350 degrees. NOTE: Be sure to use a thermometer so your oil doesn’t get too hot.  

Set up a breading station using three containers that will hold one piece of the chicken at a time. The first container will be the flour. In the second container, beat the egg with a couple tablespoons of water. In the third container, combine the breadcrumbs and almonds and crush coarsely with your hands.

Season the chicken generously with the salt and pepper.

Now drop a piece of chicken in the flour, turning it to be sure it’s completely coated. Dip the chicken in the egg mixture, once again turning to make sure that no flour is showing. Then drop the chicken into the breadcrumb mixture, turning it over several times and pressing it into the breadcrumbs to coat it. Set aside and repeat with remaining chicken.

Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Once the butter is bubbling vigorously, coat the inside of each bun and toast 1-2 minutes in the skillet until golden brown.

Once the temperature of the oil is 350 degrees, drop the cutlets into the oil and cook 4-6 minutes until golden brown and a thermometer registers 165 degrees. Set aside on paper towels and start assembling sandwiches.

Stir together Sriracha and mayo. Place a piece of chicken on bottom half of each bun and top with pickles, mayonnaise and basil.

Enjoy!

And now for the giveaway:

To enter to win the Incredibly Charming Paper & Gifts prize pack and a $50 gift card from Chef Shuttle, head over to our Facebook page and comment on the giveaway post telling us whether you prefer wine, chocolate or flowers on Valentine’s Day. We’ll announce a winner today at 6 p.m., so make sure you enter by then.

The Valentine’s Day-themed prize pack includes three packs of styrofoam cups, one pack of plastic cups, two packs of napkins, two gold foil decals, one set of notecards, a tea towel and a $50 Chef Shuttle gift card.

Click here to enter!