How Babish Makes His Perfect Fried Chicken Sandwich: Every Choice, Every Step | Epicurious

When making a spicy fried chicken sandwich at home you need to make a lot of decisions. Picking your chicken filet, the buns, sauces, toppings, condiments, and more—everything has to work in harmony to produce the perfect bite. Andrew Rea (AKA Babish) breaks down every decision he makes when whipping up his ultimate juicy and crispy spicy fried chicken sandwich.


Director: Dan Siegel
Director of Photography: Ben Dewey
Editor: Micah Phillips
Talent: Andrew Rea
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Creative Producer: Christie Garcia
Culinary Producer: Jessica Do
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Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producer: Amy Haskour; Oadhan Lynch
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[everthealtruist]

If you've ever wondered what makes panko different than regular breadcrumbs, panko is actually made by electrocuting bread dough to cook it. It's a really interesting process with a complex history.

[narnia]

"I'm not gonna make a fricken flaming hot cheeto breaded mozzerella stick whatever fuckfest." - Babish

[SomethingBoutEclipse]

I never thought I hear Babish be genuinely grossed out with a genuine reaction

[magmamuffz]

the bite into the head of lettuce was definitely the best part

[joeywilliams]

babish turns more and more into Vsauce with each passing day

[Kaceydotme]

I love when a chicken sandwich has some overhanging chicken. It's a nice little primer, lets you appreciate the flavor and texture of the chicken itself before diving into the whole package with your choice of toppings/condiments.

[seansterling]

I would also suggest adding corn or potato starch to the flour mix as it causes far more crispiness to the breading

[notimportant]

Lettuce is used in sandwiches not only for the pop of color but also for textural variety. Its a slightly cooler crunch in the context of ordinary meat and tomato. Which I say is worth an addition on a few sandwhiches if you aren't looking for the flavor of another green.

[Mimimo]

Just made this for my parents and brother and it was so delicious, I really liked how you showed the different option and how they would effect the final product. The homemade mayo was delicious and the recipe was very easy to recreate and cheap as-well. Love the content
But when marinating it in buttermilk it made the breading not stick very well, and since we cut them in half it was difficult to keep the chicken to stay. I’ve heard the marinating in pickle juice solves the problem and tastes great.

[Komotz]

FYI you can use peanut oil if you have a peanut allergy. 90% of regular peanut frying oil is refined and removes the protein that causes the allergy. The only peanut oil you avoid is unrefined peanut oil, or 'raw' peanut oil, as that still has the allergen protein.

[kassimrayford]

I love the fact that you went thru all items, explained what they'd do for the sandwich and explain the better option of the bunch. A lot of inexperienced cooks have all kinds of questions about things and this explained it

[tenorio]

My daughter has a horrible peanut allergy. However her funcle took her to Chic Fila and she had zero reaction. I looked it up and it seems the process of making peanut oil removes the proteins that cause MOST peanut allergies. Wow who knew?

[glazzygobbler]

next video idea: How Babish Gets His Perfect Charisma: Every Choice, Every Step

[dcarota]

Sweet pickles are a no. Dill all the way.

[Odessav]

I just love lettuce in sandwhiches because crunch.
I understand it's flavorless and yadda yadda.
But it's crunchy.

[Bozebo]

He missed the option of cornflour/starch or potato starch for breading, bonus points with some Bird's custard powder mixed in :P

[CorwinBos]

I double bread with flour and panko. Super crunchy. And huge thumbs up on homemade mayo. Super simple to make. The only thing Ive found thats even close is Dukes!

[Eric-ytfp]

I've never heard of mixing the oil with spices and coating on top. I'm definitely going to have to give that a try!

[tylera]

Babbish i need to know what was your choice of bread that was not on the table. It seems like you chose brioche because that was best of the choices available.

[joyl]

13:45 I think you haven't had homegrown lettuce before. It is delicious and crispy. It is nothing but a positive addition to virtually any dish.