Baked Crunchy Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich with Sweet Chili Mayo

WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER!!! is this Baked Crunchy Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich with Sweet Chili Mayo Sauce. My kids LOVED LOVED this chicken sandwich! PLUS, it’s BAKED, so as a mom I love the healthy idea of baked chicken instead of fried chicken. As a kid, my mom made a similar version of this baked chicken. However, she would take whole cornflakes and roll the chicken into them and bake.

But, this version that I have created is much closer to the taste of fried chicken. I added the cornflakes to my Ninja and pulverized them, lol. PLUS, PLUS – I DOUBLED DIPPED the chicken and they were so crunchy!

I promise y’all that you cannot tell that the coating is cornflakes. As a kid, I could definitely tell that my mom coated her chicken in cornflakes, BECAUSE she left the cornflakes whole. And, that’s ok, because that’s all she knew to do. But, this version is a sneaky way to get the taste of fried chicken, but yet a healthy way for your family, LOL.

And, you could always sneak in some dehydrated veggies in with the cornflakes when you pulverize them, lol, I know the correct word isn’t pulverize, LOL, but I like that word for some reason! 🙂

I LOVE a Chick-Fil-A crispy chicken sandwich. I’ve never thought that I could get close to making a chicken sandwich like theirs, HOWEVER, I can take this baked chicken, add tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, cheese to a bun and I have a chicken sandwich that is SOOOOO close to Chick-fil-A crispy chicken sandwich! This is so exciting, because it’s a healthier version of a crispy chicken sandwich.

And, baking this chicken is so much easier than frying in oil, in a skillet and getting splattered with oil and burn, lol! You just coat the chicken in crushed cornflakes and bake. Letting the oven do all the work, 20-25 minutes and it’s done.

Can a crispy chicken sandwich be keto?

YES, YES!! Just replace this regular bread for a keto bun or keto sliced bread. And, single dip the chicken into the cornflakes, instead of double dipping to lower the carbohydrate count for those who are on a low carb diet. The net carb with the cornflakes would be approximately 13 net carbs, which is low carb considering a Chick-fil-A crispy chicken sandwich has 38 net carbs.

And, one more change to this recipe to make it ketogenic – leave out the sweet chili sauce and just add mayonnaise to your sandwich or any other ketogenic condiment that you like.

Can a crispy chicken sandwich be gluten free?

Yes! Just replace this regular bread for a gluten free bun or gluten free bread.

Plus, you can buy gluten free cornflakes

What is in a Baked Crunchy Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich? Scroll down for a full printable recipe

• chicken breasts
• cornflakes
• salt
• paprika
• garlic powder
• eggs
• Frank’s Red Hot sauce
• Honey
• mayonnaise
• Panda Express sweet chili sauce

TIP!!!! – CUT THE CHICKEN IN HALF TO REDUCE THE THICKNESS OF EACH CHICKEN BREAST

How to I make a Baked Crunchy Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich?

1. Preheat oven 425 degrees
2. Prepare the sweet chili mayo and chill
3. Add a sheet of parchment paper to a baking sheet
4. Cut each chicken breast in half to reduce the thickness
5. Crush up cornflakes in a food processor or Ninja, then pour into a bowl, add seasonings and mix well
6. In a separate bowl add the eggs and beat with a fork, then add the hot sauce
7. Take one piece of chicken at a time and dip into the egg mixture then into the cornflake mixture. I double dip my chicken, so I dipped mine again into the egg mixture and then again into the cornflake mixture.
8. Place each dipped chicken breast onto the baking sheet
9. Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until the internal temperature of the chicken breast is 165 degrees.
10. While the chicken is cooking, add the honey and hot sauce to a small sauce pan and warm it up on low heat.
11. Once chicken breast is done, pull the baking sheet out and drizzle the Hot Honey sauce over each chicken breast.
12. Prepare your sandwich and enjoy!

How do I make the Hot Honey sauce?

1. Add 1/2 cup of honey to a small saucepan
2. Add 2 Tablespoons of Frank’s Red Hot sauce to the honey
3. Cook on low heat until the honey is warm.
4. Once chicken breasts are done cooking, drizzle the Hot Honey sauce on each piece of chicken. SOOOO GOOD!!

Sweet Chili Mayo Sauce Ingredients

• Panda express sweet chili sauce
• Mayonnaise – any mayo will work, but Hellmann’s Mayonnaise Real Mayo is the most popular mayonnaise.

How do I make sweet chili mayo?

1. Take a small bowl
2. Add the 3 Tablespoons of Panda Express sweet chili sauce and 3 Tablespoons of mayonnaise
3. Mix well and chill

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How to make sweet potato fries?

1. Cut up 4-5 sweet potatoes and place them in a bowl
2. Drizzle olive oil over the top, salt and mix up. I do this part with my hands to ensure all the sweet potatoes get some olive oil on them.
3. Place sweet potato fries onto a baking sheet that is lined with parchment paper
4. Keep some space between each fry so that they will bake crispier
5. Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.

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