These delicious fried chicken sliders are cooked until golden brown, topped with homemade pickles and nestled into a slider bun for the perfect bite of comfort food!
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Fried Chicken Sliders. These don’t really need any sort of introduction or story but for the sake of this blog, humor me.
These aren’t any fried chicken sliders. These feature homemade pickles, which are to die for and will have you making your own all the time now. It also has a delicious mustard bbq sauce which is pretty awesome too.
I do not make fried chicken often, or eat it very often for that matter, but when I was tasked with making a #Footballfood and a slider recipe, fried chicken was the first thing that came to mind and my husband wasn’t arguing. Neither was I.
Now these fried chicken sliders do take a little bit of work, but it’s all prep work the night before and it’s easy peasy and definitely worth it.
The chicken needs to marinade in buttermilk, overnight. Buttermilk tenderizes the meat so don’t leave this step out. Just throw all of the ingredients into a bag and place into the fridge. Simple.
You’ll also need to make the pickles the night before so they have time to sit in their brine and soak up all those delicious flavors. And must I say again, these.are.amazing.
Once all of the prep work is done the night before, you’re ready to make your fried chicken sliders.
Fry up the chicken, slap them all onto a Pepperidge Farm Slider Bun and winner, winner, you’ve made a delicious slider recipe that is worthy of your next get together! Dig in!
Fried Chicken Sliders
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Yield 12 sliders
These delicious fried chicken sliders are cooked until golden brown, topped with homemade pickles and nestled into a slider bun for the perfect bite of comfort food!
Ingredients
Marinated Chicken
4 chicken cutlets, cut into 3 pieces for a total of 12 pieces
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon hot sauce
1/2 cup buttermilk
Homemade Pickles
2 cucumbers, thinly sliced (about into 1/4" thick)
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup onions, sliced thinly
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/4 teaspoon celery seeds
1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes
1 bay leaf
Mustard BBQ Sauce
3/4 cup yellow mustard
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Fried Chicken Sliders
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
12 Slider Buns
Instructions
Marinated Chicken
- Place chicken into a zip top bag. Pour in marinade ingredients and marinate overnight.
Homemade Pickles
- Place cucumbers into a colander with kosher salt and allow to sit for 1 hour. Rinse and place into a large bowl with onions.
- In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, mustard seeds, celery seeds and red chili flakes and bring to a simmer. Cook until sugar is dissolved.
- Pour over cucumbers and onions and allow to sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Mustard BBQ Sauce
- Combine all ingredients into a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer.
- Simmer for 20 minutes.
Fried Chicken
- Combine flour, salt, pepper and paprika into a shallow dish.
- Remove chicken pieces from marinade and place into flour mixture, coating each chicken piece thoroughly.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a medium heavy bottom pan until hot. Working in batches, fry the chicken pieces until golden brown, about 3-4 minutes per side.
Assembly
- Place a piece of fried chicken onto the bottom of a slider bun. Top with mustard BBQ sauce and a few homemade pickles.
Notes
*Homemade Pickles recipe slightly adapted from refrigerator bread and butter
*Nutritional calculations are approximate.
Courses Appetizers
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 12 sliders
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 259 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 13 g | 20% | |
Saturated Fat 2 g | 10% | |
Cholesterol 19 mg | 6% | |
Sodium 413 mg | 17% | |
Total Carbohydrates 26 g | 9% | |
Dietary Fiber 1 g | 4% | |
Sugars 8 g | ||
Protein 12 g | 24% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Jolene says
Oh.my.goodness. These look absolutely perfect from top to bottom.
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Thank you so much, Jolene!
Wendy says
These sound delicious Megan and I love that you topped them with your homemade pickles. YUM
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Thank you, Wendy!
Kate says
Homemade pickles?! Omg, I’m totally sold!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
They’re amazing if I do say so myself! ?
Ben Myhre says
Oh, I would have loved to eat these while my Vikings were kicking some butt! Well, I guess I have next week at least, as well. #SKOL
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Holy cow was that a game or what?! Can’t wait for next weekend!
Marie - Not Enough Cinnamon says
oh my I have GOT to try homemade pickles, I’m obsessed with this stuff!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
I know! I’m obsessed with pickling my own stuff! Sso much better than store bought IMO! ?
Lisa Huff says
Did you hear that? That would be my stomach rumbling because you just made me sooo hungry! LOVE fried chicken sandwiches! Haven’t seen these Pepperidge Farm slider rolls with sesame seeds. Going to look for them!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
LOL! Thank you so much! I found the slider buns at Kroger but I’ve also seen them at Walmart.
Jeni @ Biscuits & Booze says
I think my super bowl party would go ga-ga for these! Oh my. And those pickles! I adore homemade pickles.
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Homemade pickles are awesome, aren’t they?! Thanks Jeni!
Marlynn | UrbanBlissLife says
I LOVE fried chicken sliders, and yours look amazing!! Love the homemade pickles – those really do take it up a notch. Perfect game day food (or any day food in my house!).
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Thank you so much, Marlynn!
Ellen says
I know these would be a hit at a party. I know a couple of teenagers who would devour them!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
They didn’t last long around here!
Karly says
Feed. Me. Alla these. They look BEYOND delicious! Cannot wait to try!
Karen @Karen's Kitchen stories says
All of the components of these sliders sound amazing! Homemade pickles too? Wow. Pinned!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Thank you, Karen!
Linda Smith says
These look absolutely AMAZING!! Can’t wait to try them!
Ashley Hetrick says
Yum! You don’t even have to like football to think these are a good idea. Thank you for sharing, they look amazing!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
I completely agree! Thank you!
Mandy @ South Your Mouth says
LOVE the quick pickles! I can’t wait to try!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Thanks Mandy!
Danielle says
I’ve never thought to make my own fried chicken sliders! I’ve made the sheet pan kind before with regular chicken but this looks even better! Love it!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Thank you so much, Danielle!
Bernie ~ A Gouda Life says
Would you believe I”ve never fried chicken? :O Thanks for a simple ~ and delicious ~ recipe I’ll be trying. My husband loves fried chicken — he’ll be all over this!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Girl, you are missing out! Fried chicken is delicious! Hope you both enjoy! Thank you!
Jaclyn says
Drooling right now!!! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to making this!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Thank you, Jaclyn!
Manu says
Oh my!!! These sliders look amazing! Fried chicken AND homemade pickles?? I’d love that! Thanks for sharing such a great recipe!
Rachel Hanawalt says
These sliders look SOOO good! They’re making me wish that it’s game day!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
No need to wait for game day for these babies! ?
Kim @ Berly's Kitchen says
Love this idea for sliders! You can never go wrong with fried chicken and tasty little buns. 🙂 Amazingly delicious!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
I agree! Fried chicken is always a good idea!
Super Mom - No Cape! says
These look delicious! Hubby’s not much into football but he would love these sliders!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Football not required to devour these! LOL! ?
Carlee says
These look perfect! What flavorful little bites of goodness!
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Thank you so much!
Heidy L. McCallum says
Ohhh, these look delicious ? I could totally called over heels into a few if these slidders!
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Heidy
Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says
Thank you, Heidy!