Never underestimate the power of great chicken sandwiches!
Excellent platter for gatherings, picnics and work lunches.
Fresh dill, a handful of walnuts and shred the chickenreally finelyusing a stand-mixer or electric beater.Yes, really.
A stand mixer or hand-held beater is the fastest way to shred chicken super finely to make a melt-in-your-mouth chicken sandwich filling, just like the ones from gourmet delis!
Its so soft and just melts in your mouth!, friends have observed.
Shredding the chicken super, super finely, until its basically crumbly, using a stand-mixer.
This makes the chicken sandwich filling soft and creamy because you dont have chewy chunks of chicken in it.
A stand mixer or hand-held beater is the fastest way to shred chicken super finely to make a melt-in-your-mouth chicken sandwich filling, just like the ones from gourmet delis!
No stand-mixer?No worries!
Use a hand-held beater or a little patience and your hands.
Mayonnaise plus sour cream
And the second secret of course is the sauce!
You want it to haveplentyof creamy sauce but not be too oily and weighed down with mayonnaise.
Ingredients in Chicken Sandwich Filling
Heres what goes in my chicken sandwiches.
Chicken I use store bought chicken for ease.
Bonus: The flesh is seasoned all the way through.
The bread(which I forgot to picture!)
The traditional bread is soft white sandwich bread.
That’s amojitoI’m clutching in my other hand.
For fellow Australians hot tip: Bakers Delight.
The white sandwich bread, standard slice, is best for finger sandwiches.
Soft but not sooooo soft that the filling squishes the bread.
The reason is because whole-egg mayonnaise has more egg in it.
My favourite mayonnaise brandis S&W, followed by Kewpie.
Hellmans is good too albeit a little sweeter.
I live in Sydney, Australia, and you might get all these brands at everyday large grocery stores.
Sour cream Secret ingredient!
Yogurt can also be used but sour cream is my preference because its creamier.
Walnuts The classic nut addition in gourmet deli-style chicken sandwiches.
Best substitute cashews, macadamia nuts or pecans.
Else, leave it out.
Fresh dill Another ingredient that makes this gourmet deli-style!
Lovely hint of fresh flavour.
(Parsley can be used for a bit of green colour but wont add flavour).
Pickles For the most subtle touch of tang in the filling.
Use your favourite pickles.
You could even substitute with capers.
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Celery and green onion Adds background freshness in the filling and the celery also adds texture.
It really makes a difference.
Onion, garlic, salt, pepper The seasonings for the sauce.
Lemon juice For a touch of freshness in the sauce.
Dijon mustard More flavour!
How to make deli-style chicken sandwiches
Nothing ground-breaking here.
The only trick is shredding the chicken as finely as you could.
As I mentioned earlier, a stand-mixer will make short work of this.
Hand-held beater also works.
Else, your hands and some patience!
Remove fleshoff the chicken and remove the skin.
(No prizes for guessing where all the chicken skin goes around here.
Youll see in the recipe video!)
Shred the chickenas finely as you might.
A hand-held beater will also work but will take a bit longer.
Else, use your hands.
Mix sauceingredients in a bowl until smooth.
Use a whisk, if needed.
Spreadthe filling on the bread, from edge to edge.
No tough crust getting in the way of the eating experience!
PS You know full well the crusts get eaten right?
Plenty of chicken filling makes its way to the crust!
Cut in halfon the diagonal, or into rectangles, then line them upon a platter!
This will make the filling firm up and makes it easier to cut neatly.
I did not do this for the sandwiches pictured in this post.
You know that patience is not my greatest virtue!
I love a good sandwich, and these Chicken Sandwiches rate very, very highly in my books.
And as I mentioned in the opening, Im sharing this recipe with holiday gatherings in mind.
Take it to your office Christmas party.
A picnic with friends.
A day out at the beach.
Or, you could goreallycrazy and have them for lunch!
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