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Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich

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The sandwich every fast-food chicken sandwich is chasing. A boneless chicken breast seasoned, breaded and pressure-cooked, on a toasted buttered bun with two dill pickle chips. That is it, and the simplicity is the secret: juicy chicken, a hint of sweetness from the bun, sharp pickles. Add a sauce if you must, but try it plain first.

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The story

Truett Cathy spent years on the idea before discovering, in 1961, a pressure fryer that cooked a chicken breast in the time it took to cook a hamburger. The sandwich became the foundation of Chick-fil-A, and nearly six decades later its success pushed rivals into the chicken sandwich wars of 2019.

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About Chick-fil-A

  • United States
  • Since 1946
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S. Truett Cathy opened a diner called the Dwarf Grill in Hapeville, Georgia, in 1946. Fifteen years later he found a pressure fryer that could cook a boneless chicken breast as fast as a hamburger, and the sandwich he built around it became Chick-fil-A. Every restaurant still closes on Sundays, a rule rooted in the founder’s Christian beliefs.

Around 3,000 restaurants across the United States, all closed on Sundays.

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