Photo: Chick-fil-AGrilled Chicken Sandwich
A lighter option: a grilled, marinated chicken fillet with lettuce and tomato on a multigrain bun. It is the healthier choice without being joyless, and a good pick for anyone who wants Chick-fil-A without the fried coating.
The story
Chick-fil-A spent about seven years and a reported fifty million dollars rebuilding this one sandwich. The problem it was solving is real: a grilled breast has none of the fat or crust that makes the fried one work, so it dries out in a warming cabinet and tastes of nothing. The answer involved a marinade with lemon and garlic, a custom grill that sears the fillet on both sides at once, and a multigrain bun. It launched in 2014 and it is the closest thing the chain has to an admission that its main sandwich is not for every day.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Grilled Chicken Sandwich yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
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Meg’s Fuddruckers Chicken Sandwich
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About Chick-fil-A
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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