Krystal Chik
A small fried chicken breast fillet on the signature steamed square bun, added to the menu in 1998. It is soft, crunchy and just as snackable as the beef version. Mixing a few into a bag of Krystals is the easiest way to keep the last ones from tasting exactly like the first.
The story
The Krystal Chik was introduced in 1998: a whole white-meat chicken breast fillet in a light breading, with mayonnaise and dill pickles on the chain’s soft steamed bun. A spicy version has come back for limited runs since 2015. In 2022, after a long round of product development, Krystal relaunched the Chik with a thicker, juicier fillet and Duke’s mayonnaise, the Southern brand, as the sauce.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Krystal Chik yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares chicken
Chimichurri Chicken Burgers - Shares chicken
Chicken Burger (Natalia) - Shares chicken
KFC Chicken & Donuts Sandwich (Copycat) - Shares chicken
ABQ Hot Chicken Sandwich
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Krystal Chik.- Dicos · chicken
SignatureCrispy Chicken Burger - Burger Singh · chicken
SignatureAmritsari Murgh Makhani Burger - Wat-a-Burger · chicken
SignatureTandoori Chicken Makhani Burger - Q Burger · chicken
SignatureCrispy Chicken Thigh Burger (卡啦雞腿堡)
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About Krystal
Rody Davenport Jr. and Glenn Sherrill opened the first Krystal in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in October 1932, in the middle of the Great Depression. The name came from Davenport’s wife, who saw a crystal ball lawn ornament and suggested the restaurant should be “clean as a crystal”, spelled with a K to stand out. It is the oldest burger chain in the South.
A few hundred restaurants across the American Southeast.
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