Chicken Shack
Shake Shack took its time joining the chicken sandwich race and it shows, in a good way. The chicken is marinated in buttermilk and fried with a thick, craggy crust, then kept simple with lettuce, pickles and an herby buttermilk mayo. It is not trying to be spicy or huge. It is trying to be very good, and mostly is.
The story
Shake Shack spent a decade refusing to sell a chicken sandwich, then tested one in Brooklyn and Queens in 2015. It sold out repeatedly, went national the following year, and arrived three years before Popeyes turned the same idea into a national argument. The build has not moved since: a buttermilk-marinated, crisp-fried breast with lettuce, pickles and buttermilk herb mayo on the same potato bun as the burgers.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Chicken Shack yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares chicken
McDonald's Deluxe McCrispy (Copycat) - Shares chicken
McDonald's McChicken (Copycat) - Shares chicken
KFC Classic Chicken Sandwich (Copycat) - Shares chicken
Meg’s Fuddruckers Chicken Sandwich
The Chicken Shack on YouTube
Everyone who has cooked, copied or taste-tested it on camera.
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About Shake Shack
Shake Shack began as a hot dog cart in New York’s Madison Square Park in 2001, run by restaurateur Danny Meyer to support an art project in the park. The lines got so long that a permanent kiosk opened there in 2004, and the ShackBurger it sold became one of the most imitated burgers in America.
Hundreds of Shacks across the US, plus locations in Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
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