Spicy chicken club sandwich
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Servings
4
Cook Time
45 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs
- 6g Thai bird chilli, seeds removed and finely chopped
- 60g sagyejeol ssamjang
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
- 50g white wine vinegar
- 2g fine salt
- ½ Tbsp fish sauce
- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
- 1 egg yolk
- 10g white soy
- 50g gochujang
- 5g rice wine vinegar
- 3g Dijon mustard
- 200g grapeseed oil
-
reserved marinated chicken thighs
- 16 rashers streaky bacon
- 12 slices whole wheat bread
- unsalted butter (2 Tbsp each)
- 16 slices tomato
- round lettuce
- reserved gochujang mayonnaise
- reserved crispy chicken skins
- toothpicks, to assist in assembling
For the marinade
For the gochujang mayonnaise
To cook and finish
Directions
- Carefully remove the chicken skin from the thighs, reserving the skins for use later in the recipe.
- Combine the remaining ingredients of the marinade in a bowl and pour over the chicken thighs. Place in the fridge to marinate overnight.
- In the meantime, preheat an oven to 165°C. Place the two reserved chicken skins between two flat oven trays and cook for 10 – 20 minutes until the skins are crispy and brown. Set aside.
- To make the mayonnaise, whisk the egg yolks, soy, gochujang, vinegar and mustard together in a small bowl. Slowly drizzle in the grapeseed while continuing to whisk until the mixture has thickened and fully emulsified. Add a dash more of the white soy to thin it out, if necessary. Set aside.
- Preheat the coals of a Charcoal BBQ. Remove the chicken thighs from the marinade, allowing most of the marinade to drain off. Season with salt and place on the BBQ until cooked through. Remove and set aside for 10 minutes before slicing at an angle into 3 or 4 smaller pieces.
- Place the bacon rashers on the BBQ and cook until all the fat has rendered and the bacon is crispy. Remove and set aside.
- Toast the bread slices while the chicken is resting. Butter 8 of the 12 slices of toast on one side and on both sides of the remaining 4 slices of toast. (These will be the centre toast of each sandwich.)
- To assemble each sandwich, place one piece of toast buttered-side up and top with the rashers of bacon followed by the grilled chicken thigh pieces. Spread 1-2 tablespoons of the gochujang mayonnaise onto both sides of the centre toast and place this on top of the chicken thighs.
- Lay the slices of tomatoes on top of the centre toast, followed by the lettuce and then the crispy chicken skins. Finish with the final piece of toast, buttered side-down.
- Slice the sandwich in half diagonally and use a toothpick or two to secure the sandwich and hold it in place.