Step aside for these HOT honey fried chicken sandwiches. Paired with a dill pickle mayo and a gochujang cabbage slaw, these chicken sandwiches are soon to become your new favorite.

Hot Honey Fried Chicken Sandwiches

For the Fried Chicken

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  1 lb chicken thighs

  
  
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  2 tsp Paprika

  
  
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  1 tsp garlic powder

  
  
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  1 tsp pepper

  
  
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  2 tsp salt

  
  
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  1 tsp chili flakes

  
  
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  1/2 tsp chili powder

  
  
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  1 cup flour

  
  
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  2 eggs beaten

  
  
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  2 cups vegetable oil (for frying)

  
  
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  4 buns of your choice

  
  

Hot Honey

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  4-5 thinly sliced chiles (we used thai chiles)

  
  
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  1/2 cup Local Hive Honey

  
  

Dill Pickle Mayo

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  About 2 tablespoons sliced dill pickles finely chopped

  
  
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  3 tablespoons mayo

  
  
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  1 tsp garlic powder

  
  
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  1 lemon juice

  
  
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  1⁄2 tsp pickle juice

  
  
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  Salt and pepper to taste

  
  

Gochujang Cabbage Slaw

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  1⁄2 head red cabbage thinly sliced

  
  
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  1⁄2 head green cabbage thinly sliced

  
  
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  1⁄2 cup kale

  
  
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  juice of 1 lemon

  
  
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  1 tablespoon oil

  
  
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  1 tsp garlic powder

  
  
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  1/4th cup mayo

  
  
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  1 tablespoon gochujang

  
  
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  salt and pepper to taste

  
  

Directions

There are 4 steps to this recipe: the fried chicken, the mayo, the slaw and the hot honey. To begin, start to prep everything. Mix your chicken with the marinade, slice and mix your dill pickle mayo, heat up your hot honey and mix together all the ingredients for the slaw, set aside.

To make your hot honey, heat a small pan with your honey and chiles. Let come to a simmer and turn off heat, set aside.

Next, heat a deep pan with vegetable oil and let it get hot. Take your chicken thighs and dredge them in your beaten eggs and then flour. Shake off the excess and fry in your hot oil until the chicken is cooked through and the outside is crispy, about 10-15 minutes.

Let cool and top with salt and drizzle on your hot honey.

Assemble your fried chicken sandwiches by placing on your mayo sauce, slice of tomato (optional), your slaw, fried chicken and cover with the top bun.