This Nashville chicken strip burger is made easily using store-bought breaded chicken strips, tossed in a spicy homemade Nashville-style sauce and served on a bun with vegetable slaw and pickles.
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When it comes to quick and easy meals, I love to go the semi-homemade route. This Nashville Chicken Strip burger is a great example of that idea. These sandwiches start with delicious store-bought chicken strips, that are baked up in the oven, then quickly pan-fried and tossed with an easy, spicy sauce. Serve on a bun with coleslaw and pickles for a quick, easy and delicious meal.
Ingredients and substitutions
Chicken Strips – any store-bought chicken strips that you enjoy are fine here.
Coleslaw – There are so many great coleslaw mixes available now. In keeping with the semi-homemade theme, I started with a kale slaw mix, that features kale, cabbage and Brussels sprouts. Any coleslaw mix you like is fine, or obviously, you can make your own cabbage slaw.
Recipe tips!
While the chicken is quite spicy on its own, when combined with the coleslaw, pickles and bun, it is nicely balanced. Be sure to be generous with both the coleslaw and the pickles when loading up your burger!
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Get the Recipe: Nashville Chicken Strip Burger
Ingredients
- 12 Chicken Breast Strips, breaded or unbreaded
Nashville Hot Spice Mix:
- 1 Tablespoon cayenne
- 1 Tablespoon hot sauce, such as Frank's ™
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper
For frying:
- 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 1/4 cup butter
For Coleslaw:
- 2 cups vegetable coleslaw mix
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise, or enough to moisten
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- Salt and pepper
To serve:
- Sliced sweet pickle rounds
- 4 burger buns, toasted
Instructions
- Bake chicken strips per the package instructions.
- While chicken strips are baking, prepare the coleslaw by mixing together all the ingredients. Set aside. Prepare the spice mix by combining all the ingredients. Set aside.
- A few minutes before the chicken strips are finished baking, heat the 1/4 cup oil in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat (about 12-inch skillet). When chicken strips are removed from the oven, add to hot oil in skillet and cook until golden and crispy, about 1-2 minutes per side. When golden, quickly but carefully remove chicken strips to a plate. Remove skillet from heat. Carefully add butter to hot oil (*it may splatter, so keep your hands away). When butter starts foaming, add prepared spice mix and quickly stir in. Return chicken strips to skillet and toss to coat with sauce. Remove to baking sheet when well coated.
- Prepare burger by toasting buns, then topping bottom of bun with a generous layer of prepared coleslaw. Top coleslaw with a some pickle slices. Top with 3 warm chicken strips, then a few more pickle slices.
Notes
Hi! I’m Jennifer, a home cook schooled by trial and error and almost 40 years of getting dinner on the table! I love to share my favourite recipes, both old and new, together with lots of tips and tricks to hopefully help make your home cooking enjoyable, stress free, rewarding and of course, delicious!
We love a simple, easy meal like this one -thanks for sharing!
Thanks Anna!
OMGeee, yaaaass! I LOVE Nashville hot chicken, so you know I’m drooling over this sandwich! I’m digging that you balanced out the heat with that veggie slaw! I could eat a few dozen of these epic sammies right now! Cheers, friend!
Thanks so much, Cheyanne :)
Okay, this is brilliant! I wouldn’t have thought to do this with the chicken strips. Yet I love coating my chicken wings in sauce?!?! Hmm?! ?
Definitely going to try this! And the coleslaw to cool it down is a definite plus.
Thanks Sandra and yes, both the coleslaw and the pickles help to balance this sandwich nicely :)
This sounds really good. Definitely will have to try this sometime though may be a bit spicy for my kids taste. Thanks for the great recipe idea.
Thanks Laura and yes, you can certainly dial it back a bit for the kids :)
As I can’t get this product I made it up myself – mixed the spices with some flour, hot sauce with beaten egg, then floured, egged and breadcrumbed some chicken fillets. Missed out the oven step – straight in the pan and carried on with your idea. Made a really nice easy dinner. Thanks for the inspiration. Love your easy to achieve recipes.
Thanks so much, Mary!
Thanks for making Nashville Hot Chicken easy enough to make at home! This sandwich looks incredible! Pinned!
Thanks so much, Annie and yes, definitely a great way to enjoy these flavours at home!
I can’t wait to try this!
Thanks Cynthia and enjoy :)
Your spiced butter sauce is a winner! Typically I don’t feel too inclined to have chicken strips, but if smothered in a sauce like this one – sign me up! Pinned – this burger makes a great craft beer snack!
Thanks Milena and yes, great with beer :)
I absolutely LOVE Nashville hot chicken Jennifer! Great idea to add the yummy slaw for balancing out that spice! Delicious work!
Thanks Mary Ann and yes, it does need a bit of green to balance out the heat a bit :)
Oh man, where has this burger BEEN all my life? I’m going to mix up a batch of that hot sauce and slather it on everything!
Thanks Sue and yes, it’s a great sauce for all kinds of things, for sure :)
Wow! This sounds really good, but I may have to cut back on that tbsp of cayenne pepper. That might blow the top of my head off..lol…But, I love good, simple recipes where normally I have everything already in the house. Thanks Jennifer!
Thanks so much, Colleen :) And yes, the amount of cayenne is definitely adjustable!
I love this kind of simple, easy meal. The slaw must balance the spicy perfectly! Sounds like a great product. Have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks so much, Tricia! Definitely a delicious and easy Summer meal :)