Copycat Carl Jr's Bacon Swiss Crispy Chicken Sandwich

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken breast fillets
• 4 hamburger buns with sesame seeds
• 4 leaves lettuce
• 4 slices tomatoes
• 4 slices kraft swiss cheese
• 8 slices bacon, cooked
• 6 -8 cups vegetable shortening
• 1 egg
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 tablespoon buttermilk
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar
• 1/8 teaspoon parsley
• 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash garlic
• 1 dash ground black pepper
• 1 dash dill weed
• 1/2 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
• 2 teaspoons hot water

Recipe

• 1 preheat 6-8 cups of shortening in a deep fryer to 350 degrees or use a deep chicken fryer skillet adding 2â€? of shortening.
• 2 to prepare the ranch dressing, combine all of the ingredients except the water and gelatin in small bowl.
• 3 mix the water with the gelatin in a small cup until all of the gelatin is dissolved.
• 4 add this gelatin solution to the other ingredients and stir.
• 5 cover and chill the dressing until it's needed (i like to prepare the day before so flavors blend).
• 6 beat the egg and then combine with 1 cup water in a small, shallow bowl.
• 7 stir.
• 8 combine the flour, salt, onion powder and garlic powder in another shallow bowl.
• 9 pound each of the breast fillets with a mallet until about 1/4-inch thick.
• 10 working with one fillet at a time, first coat each fillet with the flour, then dredge it in the egg and water mixture.
• 11 coat the chicken once again in the flour and set it aside until all of the fillets have been breaded.
• 12 fry the chicken fillets until light brown and crispy.
• 13 as chicken is frying, prepare each sandwich by grilling the face of the hamburger buns on a hot skillet over medium heat.
• 14 spread about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the ranch dressing on the face of the top and bottom buns.
• 15 on the bottom bun, stack a leaf of lettuce and a tomato slice.
• 16 when the chicken is done frying, remove the fillets from the fryer and drain them on paper towels or a rack for a couple of minutes.
• 17 stack one fillet onto the bottom of the sandwich (onto the tomato), then stack a slice of the swiss cheese onto the chicken.
• 18 arrange the bacon, crosswise, on top of the swiss cheese, then top off the sandwich with the top bun.
• 19 repeat the stacking process for each of the remaining sandwiches.