Cooking with Kevin Gillespie: The Chick-fil-A Inspired "Closed-on-Sunday Chicken Sandwich"

It's a well-known dilemma for many of our guests, including Top Chef alum Kevin Gillespie, that our restaurants are closed on Sunday-just when you’re craving it most. In an attempt to the fill the longing for our original Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich, Gillespie walks us through how to make his tribute recipe that he named "The Closed-on-Sunday Chicken Sandwich." Read more at bit.ly/1ycQv5a.

[@Reshae]

I work for him at his new resturant Revival in Decatur GA. He is the definition of passionate.

[@jaylonjones3811]

I went to highschool with him

[@blackbutterfly674]

All i can say is wooooooowwww you guys hit the nail on the head with this it taste just like Chick-fil-A, my family loved it so much they asked me to never buy them Chick-fil-A again.....Thank you for the recipe

[@doktahyde]

Goes to show how amazing Chik fil a is by them allowing this to be put forth on their KZbin page. Nice

[@timetoregroup2008]

Also nice that Kevin is closed on Sunday, as is ChikFilA. I wish I could eat at the Gunshow, but I am too far away! But thanks for sharing, Kev! And God Bless!

[@rgruenhaus]

@@timetoregroup2008 No god we trust!

[@slickrick8869]

One of my favorite chefs from Top Chef, so I know he knows what he’s talking about.

[@japaneselibrarian]

It is clear Kevin, that a lot of love and a lot of effort went into this recipe...you had your trials and errors and looks like you have come up with a winner on this. I WILL try my hand at it. THANK YOU.

[@mzsgthom]

Ok...I followed this exactly. And they were delicious!!!!! Nailed it! I'm a mom of 5 boys plus my husband and they each LOVED it! New sub! Thank u very much!!!

[@rickb5946]

Great recipe Kevin!. Happy I found your channel. I just subscribed, it`s refreshing to find a chef we can all relate to. just common good people like us. I think I saw you on a tv show a couple of years ago.

[@arponto]

I'm in England and i have been craving some Chick-fil-A. I'm looking forward to trying this. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

[@RafaelSantos-vg3jd]

This guy is really good. He should have his own show. Very easy to follow, clear, and to the point.

[@themandigirl]

This looks amazing! Thanks for sharing!

[@RobinMoody]

I LOOOVEEE Chick-Fil-A sandwiches. I enjoyed watching this and drooling on my keyboard.

[@joynerhampton]

Thanks will try this looks amazing and yummy!!

[@Alley1004]

I can't wait to try it! Since it's always "Sunday" here since we don't have a chick fil a here, haha. T^T

[@jessechin2365]

Kevin made the absolute best chicken sandwiches I've ever eaten at the Top Chef Duels Chase Sapphire party. Is this the same recipe because if so I am going to the supermarket right now

[@REDoSoBossy]

I gotta try it with the dry ranch seasoning

[@GEfromNJ]

Real American Hero for putting this recipe together.

[@Marsx4]

Chef Gillespie, thank you for producing such a helpful video. I have a question though. I noticed you used Espelette pepper and wonder if Aleppo be an acceptable substitute?

[@bettyescookingchannel]

Looks like a great recipe.

[@BubbaCoop]

I don't know about the original chick-fil-a sandwich, but the previous grilled sandwich before they changed their recipe was absolutely marinated in pickle juice with other spices

[@BubbaCoop]

Alex G I worked at Chick Fil A from 1994 to 1997. The char grill marinade was 3 quarts of water, 2 cups of pickle juice from the 5 gallon pickle buckets, and 1 packet of marinade seasoning.

[@fundude4566]

BubbaCoop so I'm doing it correctly

[@BubbaCoop]

Andrew Taylor I don't know how you're doing it. I only know how chick fil a used to do it.

[@officialgimpygardener4343]

Alex G is correct. (As far as if they haven’t changed in recent years) They used Heinz Dill Pickles for the juice in the chargrilled marinade. I was in kitchen and made all the time. Peanut oil was key too.

[@djones7571]

Chick FIla uses MSG and sugar in their breading which is why it tastes so good. Add these to your recipe. Also the chicken is pressure cooked like KFC original chicken. This gives you the texture you are desiring.

[@parallelburrito]

I'm pretty sure the ranch seasoning he added has MSG in it.

[@saratexas5181]

These look amazing!! If I don't have a deep fryer can I use a cast iron skillet? It's fairly deep but I still think I'd have to turn them once. I can't wait to try this soon!

[@abelfigueredo7654]

w

[@johnd5805]

Sure. Use what you have.

[@Karma20XX]

THANK YOU

[@davemcbroom695]

Sweet Hawaiian buns with honey butter and hot sauce, pickle mayo sounds delish, but I don't think you can call it a Chic-Fil-A knockoff.

[@trishgage9288]

This recipe looks amazing! But... they should be cooked in a pressure cooker with peanut oil. :-)

[@Bigtime1998]

I didn't know Jim James from My Morning Jacket also was a restaurant owner..

[@TREVISOFT1]

Just great !!! Just made it on sunday its better CHNFA

[@madcrabber1113]

I have brined my chicken breast fillets for around 24 hrs. before and they didn't turn to mush.

[@tinat-v4226]

Can this be fried in a iron skillet?

[@johnd5805]

Sure. Use what you have.

[@roanokejoe]

Any chance of you posting all of the amounts of the ingredients?

[@trishgage9288]

they are at the end of the video

[@EUROPAMusicOfficialChannel]

Maybe my taste pallete is different, but I never got "sweet" out of Chick Fil A. More savory.

[@kimberly25christinesmith72]

They use an egg wash. I hope the rest in on point I want to try it

[@chuckschillingvideos]

I'm certain this is a great chicken sandwich, but I would be shocked if it is anything like the genuine article. CFA's real recipe is pretty simple and you can get very close to it using a simple mix of flour, salt, pepper and confectioner's sugar for the breading, after a simple egg wash.

[@Reshae]

if you live in georgia. vist kevins returant revival for the sandwich.

[@Reshae]

restaurant*

[@Jameson77777]

Wish there was a written recipe for this.

[@trishgage9288]

All the ingredients are listed at the end of the video

[@Potluck_Brewing]

The second page of ingredients is wrong. No salt or number of Ranch packets are listed.

[@mrearlygold]

Gotta have chick-fil-a sauce stashed in the refrigerator

[@zachary_attackery]

Wait...this is on the official Chik Fil A youtube channel? Why would they want people to copy their recipe?

[@chuckschillingvideos]

Probably because it's nothing like their actual product. It's certainly not anywhere near their actual recipe.

[@bassintexas6706]

Because they can't... Chick fill A don't use pickle juice nor marinates the chicken at all. It's all about their secret flour mix.

[@slak96u]

Because Chick Fil A is awesome...

[@ZenoLycurgus]

Measurements?

[@Merge2One]

where is the recipe?

[@chloe.__0679]

That is my uncle ask himmmmmmmm

[@HaskelCausey]

for the original CFA sandwich the chicken is not soaked in anything. Pickle juice is not used in the making of the chicken. It's a normal 3oz chicken breast dipped in milk wash and then coated with a flour mix. And that's it. Now to figure out the spices in that flour mix is a bit tricky; I have found that flour mixed with salt, sugar, paprika, black pepper, and cayenne is pretty close to it.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

There is undoubtedly confectioner's sugar in the actual sandwich, and I detect no cayenne pepper in their sandwich. Just regular black pepper.

[@edwardssistershands]

Has anyone made this recipe?

[@irisnomari]

Wonder how this would taste without the pickle juice in the brine. I hate pickles/juice

[@momokingify]

What's the point of the honey?

[@chuckschillingvideos]

So that the coating will burn before the chicken finishes cooking, best I can tell. I would guess the intent is to add the distinct sweetness that is easily detected in the original but that is easily obtained by adding confectioner's sugar to the flour mix.

[@AlvTrippy]

you forgot to add a cup of milk

[@jonathanlangford4291]

This should be cooked in Peanut Oil

[@rahmeer9954]

You forgot eggs and milk

[@manchesterisblue1023]

how much salt...........

[@TrollinOntheRVA]

Bruh... U doin WAY Too much here lol

[@richbart64]

You still use tap water?!!!🥵

[@manchesterisblue1023]

uhh they use peanut oil....facepalm this entire recipe

[@carlosgomez3886]

Chick fil a tastes like KFC with less salt

[@Engineeredchaos98]

I work at Chick-fil-A.... srry man not even close.

[@islami658]

Same

[@goochpanooch7160]

Chick fil a is garbage. I just make it at home and is never soggy, with wilted lettuce

[@leocastrillo759]

Far off