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     Title: Carl's Jr. Bacon Swiss Crispy Chicken Sandwich
Categories: Chicken, Copycat
     Yield: 4 Servings

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   1/3 c  Mayonnaise
     2 tb Sour cream
     1 tb Buttermilk
 1 1/2 ts White vinegar
     1 ts Sugar
   1/4 ts Lemon juice
   1/8 ts Salt
   1/8 ts Parsley
   1/8 ts Onion powder
     1 ds Dill weed
     1 ds Garlic powder
     1 ds Ground black pepper
     2 ts Water; hot
   1/2 ts Unflavored gelatin

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     6 c  Vegetable shortening;
          - up to 8 c
     1    Egg
     1 c  Water
     1 c  All-purpose flour
 2 1/2 ts Salt
     1 ts Paprika
     1 ts Onion powder
   1/8 ts Garlic powder
     4    Chicken breast fillets
     4    Sesame seed hamburger buns
     4    Lettuce leaves
     4    Tomato slices
          Kraft Swiss cheese singles
     8 sl Bacon; cooked

 If you love crispy chicken sandwiches--and especially if you don't
 live in the West--you'll want to try out this clone of the tasty
 Carl's Jr. creation. The recipe makes 4 of the addicting chicken
 sandwiches from the California-based chain, but will also come in
 handy for making a delicious homemade ranch dressing. Try using some
 lean turkey bacon, fat-free Swiss cheese, and fat-free mayonnaise if
 you feel like cutting back on the fat. Then you can eat two.

 Preheat 6 to 8 cups of shortening in a deep fryer to 350 F. If you
 don't have a deep fryer, you can also pan fry using a large frying
 pan and just 2 cups of shortening.

 To prepare the ranch dressing, combine all of the ingredients except
 the water and gelatin in small bowl. Mix the water with the gelatin
 in a small cup until all of the gelatin is dissolved. Add this
 gelatin solution to the other ingredients and stir. Cover and chill
 the dressing until it's needed.

 Beat the egg and then combine with 1 cup water in a small, shallow
 bowl. Stir.

 Combine the flour, salt, paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder in
 another shallow bowl.

 Pound each of the breast fillets with a mallet until about 1/4"
 thick. Trim each breast fillet until it is round.

 Working with one fillet at a time, first coat each fillet with the
 flour, then dredge it in the egg and water mixture. Coat the chicken
 once again in the flour and set it aside until all of the fillets
 have been coated.

 Fry the chicken fillets for 8 to 12 minutes or until light brown and
 crispy.

 As chicken is frying, prepare each sandwich by grilling the face of
 the hamburger buns on a hot skillet over medium heat. Spread about
 1-1/2 ts of the ranch dressing on the face of the top and bottom buns.

 On the bottom bun, stack a leaf of lettuce and a tomato slice.

 When the chicken is done frying, remove the fillets from the fryer and
 drain them on paper towels or a rack for a couple minutes.

 Stack one fillet on the bottom of the sandwich (on top of the
 tomato), then stack a slice of the Swiss cheese onto the chicken.

 Arrange the bacon, crosswise, on top of the Swiss cheese, then top
 off the sandwich with the top bun. Repeat the stacking process for
 each of the remaining sandwiches.

 Recipe FROM: <gopher://sdf.org/0/users/myst32yt/recipes/
 Carl#047s#040Jr.#253#040
 Bacon#040Swiss#040Crispy#040Chicken#040Sandwich.txt>

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