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     Title: Carl's Jr. Ranch 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

 We'll use elements of the Carl's Jr. Bacon Swiss Crispy Chicken
 Sandwich clone recipe to whip up one of the other Carl's Jr. crispy
 chicken sandwiches, because I always say you can never have too much
 crispy chicken. This fried chicken breast sandwich includes lettuce
 and tomato, and is slathered with a clone of Carl's tasty ranch
 dressing. Use the recipes together and you can easily serve up two
 different sandwich clones for different tastes, with little extra
 effort. And you diners will be so impressed.

 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 of 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 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 top it off with the top bun. Repeat the stacking
 process for each of the sandwiches.

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

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