What should you be cooking this month? With over chicken bread,400 of Delia’s recipes available to browse, here we have put them in categories so you can easily find what you are looking for. For the Halifax landmark, see The Chickenburger.
A chicken sandwich is a sandwich that typically consists of boneless, skinless chicken breast or thigh served between slices of bread, on a bun, or on a roll. In the United States, the sandwich usually consists of a chicken filet or patty, toppings and bread. Some establishments serving hamburgers also serve chicken sandwiches, giving customers an alternative to beef. Such a sandwich may also be called “chicken on a bun” or “chicken burger” in many countries, and is served on a hamburger bun with similar condiments and toppings as found on hamburgers. Many American fast food restaurant chains, such as Chick-fil-A, KFC, PDQ, and Popeyes, offer chicken sandwiches. Chick-fil-A claims that it invented the fried chicken sandwich in the 1940s.
March 21, 1964, was most likely the first chicken sandwich introduced by a fast food restaurant chain. Chicken salad served between slices of bread is a chicken sandwich variation seen both in North America and elsewhere. For Nashville hot chicken, see Hot chicken. Although less featured in other areas of North America, the sandwich is also found in small diners from the Canadian Maritimes and throughout the Southeastern United States. The sandwich was a working-class dish already common and well established in North American cuisine by the early 1900s and featured on the food menus of pharmacists and druggists of the time.