Main Dishes · No. 89
Crispy Hot Honey Chicken Stuffed Buns
Crispy fried hot-honey chicken stuffed into homemade burger-style buns, from @bymesika, after the success of their burger buns.
Dinner, Lunch
Ingredients
Dough
- 350g bread flour
- 7g dry yeast
- 25g sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 150ml warm water
- 45g neutral oil
- 1 tsp honey (optional)
Crispy Chicken (marinade)
- Boneless chicken thighs (amount not given)
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp mustard
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp onion powder
- 2 garlic cloves, minced (or ½ tsp garlic powder)
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- ½ tsp salt
- Sweet chili sauce (amount not given)
Coating
- Flour (amount not given)
- ½ tsp paprika
- ½ tsp onion powder
- Oil for frying (amount not given)
- Hot honey glaze (amount not given; glaze recipe not in the caption)
Filling
- Vegan cheese (amount not given)
- Ranch-style sauce (amount not given), mayo, lemon, rice vinegar, chopped capers, salt & a little sugar (amounts not given for these components)
- Caramelized onions (amount not given)
- Jalapeño jam (amount not given)
- Pickles (amount not given)
- Hot honey chicken (from above)
Method
- Make the dough: mix flour, yeast & sugar. Add egg, water & honey and knead 3-4 min. Add salt & oil and knead another 7-8 min until smooth. Cover and rise for 45-60 min.
- Marinate the chicken: mix boneless chicken thighs with egg, mustard, paprika, onion powder, garlic (or garlic powder), black pepper, soy sauce, salt, and sweet chili sauce until well coated.
- Coat and fry: coat the chicken well in the seasoned flour (flour + ½ tsp paprika + ½ tsp onion powder) and fry in hot oil until golden & crispy.
- Straight from the oil, toss the chicken in hot honey glaze.
- Divide the dough and roll out each piece.
- Add all the fillings (vegan cheese, ranch-style sauce, caramelized onions, jalapeño jam, pickles, and hot honey chicken) and wrap as shown in the video.
- Bake at 350°F for about 20 min, until beautifully golden.
Notes
- Number of buns / servings is not stated.
- Frying oil temperature is not stated.
- Wrapping technique is only shown in the video ("as shown in the video").
- Dough rise time is 45-60 min.
- Hot honey glaze is used but the glaze recipe is not included in the caption.
- Posted September 8 by @bymesika. No reel URL was provided for Source.

