Famous Dave's Devil's Spit Pickle Chicken

My family is a fan of these SUPER SPICY pickles. They are called "Devil's Spit" and they are Famous Dave's brand.  Famous Dave's is a BBQ chain restaurant, but I find their pickles and BBQ sauces on the shelves at my local Kroger grocery store.

A few months back, I tried out a recipe called "Dill Pickle Chicken" from one of my favorite blogs called "Skinnytaste".  I decided to try out the Dill Pickle Chicken recipe with the SPICY pickles.  The Devil's Spit pickles taste like sweet bread and butter pickles but they have a very spicy kick at the end.  I learned the hard way to not eat these pickles on an empty stomach.  Yowza!

Devil's Spit Chicken

12 (1 1/4 lbs) chicken tenders or skinless breasts cut into strips

1- 1/4 cup pickle juice (enough to cover the chicken)

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and black pepper, to taste

1 large egg, beaten

1 large egg white

1/2 cup seasoned breadcrumbs

1/2 cup seasoned panko

cooking spray

Place chicken in a shallow bowl and cover with pickle juice (enough to cover completely). Marinate in the refrigerator 8 hours. After 8 hours, drain and dry the chicken completely on paper towels.

Preheat oven to 425F. Spray a large baking sheet with generously with oil.

Combine egg, egg white, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. In a shallow bowl, combine the bread crumbs and panko.

Dip chicken in the egg wash, then into the breadcrumb mixture and shake off excess.

Place the chicken onto the prepared baking sheet and spray the top generously. Bake in the lower third of the oven until the bottom is golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Turn and bake 6 minutes, until golden.

NOTE (Whoops!):  I forgot to add any salt/pepper to the eggs, so I sprinkled a little kosher salt on top of the chicken when it was done baking. I love the sweet/salty/spicy combination in this recipe.

Zach and I are both enjoying this chicken.  He likes this version even better than the original Dill Pickle Chicken recipe.  This chicken is also great cold.