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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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Straight from the oil, toss the chicken in hot honey glaze.
  5. Divide the dough and roll out each piece.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.

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Source: Instagram by @bymesika

Added 2026-09-24

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