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Sack Lunch: Turkey and Coleslaw Sandwich

This is one of my favorite sandwiches.

I usually grill the rye bread and get the swiss cheese all melted, then top it with tons of turkey a squirt of thousand island and a heaping amount of cole slaw.

On occasion Ill stick some cole slaw onto a hot dog or plain hamburger as well.

Cole slaw and pineapple suit a grilled chicken breast with teriyaki sauce too, shove that all into a sandwich bun and yum!

And then of course there is pulled pork too.

Im hungry now...

amharkness at 11:42AM on 07/02/08

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Throwdown: Chick-fil-A vs. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken

vox8light: I wanted to ditto what you say. We live in Atlanta too, there is just no comparison between Mc Copy and Chick Fil A. Ill take Chick Fil A. Their biscuits rock too. When ever I have to go down to Macon, I stop at Chick fil a for breakfast. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

amharkness at 5:22PM on 05/12/08

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Throwdown: Chick-fil-A vs. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken

I love Chicken, I love Both

RAGthaman at 12:17PM on 07/24/08

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Sack Lunch: Turkey and Coleslaw Sandwich

The book says salting the cabbage will draw out a lot of its water before you toss it with the dressing. That way the cabbage will not "weep" water once it's tossed, which creates a watery cole slaw. To me it seemed salting the cabbage also made it a little easier to chew, but that isn't one of the reasons author listed.

Robin Bellinger at 5:36PM on 07/10/08

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Sack Lunch: Turkey and Coleslaw Sandwich

Why do you let the cabbage sit in salt???

justicetassie at 4:55PM on 07/02/08

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Sack Lunch: Turkey and Coleslaw Sandwich

I like the idea of doing this with roast beef...especially if you added a little horseradish to the coleslaw...mmm

akk328 at 4:20PM on 07/02/08

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Throwdown: Chick-fil-A vs. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken

I've eaten the sandwich for Breakfast & lunch at McDonald's. It is tasty, if you like the flavor of pickle juice. It was very consistent in browning & texture, but I will tell you I don't like condiments & the one thing I didn't like was the taste of PICKLES!!!

Today, my dad took my daughter to McDonald's, not one close to me & raved about this sandwich. They ordered them to be made to order. When my daughter got it, she said it tasted like it had something on it. My dad looked it over & wasn't happy that she was complaining, it had nothing on it. She told me when she got home it tasted like pickles. I thought maybe they prepped it with pickles & pulled them off when they made one ordered without condiments. Like I said, the breakfast one tasted like the juice as well. I decided to blog & this site came up when I mentioned pickle juice. Does anyone work at McD's that can confirm this. It actually really caused an argument.

weisemb at 6:53PM on 06/30/08

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Throwdown: Chick-fil-A vs. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken

Just thought of something else.... I bet CFA's Sandwichs are less fats then mcdonalds, im not sure on that one, i forgot how many calories and fat is in a CFA but know that its really not to bad considering its fried and its fast food.

I just noticed all my spelling errors on those comments, i spelled sandwich wrong like 100 times. sorry

Aharper0029 at 12:37AM on 05/14/08

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Throwdown: Chick-fil-A vs. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken

Oh yeah and the CFA that i work at uses homemade biscuts, i know that some CFA's use frozen biscuts but not all of them.

Aharper0029 at 12:25AM on 05/14/08

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Throwdown: Chick-fil-A vs. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken

I would just like to comment to the person who said that the secret to the CFA sandwhich is that they marinate the chicken in pickle juice. I have worked at a CFA for 6 years now i have been a manager for 3. We do not marinate are CFA Sandwhichs in pickles juice. Our Grills and our old strips are marinated in pickle juice but the regular CFA is not. The secret to our Sandwhich and what makes it 100 times better then Mcdonalds is that its FRESH! not frozen, we bread ALL of our chicken (except the Chargrills of course). When i think of Country fried Chicken Sandwhich, i think of fresh chicken, not a frozen patty that gets reheated. We also have a timed holding system, if the chicken has been sitting for to long we can't serve it. I dunno that all Chick-Fil-A's follow this holding system but i know that they are supposed to and the CFA that i work at in Kentucky does follow the rules.Also, our bun is evenly buttered, the mcdonalds sandwhich above looks as if they used a squirt bottle to spray the butter on. Something i did notice about the CFA sandwhich above is the pickles, they are supposed to be evenly placed on the bun, not over-lapping. Something else that makes the CFA sandwhich is the foil steam bag that we put are sadwhich in, it keeps the sandwhich hot and very moist. I do find it alittle bit weird that the Mcdonalds sandwhich costs more then our CFA sandwhich though considering that its a frozen patty and also its MCDONALDS arn't they supposed to be really cheap? Well with the quality of there food the whole menu should be 99 cents. I have worked at CFA for 6 years now and yes i am tired of eating there 5 days a week, (i eat chargrills everyday almost) i would still, hands down, chose CFA over mcdonalds.
We do have a new limited time coffee carmel milk shake that is out of this world and you should try it. Also we have new chicken strips (no longer marinated in pickle juice) that are amazing as well. Oh and our new Chicken Salad recipe! yummy!

Side note- KFC is the only other place that i know that breads their chicken but i know that not all of their chicken is breaded, i know that the popcorn chicken is frozen, not sure about the rest.

Aharper0029 at 12:22AM on 05/14/08