Best 20 Spicy Sandwich Recipes

COPYCAT WENDY'S SPICY CHICKEN FILLET SANDWICH

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the chicken, jalapeño juice, buttermilk and hot sauce. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour, more if you have the time.
• In a shallow bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, pepper, onion, garlic, and chili powder.
• To dredge the chicken, remove each piece from the buttermilk mixture and dip into the seasoned flour. Dip once again into the buttermilk and once more into the dry ingredients. Place the dredged chicken on a wire rack set over a baking sheet and continue coating the remaining chicken pieces. Allow the coated chicken to rest while you heat up the oil. This will prevent the coating from falling off during frying.
• Pour the oil into a large pot and heat up to 365 degrees F. Carefully lower the chicken into the hot oil, cooking it in batches to not overcrowd the pan. Fry until golden brown and the chicken reaches 165 degrees, about 4 to 6 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the chicken from the oven and place on a clean wire rack, set over a baking sheet.
• Set a large pan or griddle over medium high heat, melt the butter and toast the buns, cut side down.
• To assemble the sandwiches, spread the buns with mayonnaise and place a chicken on each bottom bun. Top with lettuce and tomato and the top bun. Serve immediately.

FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH WITH SLAW AND SPICY MAYO

Steps:

• For spicy mayo and slaw:
• Mix garlic, mayonnaise, and hot pepper sauce in a small bowl; cover and chill. Toss onion, jalapeño, cabbage, pickles, and pickle juice in a large bowl to combine; cover and chill.
• For fried chicken and assembly:
• Whisk flour, pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a shallow bowl. Pour buttermilk into another shallow bowl. Working with 1 piece at a time, dredge chicken in flour mixture, shaking off excess. Dip in buttermilk, allowing excess to drip back into bowl. Dredge again in flour mixture, shaking off excess.
• Pour oil into a large heavy skillet to a depth of 1/2". Prop deepfry thermometer in oil so bulb is submerged. Heat over medium heat until thermometer registers 350°F.
• Fry chicken until golden brown and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a wire rack set inside a baking sheet; season with salt. Spread cut sides of rolls with butter. Heat another large skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, cook rolls buttered side down until browned and crisp, about 1 minute.
• Spread with spicy mayo. Build sandwiches with rolls, chicken, and cabbage slaw.

SPICY CHICKEN SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Spray baking pan with cooking spray. Mix pepper sauce and water in a recloseable plastic bag.
• Mix all dry ingredients in a large recloseable plastic bag.
• Put chicken in bag with hot pepper sauce and toss to coat.
• Take chicken one piece at a time and shake in the bag of dry mixture, making sure to coat well.
• Place the chicken on the baking pan and coat with the cooking spray.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle chicken with hot pepper sauce mix and spray more cooking spray on the chicken.
• Turn and bake 30 minutes more.
• Brown the face of the buns.
• On the top half of the bun spread 2 teaspoons of the mayonnaise and top with a slice of tomato and chopped lettuce.

SPICY FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise and hot sauce. In another bowl, toss the cabbage, parsley and jalapeno with the pickle juice.
• Heat 1/2 inch of vegetable oil in a large cast-iron skillet to 350 degrees F.
• In a shallow dish, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, pepper, cayenne and salt. Pour the buttermilk into another shallow dish. Working with one piece at a time, dredge the chicken in the flour mixture, shaking off any excess. Dip in the buttermilk and allow the excess to drip off. Dredge again in the flour mixture.
• Fry the chicken until golden and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Spread the bottom of each sandwich roll with the spicy mayo mixture. Layer on the pickles and fried chicken. Drizzle with honey, then top with some slaw and the sandwich roll tops.

SPICY BUFFALO CHICKEN SANDWICH

Steps:

• Brush each chicken breast with wing sauce then season with salt and pepper.
• Grill each chicken breast, basting with wing sauce until fully cooked.
• Drizzle each hamburger bun with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and place on grill until golden brown.
• Build each sandwich from bottom bun to top with lettuce, tomato, chicken breast and 1 tablespoon of blue cheese dressing.

SPICY CHICKEN SANDWICH

Steps:

• 1. If deep frying, in a deep fryer or cast iron pot, heat 6-8 cups of oil to 375 degrees. If pan frying, heat 1 1/2-2 cups oil (about 1/2 inch in the pan) in a large, heavy bottomed frying pan.
• 2. In a large bowl or pie pan, whisk together hot sauce, water, and egg.
• 3. In a shallow bowl or pie pan, combine flour, salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, onion powder, paprika, and garlic powder.
• 4. Pound each chicken breast with a mallet/tenderizer until about 3/8 inch thick. The chicken may be much larger than the bun when it's pounded thin. If so, you may want to cut the breast in half before breading to make the chicken fit better on the bun.
• 5. Coat each fillet in the flour, then in the hot sauce/water/egg mixture, then in the flour again. Repeat the dredge if you would like a thicker coating.
• 6. After all of the chicken is coated, deep fry for 8 to 12 minutes, or pan fry 4 to 6 minutes on each side. After frying, drain excess oil from the chicken by placing it on a cooling rack or on a plate covered with paper towels.
• 7. Grill the faces of the hamburger buns on a griddle or in a dry skillet (optional) and prepare sandwiches with chicken, mayonnaise, lettuce, and tomato.

SPICY TUNA FISH SANDWICH

Steps:

• Stir tuna, Cheddar cheese, diced jalapeno, mayonnaise, relish, lemon juice, and pepper together in a bowl. Spread tuna mixture on a slice of toast and top with remaining slice to make a sandwich.

FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH WITH SPICY MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• Pour the kefir, or buttermilk, or yogurt into a small dish and stir in the ½ teaspoon of hot smoked paprika, ½ teaspoon of salt, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, and maple syrup. Peel the garlic and mince or grate it in, too. Give a good stir, then add the chicken thigh and turn it in the marinade to make sure it's well coated. Cover the dish, then leave for at least 4 hours or up to 2 days in the fridge. (If you simply cannot wait that long, leave the chicken in its marinade out on the kitchen countertop for 20-40 minutes.)
• Take the chicken, in its marinade, out of the fridge in good time to get to room temperature before you start to cook it.
• Mix the flour with the remaining ¼ teaspoon each of hot smoked paprika and salt in a shallow dish. Lift the chicken out of the marinade, but don't try and shake it off. Dredge both sides of the chicken in the seasoned flour, then dip briefly back into the marinade and dredge again. This double-dredging is essential to get a thick, shaggy coating. You can leave the coated chicken in the flour dish until you fry.
• Mix the garlic mayonnaise with the Chili Crisp oil and honey, and spread both pieces of a split burger bun (or a couple of slices of bread) with it. Put a plate lined with paper towels by (but not dangerously near) the stove, if you want to get rid of any excess fat once the chicken's cooked.
• Pour enough oil into your chosen pan to come about 1½ inches up the sides. Heat until a small piece of bread becomes golden and crisp almost instantly; if you want to be precise, and have a food thermometer, then you want the fat to be at 375ºF when the chicken goes in (and about 350ºF as it cooks).
• Using tongs, gently lower the chicken thigh into the hot oil, and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side, by which time the coating should be deep gold and very crisp and the chicken completely cooked through. Remove to the waiting paper-lined plate, remembering to take the pan of oil off the heat, and leave to stand for a couple of minutes while you shred some iceberg lettuce and get out your pickles. Put a handful of shredded lettuce on top of the mayo on the bottom slice, top with the fried chicken, add kimchi, pink-pickled onions and any other pickles you want. Scatter with a bit more lettuce and squidge on the top of the bun or second slice of bread. Go in cautiously: I have more than once burned my mouth.

SPICY ITALIAN SANDWICH LIKE SUBWAY

Steps:

• Assemble sandwiches using above ingredients. When taking to work, I put on vinegar at time of eating or it gets soggy.

SWEET AND SPICY TURKEY SANDWICH

Steps:

• Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Butter one side of each of the bread slices with one teaspoon butter. Place one slice, butter side down, in the skillet. Top with the turkey and cheese slices. Place the second slice of bread on top, butter side up.
• When the first side of the sandwich is golden brown, turn and brown the other side, 3 to 5 minutes per side, or until the cheese begins to melt.
• Remove sandwich to a plate and top with strawberry preserves, or serve the preserves on the side.

SWEET AND SPICY TUNA SALAD SANDWICH!

Steps:

• 1. Drain your tuna pretty well. Add mayo and mix. Add chopped onions, relish and celery. Peel your pineapple (it has to be fresh. You can use can but it just wont taste the same). Cut the pineapple into rings and take the core out.
• 2. In a blender add mayo, lemon juice, chipotle peppers, salt and olive oil blend until well combined. Start toasting your bread (you can use any bread you like).
• 3. To assemble sandwiches all you do is slather bread with the spicy mayo onto both pieces. Add as much tuna as you like. I like to make mine fat. Add a ring of pineapple on top with some lettuce and top with the other piece of bread. Cut the sandwich in half or quarters what ever you like. These are great party foods or finger foods.

SPICY ROAST BEEF AND CAPICOLA SUB SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef and capicola, and cook, stirring, until just beginning to crisp on the edges, about 3 minutes; transfer to a plate with a slotted spoon. Add the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil, onions and bell peppers and cook, stirring, until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
• Scoot the vegetables to the side of the pan. Add the tomato paste to the open space and toast, stirring for a minute, and then combine with the vegetables. Add the cherry pepper brine and 1/2 cup water, bring to a simmer and return the meat to the pan. Simmer just until the sauce coats the meat and vegetables, about 1 minute.
• Divide the meat and vegetables among the rolls. Top with the cherry peppers and provolone. Bake on a baking sheet until the cheese is melted and bubbly, about 2 minutes.

WENDY'S SPICY CHICKEN FILLET SANDWICH

Steps:

• 1. Preheat 6 to 8 cups of oil in a deep fryer to 350 degrees. 2 Combine the pepper sauce and water in a small bowl. 3 Combine the flour, salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, onion powder, paprika and garlic powder in another shallow bowl. 4 Pound each of the chicken pieces with a mallet until about 3/8-inch thick. Trim each breast fillet if necessary to help it fit on the bun. 5 Working with one fillet at a time, coat each piece with the flour, then dredge it in the diluted pepper sauce. Coat the chicken once again in the flour mixture and set it aside until the rest of the chicken is coated. 6 Fry the chicken fillets for 8 to 12 minutes or until they are light brown and crispy. Remove the chicken to a rack or to paper towels to drain. 7 As chicken is frying, prepare each sandwich by grilling the face of the hamburger buns on a hot skillet over medium heat. Spread about 2 teaspoons of mayonnaise on the face of each of the inverted top buns. 8 Place a tomato slice onto the mayonnaise, then stack a leaf of lettuce on top of the tomato. 9 On each of the bottom buns, stack one piece of chicken. 10 Flip the top half of each sandwich onto the bottom half and serve hot.

FALAFEL SANDWICH WITH SPICY TAHINI SAUCE

Steps:

• Place half the chickpeas in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until chopped. Set aside in a bowl. Place remaining chickpeas, garlic, onion, parsley, cilantro, coriander, cumin, paprika, salt, lemon juice, and tahini in food processor; process until a coarse paste is formed, about 30 seconds. Add to bowl of chopped chickpeas; add egg, flour, and sesame seeds. Stir until combined. Shape into 12 two-inch patties.
• Heat oil in a large skillet set over medium heat. Add patties; cook until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Remove from oil; place on a paper-towel-lined tray.
• Fill pitas with lettuce, tomato, onion, and falafel. Drizzle with tahini sauce; serve.

SPICY TUNA SANDWICH

Steps:

• Combine the drained tuna, mayonnaise, horseradish sauce, and pickles in a small bowl until evenly mixed. Place a slice of Swiss cheese onto 2 slices of bread, and top with a leaf of lettuce. Spread the tuna mixture onto the lettuce leaves. Top with the tomato and red onion slices, and finish with the remaining slices of bread.

SPICY CHOPPED CHEESE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook until onions are soft and starting to caramelize, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
• In a large bowl combine ground beef and Sriracha sauce. Mix well unto Sriracha is evenly distributed. Form mixture into two patties and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add hamburger patties and cook 5 minutes or until a crust forms on the bottom. Flip patties over and cook 3 minutes.
• Using a wide spatula, break patties up into large pieces. Sprinkle cooked onion in between the spaces of the hamburger pieces. Layer cheese over the beef, and cook 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Divide meat mixture evenly between the toasted hoagie rolls. Top each with shredded lettuce and sliced tomato.

SPICY GRILLED STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST SANDWICH

Steps:

• Slice a small pocket into each chicken breast with a sharp knife. Layer cheese slices, avocado slices, and sliced jalapeno inside the chicken pockets. Pinch chicken breasts closed and secure with toothpicks or skewers; place chicken into a casserole dish.
• Whisk olive oil, lime juice, mesquite seasoning, and salt together in a bowl; drizzle half of the mixture over chicken breasts. Turn chicken breasts over and drizzle with remaining olive oil mixture; cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil the grate.
• Place chicken breasts on preheated grill and cook for 7 minutes; turn chicken over and brush with BBQ sauce on the cooked side. Continue grilling for about 5 minutes; turn chicken over and apply BBQ sauce to the second cooked side. Cook chicken until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 2 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Serve each chicken breast on a Kaiser roll.

MAGGIE'S SPICY TUNA SANDWICH

Steps:

• Mix tuna, diced tomato, jalapeno with liquid, broccoli, pesto, garlic, chives, and cayenne pepper in a bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix well and top with seasoned croutons.
• Assemble sandwiches by layering lettuce leaves, sliced tomato, and tuna mixture between sliced bread.

SPICY HAM AND GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat a skillet over medium heat.
• Layer cheese, ham, and chile pepper on one slice of bread, then top with the other slice. Lightly butter both sides of the sandwich before carefully placing it in the skillet. Grill until cheese is melted and bread appears golden brown, about 3 minutes per side.

SPICY EGG SANDWICH WITH SAUSAGE AND PICKLED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Using damp hands, form sausage into two 1/4"-thick patties.
• Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high until hot. Cook patties until golden brown on bottom side, about 2 minutes. Turn and continue to cook until other side is browned and cooked through, 2-3 minutes more. Transfer to a plate. Wipe out skillet.
• Heat butter over medium in same skillet until melted. Cook eggs, undisturbed, until whites are set, edges are golden, and yolks are still runny, 4-5 minutes. Season with salt and red pepper flakes (if using). Remove pan from heat.
• Spread harissa on 2 muffin halves. Top with feta, patties, eggs, peppers, and cilantro. Spread mayonnaise on remaining muffin halves, then close up sandwiches.