Home >> Recipes >> Carl's Jr.® >> Carl's Jr. Chicken Club Recipe  
Carl's Jr. Chicken Club Recipe
Carl's Jr. Chicken Club
By Todd Wilbur

Recipe Type: Sandwich
Calories: 684
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Recipe Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
 
The first days receipts at Carl Karchers just-purchased hot-dog cart in 1941 totaled $14.75. Peanuts, right? But Karcher was determined to make it big. So during the next two years he purchased several more stands throughout the Los Angeles area, later expanding into restaurants and diversifying the menu. In 1993, what had once been a business of one tiny hot-dog cart had become a multi-million-dollar company with 642 outlets. From $14.75 on the first day to todays $1.6 million in daily receipts, old Carl was on the right track.
2 whole chicken breasts, skinned, boned, and halved
1 cup teriyaki marinade (Lawry's is best)
4 whole-wheat hamburger buns
8 slices bacon
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 cup alfalfa sprouts. loosely packed
4 lettuce leaves
4 large tomato slices
4 slices Kraft Swiss Cheese Singles

1. Marinate the chicken in the teriyaki marinade in a shallow bowl for 30 minutes.

2. Preheat a clean barbecue to medium grilling heat.

3. Brown the faces of each bun in a frying pan on the stove. Keep the pan hot.

4. Cook the bacon in the pan until crisp, then set aside.

5. Grill the chicken breasts 5 to 8 minutes per side, or until cooked through.

6. Spread about 1/2 tablespoon of mayonnaise on the face of each bun, top and bottom.

7. Divide the sprouts into 4 portions and mound on each bottom bun.

8. On the sprouts. stack a lettuce leaf, then a slice of tomato.

9. Place on chicken breast half on each of the sandwiches, atop the tomato.

10. Next, stack a slice of Swiss cheese on the chicken, and then the 2 pieces of bacon, crossed over each other.

11. Top off the sandwich with the top bun.

12. Microwave for 15 seconds on high.

Makes 4 sandwiches
        
Daphne Simbulan  
Submitted on 10/10/11
Sadly when we moved to Washington I was without my beloved Carl's Jr. Chicken Club :( I found the recipe and bought the cookbook that night...these are great!! Taste JUST like the restaurant version. THANKS TODD!!!