What is the best fast food chicken sandwich in America?

One pressure-cooked fillet set the standard in 1964 and everyone has been answering it since. Pickles optional, opinions not.

1

McDonald's McCrispy

McDonald's crispy chicken fillet on a potato roll, its answer to the chicken sandwich war.

2

Chick-fil-A Original

Pressure-cooked fillet, two pickles, buttered bun — the sandwich everything else is measured against.

3

Popeyes Chicken Sandwich

The 2019 arrival that sold out nationwide and started the modern chicken sandwich war.

4

Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich

A cayenne-marinated fillet that had a following long before the war began.

5

Shake Shack Chicken Shack

Buttermilk-fried chicken with lettuce, pickles and buttermilk herb mayo.

6

Raising Cane's Chicken Sandwich

Three tenders and Cane's sauce on a bun from a chain that sells almost nothing else.

7

Zaxby's Signature Sandwich

Southeastern chain's fillet with Zax sauce and a crinkle-cut pickle.

8

Bojangles Cajun Filet Biscuit

A Cajun-spiced fillet inside a buttermilk biscuit instead of a bun.

9

Whataburger Whatachick'n

Texas-sized fillet sandwich from the chain with orange-striped roofs.

10

KFC Chicken Sandwich

The Colonel's 2021 relaunch, built on an extra-crispy fillet and pickles.

11

Burger King Royal Crispy Chicken

Burger King's flame-grill-adjacent take, reformulated repeatedly to keep pace.

12

Culver's Chicken Sandwich

A Wisconsin fillet sandwich that arrives with cheese curds on the side.

13

Jollibee Chicken Sandwich

The Filipino chain's sweet-spicy fillet, expanding fast across American cities.

14

Dave's Hot Chicken Sandwich

Nashville-hot fillet sold at seven heat levels, from a parking-lot pop-up turned chain.

15

Chick-fil-A Spicy Deluxe

The spicy fillet with pepper jack, lettuce and tomato for people who want the upgrade.