re: Pickle juice brine?

CFA does not use it as a brine. That's a myth because of the slight pickle flavor of the sandwich. That flavor comes from the two slices of dill pickle that are put on the sandwich just before they put it in that foil bag while it's still hot. It sits in that hot foil bag in a steam drawer until sold.

The sandwich is a whole chicken breast battered in their secret recipe breading, fried in a pressure fryer / henny penny, and placed on a toasted buttered bun with 2 slices of dill pickle.

The nuggets and tenders are the same recipe, but notice ... they don't taste like dill pickles. Only the sandwiches do.

My first job was at the very first CFA in Louisiana ... the one in the Lake Forest Plaza in New Orleans East.