DiningBuzz! - Subway Oven Crisp Chicken gone? Home alternatives?

I've really liked the Oven Crisp chicken at Subway. It was like fried chicken but without the calories. I went to a subway the other day where I've had one of these in the past and they didn't have them anymore.

Does anyone know if these are gone? if they are, are there any products like them in the wild? It was pretty healthy, lots of protein and not a ton of sodium.

I tried one. It was mushy, tepid and soggy. They should've called it the Warm 'n Damp Chicken Sandwich. You can't get anything crisp out of a microwave, not even those huge East German models at Subway.

Back to the regular chicken breast one for me.

I'm yet to read a negative review about it until now. I think they probably made it wrong. The oven crisp part isn't supposed to mean a microwave.

The oven crisp part isn't supposed to mean a microwave. The microwave is the only way to heat things up at Subway unless you count the soup hotplate. There are no real ovens.

The microwave is the only way to heat things up at Subway unless you count the soup hotplate. There are no real ovens.

They have toaster ovens they use to heat sandwiches, not microwaves. Perfectly capable of making something crispy if done right.

i love subway but the "not a ton of sodium" options are lacking.

Oven crisp chicken, is not hard to make at all.
I've done it using toasted Panko, Chex cereal(not best IMO), Crushed Wheat thins (not bad but a bit heavy). I've also done it with pecan and almond ground up and toasted, it comes out very crisp and IMO the best oven baking crust is the nut blend.

The microwave is the only way to heat things up at Subway unless you count the soup hotplate. There are no real ovens.Well, there are the ovens they bake the bread in.

There are no real ovens.

The oven that they heat the hot sandwiches in is not a microwave.

Exactly. When I do have a sandwich toasted, it actually does come out toasted. I think it's more like a convection oven.

OK, on reflection I withdraw my characterization of the Subway oven, but my Oven Crisp sandwich was still mushy and yucky.

OK, on reflection I withdraw my characterization of the Subway oven, but my Oven Crisp sandwich was still mushy and yucky.

Did you have the whole sandwich toasted at once? Or just the chicken?

On mine, it was just the chicken --- maybe that's the difference.

On the whole, I don't like Subway's bread --- tastes like nothing to me, but that's for another thread.

Exactly. When I do have a sandwich toasted, it actually does come out toasted. I think it's more like a convection oven.

It's a dual oven-microwave type thing, just as you can buy for at home.

Neil

You know that big stainless steel thing with a door that looks like an oven door that the staff go out of their way to not touch as if it were hot like an oven? Yeah, that's an oven. I guess I have to spell it out to you. Subway named it he oven crisp chicken because it gets toasted in an oven and is crisp. While te sad that yours was made improperly, but a sensible person would have realized this and used some social skills and had them make it again.

St3phen- thanks but I have no time to make crisp chicken at home. I'm looking for something preloads and frozen.

You know that big stainless steel thing with a door that looks like an oven door that the staff go out of their way to not touch as if it were hot like an oven? Yeah, that's an oven. I guess I have to spell it out to you. Subway named it he oven crisp chicken because it gets toasted in an oven and is crisp. While te sad that yours was made improperly, but a sensible person would have realized this and used some social skills and had them make it again.

You seem to be taking this sandwich thing awfully seriously.

I believe it's actually a combo convection/thermal oven.

7-11 has recently installed (on the east coast) something similar. A friend of mine trained the staff after the installs. Yes, they're really ovens. Yes, if used correctly even the crap at 7-11 tastes decent. And yes...you can buy these for the home if you want to pay an exorbitant amount of money.

St3phen- thanks but I have no time to make crisp chicken at home. I'm looking for something preloads and frozen.

oh you said home alternatives I didn't know you meant pre-made, misunderstanding.


If you were in TX, I know the solution is HEB Lean n Fit Crisp Chicken Breast, but as far as I know, it is TX only since it is made in their San Antonio plant.

You may by able to find a panko breaded oven chicken in freezer section of your local grocer.

If not try to go to a whole foods or other 'health' oriented grocer and look in the gluten free section for their non gluten crispy chicken products. I have seen them at wild Oats (now WF, and most of their unique products have been integrated into the WF system) they had several varieties at one point and I enjoyed the Pecan crusted Cajun chicken cooked in the oven.

I'd suggest your standard breaded chicken breast patty, baked in a toaster oven or broiled.

Eat these.

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You seem to be taking this sandwich thing awfully seriously.

Not at all. It's sort of akin to someone saying that there's not a cooler with drinks in a subway. They even market pizzas now. Hard to do without an oven.