For The Best Burger King Chicken Sandwich, Order It Texas-Style With This Ordering Trick

If you don't immediately think "Burger King" when a chicken sandwich craving strikes, you aren't alone. After all, many customers love to hate the chain's Original Chicken Sandwich. Luckily, foodies in the U.S. can take a cue from BK locations overseas, which have their chicken game on lock. Specifically, our eyes (and appetites) are set on the Steakhouse Chicken sandwich. It is available at Burger King restaurants in Germany but feels more like something we might find in Texas.

A marriage of textures and flavors, the item is fully loaded with bold elements. Burger King's Steakhouse Chicken Sandwich features crispy chicken tenders stuffed into a fluffy bun, and topped with lettuce, tomato, bacon, golden-brown crispy fried onions, smoky BBQ sauce, and creamy mayonnaise. While U.S. locations don't include this offering, you can have something similar by customizing the right item.

It's just a few swaps and additions from the Royal Crispy Chicken Sandwich available at BK locations in the U.S., but the resulting sammy is greater than the sum of its parts. In Tasting Table's ranking of every Burger King chicken item, the standard Royal Crispy Chicken Sandwich clocked in at a respectable fourth-place as "easily the most gourmet offering out of anything so far," starring a "thick and hefty" chicken patty at its center. Still, by our count, that crispy patty finds itself in poor company with the comparatively lacking toppings. All in all, there's some room for improvement — and all it takes to deliver that improvement is this Texas-style ordering hack.

To recreate this Texas-style sando at U.S. locations and get the best Burger King chicken sandwich possible, start by ordering a Royal Crispy Chicken Sandwich as the base. This menu item customarily comes with a crispy chicken patty topped with lettuce, tomato, and savory sauce on a toasted potato bun — many of the elements shared by the Steakhouse Chicken Sandwich. From there, ask for mayo and BBQ sauce instead of the savory sauce, and add bacon and onion rings. Raw onions are also an available topping option in the U.S., but by our count, opting for onion rings more aptly captures the crisp of fried onions used in the German-style sando. All of these sandwich additions and omissions are currently available as customization options on the BK website, so customers can order this sandwich online or in-person as desired.

At a Burger King location in Chicago, a standard Royal Crispy Chicken Sandwich currently costs $5.89. Adding the bacon and onion rings comes with an upcharge of $1.99, bringing the total cost of this ultra-stuffed sando to $7.88. For a double-meat, Texas-inspired masterpiece topped with onion rings, the price feels a little more justifiable than shelling out for a Royal Crispy on its own.