Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich Topped with Apple Fennel Slaw

Ingredients

• 10 boneless skin-on chicken pieces
• vegetable oil, for frying
• 10 sesame brioche buns
• melted butter
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 2 tsp freshly minced or grated ginger
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp hot sauce
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup panko
• 2 tsp granulated garlic
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 3 tart apples, cut into matchsticks
• 2 small heads fennel, cut into matchsticks
• 1 small red onion, cut in half and very thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• salt and freshly ground pepper to taste