
How To Make Grilled BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
These chicken sandwiches are filled with shredded barbecue chicken that’s coated with a tangy sauce and served with a fresh pickle slaw.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Pickle Slaw:
- ½cupmayonnaise
- ¼cupdill pickle juice
- 1tbspsugar
- 4cupsgreen cabbage,(½ cabbage), thin shredded
- 1cupcarrots,(2 medium), grated
- ¼cupdill pickles,chopped
For Chicken Filling:
- 2lbschicken breasts,boneless, skinless, butterflied
- 2tbspolive oil
- ½tspkosher salt
- ½tspblack pepper
- 1½cupsBBQ sauce
- 8hamburger buns
For Serrano Mayo:
- 3serrano peppers,seeds removed, grilled
- 1cupmayonnaise
- ½lime,juiced
- pinchsalt
Instructions
Slaw:
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Whisk together mayo, pickle juice, and sugar. Stir in shredded cabbage, carrots, and pickles. Stir together and taste.
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Season as desired. Slaw can be made a day or two in advance with no problem.
Chicken:
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Preheat grill to medium-high heat. To butterfly the chicken, use a sharp knife to slice the chicken horizontally – leaving the edge connected the chicken breast can be opened– making it thinner and therefore faster-cooking. Then drizzle with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
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Pour half a cup of BBQ sauce into a bowl and set it aside.
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Add chicken to grill and spoon BBQ sauce over each piece of chicken. Grill for 5 to 6 minutes on the first side. Flip and add BBQ sauce to the second side.
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Grill for another 5 to 6 minutes on the second side or until the chicken breasts reach 165 degrees F. Remove from the grill.
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As the chicken grills, add 2 to 3 serrano peppers to the grill. Grill them for 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove and let cool.
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When chicken comes off the grill, let it cool briefly and then use two forks to shred or roughly chop the chicken.
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Stir the ½ cup of BBQ sauce into the shredded chicken.
Serrano Mayo:
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Split grilled peppers in half and remove seeds. Add to a small food processor with mayo, lime juice, and salt. Pulse until combined.
Assemble:
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Toast sandwich buns (if desired) and smear with serrano mayo. Top with a heap of pickle slaw and shredded BBQ chicken. Serve with chips and pickles on the side.
Nutrition
- Calories: 760.63kcal
- Fat: 49.27g
- Saturated Fat: 8.89g
- Trans Fat: 0.12g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 15.59g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 23.36g
- Carbohydrates: 49.47g
- Fiber: 3.25g
- Sugar: 24.47g
- Protein: 29.08g
- Cholesterol: 89.47mg
- Sodium: 1179.42mg
- Calcium: 133.67mg
- Potassium: 576.73mg
- Iron: 2.99mg
- Vitamin A: 164.47µg
- Vitamin C: 20.52mg
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