Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
Posted: August 21, 2011 Filed under: Recipes | Tags: blue, bread, buffalo, cayenne, celery, cheese, chicken, easy, fast, french, grilled, healthy, hot, lunch, paprika, quick, sandwich, sauce, spicy, toasted 10 Comments »Earlier this summer, I had one of the best sandwiches of my life. It was on a Saturday afternoon following a round of golf with Poly at his club up in NY. It was a buffalo chicken sandwich, it was simple and it was insanely good. I’ve since had repeated dreams of replaying that day just for another taste of heaven.
As I look to improve my cooking game, I’ve begun to experiment and often try to recreate dishes. I made such an attempt with this sandwich and I have to say the results are on right on point! The combo of spice and tang is ridiculous, clean-up is easy and if you’re good, you can have this done in under 15 minutes.
This recipe is actually very healthy if you don’t mind the bread. There’s a tiny bit of butter and there’s no call for deep frying as many other buffalo chicken recipes do.
Recipe
Serving Size (3 sandwiches)
Estimated time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 pound thinly sliced chicken breast
- 1 tablespoon ground cayenne red pepper
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- salt, pepper
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup hot sauce (used Texas Pete for this recipe)
- slices of celery and/or carrots (on the side)
What You’ll Need:
- frying pan or grill
- 1 large/medium microwave proof bowl
Directions:
- mix cayenne pepper and paprika in a small bowl and sprinkle onto both sides of uncooked chicken breast
- season chicken with salt and pepper. drizzle olive oil into both sides of the chicken
- cook chicken on a grill or frying pan on medium heat (3-5 minutes on each side if thinly sliced)
- in a medium/large bowl, melt butter (1 minute in microwave). mix in hot sauce
- cut baguette into sandwich lengths and slice in half. toast until crispy
- once chicken is cooked, toss each piece in the buffalo sauce
- place chicken on the bottom piece of toasted sandwich bread and sprinkle blue cheese on top
- cover with top piece of bread, cut in halves and serve with a side of celery and/or carrots
- I like to use a toasted roll or baguette with this recipe because it keeps the buffalo sauce from seeping through the bread and making a soggy sandwich
- thinly sliced chicken cooks faster and has more surface to season (vs cooking a thick piece and cutting in half afterwards)
Looks seriously delicious. I want one! I may indeed have one!
Looks great! I have been in the mood for buffalo chicken lately.. I like the use of crumbled blue cheese rather than a blue cheese dressing
I love seeing buffalo chicken recipes. I’m working on a recipe right now for buffalo chicken tenders and creamy bleu cheese dressing. Keep up the good work. I just want to eat that sandwich.
Thanks. Honestly…part of the reason I made this was b/c I couldn’t find one out there. I pieced this together through a few different recipes I found out there.
Wow. That looks really good. I make a slow cooker version that is great to come home to. Check it out here: http://stawojo.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/bust-a-gut-buffalo-chicken/
It looks great. I have all most all the ingredients including the chicken breast. I can use any other cheese right ?
Thanks and yes, feel free to use whatever cheese you want. I think BLUE is by far your best bet, though, b/c the flavor is so strong and balancing vs. the spice/heat.
If you decide to sub for a different type of cheese, I’d go with something neutral like mozz so your tastebuds don’t get thrown off….good luck!
That is a seriously nice looking sandwich. I think I know what I’m going to be making for my lunch tomorrow.
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It looks sooo good, but I can’t eat spicy foods! Boo on me.