Best Grilled Chicken Sandwich
This grilled chicken sandwich is piled high with juicy, caramelized grilled chicken on a bun with lettuce, tomato, and a creamy-tangy sandwich sauce that’s seriously the best out there!
Servings: 4 sandwiches
Equipment
- Grill
Ingredients
- 3 medium chicken breasts
- 4 hamburger buns of choice like brioche or wheat
- 4 Bibb lettuce leaves
- 1 large tomato cut into 4 slices
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar to marinate chicken
- Salt and pepper to taste
Sandwich Sauce
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup dill relish or sweet relish if preferred
- ¼ cup sweet onion finely chopped (plus more for topping if desired)
- 1 tablespoon Italian parsley finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon ground mustard
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Make the sandwich sauce by mixing together mayo, relish, onion, parsley, lemon juice, ground mustard, and salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Preheat grill to 450℉. While preheating, marinate chicken in balsamic vinegar for 5 minutes. Grill for 6-8 minutes per side, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees.
- Sprinkle grilled chicken with salt and pepper, and let rest for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, toast buns.
- Slice the chicken breasts against the grain into roughly ½-inch thick slices. Hold your knife at a slight angle, about 45 degrees, as you cut. This creates wider, flatter slices that will lay nicely on a bun.
- Fill the bottom buns with a layer of chicken slices.
- Then add tomato slices, then lettuce, and any extra chopped onion.
- On the top bun, spread about 2 tablespoons of sauce per bun (or desired amount).
- Put your sandwiches together, and enjoy!
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Notes
- If you like a lot of sauce, double the sauce recipe. The above quantities make roughly 2 tablespoons of sauce per sandwich.
- Other optional toppings: bacon or cheese like cheddar, provolone, Swiss, or pepperjack.
- You can grill buns if preferred, for about a minute.
- Depending on the size of your buns, you may have a little extra chicken.
- You can make the sauce up to 3 days ahead! You can also make the chicken ahead, reheating in a 350 degree oven until just warm, wrapped in foil.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sandwich | Calories: 448kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 672mg | Potassium: 531mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 566IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 2mg