Yield: 4 - 8 sandwiches

Spicy Peanut Butter Barbecue and Bacon Chicken Sandwich

Spicy Peanut Butter Barbecue and Bacon Chicken Sandwich

Ingredients

For BBQ Sauce:

  • 2 Tbl. Minerva Dairy Butter, do not sub margarine or low quality butter
  • 1 shallot, finely chopped
  • 1 Tbl. pureed chipotles in adobo sauce, 2 for *extra hot* 
  • 2 Tbl. Sweet Baby Ray's Original Barbecue Sauce
  • 1/2 cup creamy-style peanut butter, I used Peter Pan 
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 2 Tbl. light brown sugar, *3 if you prefer a sweeter sauce
  • 2 Tbl. unsulphured molasses
  • 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 tsp. regular black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp. cayenne
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened apple juice

Rest of Ingredients:

  • 4 small to medium-sized boneless skinless chicken breasts, butterflied and pounded 1/4 - 1/3 inch thick, seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika to taste
  • 4 hamburger buns

Toppings:

  • chopped, shredded, or whole lettuce leaves
  • thinly sliced tomato
  • thinly sliced red onion
  • crisp-cooked peppered bacon, optional

Instructions

    For BBQ Sauce: Heat butter over low heat in saucepan, add shallots and sauté until tender and golden. Remove from heat. Add in rest of ingredients, stir well to combine, return to heat, and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 5 minutes over low heat, stirring. Set aside with lid tilted. 

    For Chicken: Butterfly, pound, and seasoning both sides of chicken breasts. Heat grill to medium. Spray tops of chicken with butter-flavored no-stick spray, and place filets onto grill sprayed side down. Care fully, lightly, spray tops. Close lid and grill until light golden brown and grill marks. Turn, coat with some sauce, close lid and grill again. (3 - 4 minutes each time.) Turn, and start slathering with sauce, turning and basting with lost of sauce until done, about another 2 - 4 minutes on each side, depending on thickness and how hot your grill is. When done inside, remove to  plate and top each with a little more sauce of desired.

    Butter insides of buns, and grill until toasted. Place chicken onto bottom buns, top with lettuce, tomato, bacon and onion. Place on tops and enjoy!!