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Chicken BBQ sandwiches
Because chicken breast fillets are used here, it is imperative that fat is added to moisten them. It takes a good barbecue sauce to flavor meat but it takes butter to turn fatless meat into a succulent wonder.
Course
Picnic, Sandwich
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
25
minutes
minutes
Cooling time
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time
45
minutes
minutes
Servings
4
cups
Author
Connie Veneracion
Ingredients
Chicken BBQ filling
500
grams
skinless chicken breast fillets
1
teaspoon
salt
2
onions
½
cup
butter
divided
½
cup
BBQ sauce
store-bought or homemade (teriyaki sauce simmered until reduced by half is especially good)
Sandwich
8
ciabatta
mini baguettes are good too
¼
cup
mayo
2
cups
finely sliced lettuce
Instructions
Cook the chicken BBQ filling
In a large shallow pan, pour in enough water to reach a depth of three inches.
Stir in the salt and bring the water to the boil.
Slide in the chicken breast fillets in a single layer.
When the water comes to a boil once more, set the heat to low, cover the pan and poach the chicken for ten minutes.
Scoop out the chicken, transfer to a plate and cool for about ten minutes.
Tear the cooked chicken breast fillets into shreds.
Peel the onions and slice thinly.
In a frying pan, melt half of the butter.
Spread the onion slices in the hot butter and cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, just until they go limp.
Add the shredded chicken to the onions. Cook, tossing, until the chicken meat has absorbed the butter and pan juices.
Add the rest of the butter and cook, tossing, until absorbed by the chicken meat.
Pour the BBQ sauce over the chicken and mix well.
Cook the chicken with the BBQ sauce over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until lightly caramelized, and the oil separates from the meat.
Assemble the chicken BBQ sandwiches
Toast the ciabatta and split each one horizontally.
Spread mayo on the bottom halves and top with shredded lettuce.
Take the top halves, place the upside down and spread chicken BBQ filling on all of them.
Carefully invert the top halves of the bread on the bottom halves to complete the sandwiches.