BBQ Chicken Sandwich | A great summertime grilled recipe

BBQ sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade BBQ sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + vinegar

Homemade BBQ sauce can reduce sugar and preservatives.

hamburger buns

🥗Healthier: whole grain buns

💰Cheaper: white bread

Whole grain buns offer more fiber.

coleslaw

🥗Healthier: cabbage salad

💰Cheaper: shredded cabbage

Cabbage salad is fresher and cheaper.

Cut chicken breasts in half to make them thinner.

Place chicken in a bag and pound them out slightly for even thickness.

Prepare a dry rub with smoked paprika, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, and kosher salt.

Sprinkle the dry rub all over the chicken breasts and marinate in the fridge.

Chop onion and garlic for the barbecue sauce.

Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté onion and garlic until softened.

Add salt to the sautéed onion and garlic.

Stir in tomato paste and cook until it deepens in color.

Add apple cider vinegar to the pan to deglaze and break up fond.

Mix in molasses, ketchup, and yellow mustard into the barbecue sauce and let simmer on low heat.

Prepare coleslaw dressing with oil, apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, honey, celery seed, and chopped onion.

Use an immersion blender to blend the coleslaw dressing until smooth and creamy in appearance.

Grill the marinated chicken breasts until cooked through.

Remove chicken from the grill and shred using two forks.

Mix shredded chicken with the prepared barbecue sauce until well coated.

Toast hamburger buns on the grill until golden brown.

Assemble the sandwiches by placing BBQ chicken on the bottom half of the bun, topping with coleslaw, and adding pickles and onion slices.

Cover with the top half of the bun and serve immediately.

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