Spicy Blackened Chicken Sandwiches

These spicy blackened chicken sandwiches have just 6 ingredients and are bursting with spicy, fresh, savory flavor. Lunch doesn’t get much better than this!

This post is sponsored by Just BARE® Chicken. All opinions provided are my own.

Today’s post is much more than a simple recipe for a scrumptious sandwich and I am so excited to tell you all about it. You may remember me posting earlier this year about the Just BARE® Chicken +5 Ingredient Challenge and how I am participating as a member of the recipe development panel alongside some of my other favorite food bloggers. Well now we are at an exciting part of this challenge because I have finalized three recipes based on the top ingredient lists submitted by fans, one of which I’m sharing with you today. Now you have another opportunity to participate to vote for the best recipes for a chance to win some fun sweepstakes prizes!

Just BARE Chicken +5 Ingredient Challenge judge Lisa Golden Schroeder determined the top 10 recipes from the 15 created by A Zesty Bite, Ambitious Kitchen, Bake Your Day, Rachel Cooks and me. Vote now until May 5th for your favorite recipes on the Just BARE Facebook page. Voting enters you to win one of five sweepstakes prizes worth $250 in groceries. The five recipes with the highest combined Online Popular Vote and Culinary Score points will be awarded grand prize packages worth $1,500 that include a year’s worth of Just BARE coupons, a $1,000 gift card for merchandise from Food52 & Provisions website, The Food52 Cookbook, and a one-year subscription to Eating Well magazine.

This particular recipe submission for Spicy Blackened Chicken Sandwiches centers on those fabulous Just BARE® chicken breasts and one of my favorite fan-submitted ingredient lists that I received. All throughout the recipe development process I used a few various cuts of chicken from Just BARE® and my boyfriend and I kept remarking about how amazing this chicken is. I am so excited I get to work with a brand that I believe in and thoroughly use and enjoy myself. It’s such a great perk of my job!

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How to make

Spicy Blackened Chicken Sandwiches

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes

Inactive Time 10 minutes

Total Time: 23 minutes

These spicy blackened chicken sandwiches have just 6 ingredients and are bursting with spicy, fresh, savory flavor. Lunch doesn’t get much better than this!

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) bag broccoli slaw
• 1/4 cup spicy aioli
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 4 Just BARE® boneless skinless chicken breast fillets
• 1 heaping tablespoon prepared blackened seasoning
• 1 loaf ciabatta bread, cut into 4 sandwich portions

Directions

1. In a medium bowl combine the broccoli slaw, spicy aioli, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste and toss until well coated. Refrigerate until ready to use.
2. Meanwhile, prepare the grill for cooking over direct medium-high heat. Sprinkle both sides of the chicken with the blackened seasoning, pressing the seasoning into the chicken to coat well.
3. Once the grill is smoking hot, place the chicken on the grates. Turn the heat to the lowest setting. Cover and cook for about 4 minutes, or until blackened. Turn and cook on the other side for about another 4 minutes, or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165°F. Remove the chicken to a plate, loosely tent with foil, and let rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
4. Divide the chicken breasts between ciabatta slices. Top with the broccoli slaw mixture then sandwich with the remaining bread pieces. Serve.

Recipe Notes

You can also use a cast iron grill pan to cook the chicken, just make sure to turn your vent hood on as the pan may get smoky.

Recipe by Tessa Arias for Just BARE®

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

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Recipe by Tessa Arias