Use this recipe for the best Grilled Chicken Sandwich recipe that are filled with flavor, perfectly juicy chicken, and your favorite toppings to make the best chicken sandwich.
When you make grilled chicken breasts you get recipe that is healthy, delicious, and simple. This chicken recipe is also a ton cheaper than eating out.
I know getting chicken sandwiches from a fast food restaurant could be quick, but now you will know what all went into making this piece of chicken and is healthier than a fried chicken sandwich.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Make this easy chicken recipe with fresh chicken pieces marinated to perfection. And assembles with all of your favorite toppings and goes so well with some fresh sweet potato fries, macaroni salad, potato salad, or some fried dill pickles.
Recipe Ingredients:
- Oil: use the olive oil you have on hand
- Honey: use local honey or whatever honey you have on hand in the pantry
- Juice: using lime juice will add fresh punch of flavor
- Seasonings: be sure to use chili powder and cumin in the homemade marinade
- Chicken: you will need to use boneless skinless chicken breasts for the best results
- Buns: you can keep it simple by using hamburger buns from the grocery store
- Toppings: use fresh lettuce leaves, fresh tomato slices, dill pickle slices, avocado slices, and mayonnaise
Recommended Equipment
How To Make Grilled Chicken Sandwiches:
- Mix together the oil, honey, lime juice, chili powder, and cumin in a ziploc bag. Place chicken inside, zip bag closed, and make sure that chicken is fully coated by marinade. Place bag of chicken in the fridge and let marinade for at least 30 minutes (I actually let mine go for about 2 hours- but you could even let it go for 8-10 hours for really flavorful meat!).
- Remove chicken from fridge and preheat grill to medium high heat. Grill the chicken for a couple of minutes on each side, turning once, until the chicken is no longer pink and reaches an internal temperature of 165℉.
- If you want, you can toast your buns on the grill.
- Top with your favorite toppings: tomato slice, leaf of lettuce, cheese, mayonnaise
Expert Tips:
- If the boneless breast of chicken you have are too thick or large, use a meat mallet to get the chicken to your ideal thickness.
- If you don’t have a grill you can use a grill pan.
- Grill the top and bottom buns for that nice little crunch and to avoid having soggy buns.
Frequently Asked Questions for Making Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup:
I am a total sauce person. I put sauce on my sauce. If you are looking for the perfect sauce for this sandwich, I have a few recommendations.
BBQ Sauce
Chipotle Mayo
Homemade Chick Fil A Sauce
Our Famous Secret Sauce Sauce
Maple Mustard Glaze
Honey Mustard
Ketchup
Mayo
Mustard
You could most definitely bake this chicken in your oven, or even sear it on the stove top, instead of grilling it.
If you bake your chicken instead of grilling it, preheat the oven to 350℉, and bake for 30 minutes on one side, then flip the chicken breasts and cook for 10-15 more minutes until done, or juices run clear when you cut into them.
Most of the time we like to use this recipe with regular hamburger buns, however you could use them with a brioche bun, soft ciabatta bun, or a pretzel bun.
Storage & Reheating Instruction:
Fridge: Put the leftover chicken pieces in an airtight container and place it in the fridge for up to 5 days.
What to Serve with this Recipe:
- Garlic Lime Sweet Potato Fries
- Carrot ‘Fries’ Recipe
- Crispy Air Fryer Frozen French Fries
- Baked Zucchini Fries
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Marinated Grilled Chicken Sandwich Recipe
Ingredients
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 Tablespoons Honey
- 2 Tablespoons lime juice
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 6 hamburger buns
- 6 lettuce leaves, optional
- 2 tomatoes, (sliced) optional
- 1 cup dill pickle slices, optional
- 3 Tablespoons mayonnaise, optional
- 2 avocados, (sliced) optional
Equipment
Instructions
- Mix together the oil, honey, lime juice, chili powder, and cumin in a ziploc bag. Place chicken inside, zip bag closed, and make sure that chicken is fully coated by marinade. Place bag of chicken in the fridge and let marinade for at least 30 minutes (I actually let mine go for about 2 hours- but you could even let it go for 8-10 hours for really flavorful meat!).
- Remove chicken from fridge and preheat grill to medium high heat. Grill the chicken for a couple of minutes on each side, turning once, until the chicken is no longer pink and reaches an internal temperature of 165℉.
- If you want, you can toast your buns on the grill.
- Top with your favorite toppings.
Notes
- BBQ Sauce
- Chipotle Mayo
- Homemade Chick Fil A Sauce
- Our Famous Secret Sauce Sauce
- Maple Mustard Glaze
- Honey Mustard
- Ketchup
- Mayo
- Mustard
Nutrition
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