Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich
Elevate a simple grilled chicken sandwich with honey mustard marinade and slaw, plus some stick pepper bacon!
Ingredients
Sweet Pepper Bacon
- 8 slices thick cut bacon
- 3 tbsp regular or maple syrup
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper or 1 tsp red pepper flake
- 1 tbsp cracked pepper
Honey Mustard Chicken
- 2 medium boneless chicken breast halved and pounded thin
- 3 tbsp grainy mustard
- 2 tbsp honey
- ¼ cup olive or avocado oil
- ¼ tsp cayenne or red pepper flakes
- salt and pepper to taste
Honey Mustard Slaw
- 2 cups slaw mix
- 2 tbsp white vinegar
- ⅓ cup mayo
- 2 tbsp grainy mustard
- 1½ tbsp honey
- coarse ground pepper
Chicken Sandwich
- 4 pretzel buns
- 4-6 large leaves Bibb or living lettuce
- 1 medium heirloom tomato sliced
- ¼ medium red onion thinly sliced
- 4 slices swiss cheese could also use munster, provolone, gouda
- 2 tbsp each honey and grainy mustard mixed
Instructions
Sweet Pepper Bacon
- Preheat the oven to 400℉
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay down your uncooked bacon
- Drizzle with syrup or maple, and use a basting brush to coat the bacon evenly. Sprinkle with cayenne/red pepper flakes and cracked black pepper
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 min or until the bacon is the crispness you like. If the edges blacked too quickly, reduce the heat to 350.
- Remove from oven and set baking sheet aside, allowing bacon to cool completely on the sheet.
Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich
- In a large mixing bowl, add halved and pounded chicken breast, along with 3tbsp mustard, 2 tbsp honey, ¼ oil, ¼ tsp cayenne, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Mix until chicken is completely coated. Grill at about 400°, or sauté in light oil over medium high heat, 3-5 minutes per side or until the chicken is golden brown and the internal temperature is 165°
Slaw and Sandwich
- While the chicken and bacon cook, mix all of the slaw ingredients (slaw mix, mayo, vinegar, honey, mustard, and black pepper) in a bowl and set aside.
- To assemble the sandwiches, split one pretzel bun (toasting is optional). To the bottom of a bun, layer one large leaf of lettuce, one tomato slice, and a few sliced onions.
- Top with one piece of chicken, a slice of cheese, 2 pieces of bacon, and 2 heaping tbsp of the slaw. Optional, but I live to mix equal parts mustard and honey, and drizzle over the top of the slaw before topping with the top bun.
- Repeat 3 more times with remaining buns and serve immediately.