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honey mustard grilled chicken sandwich with slaw and bacon

Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich

Elevate a simple grilled chicken sandwich with honey mustard marinade and slaw, plus some stick pepper bacon!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dinner, Entree, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

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

Method
 

Sweet Pepper Bacon
  1. Preheat the oven to 400℉
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay down your uncooked bacon
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. Remove from oven and set baking sheet aside, allowing bacon to cool completely on the sheet.
Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Repeat 3 more times with remaining buns and serve immediately.