Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches

barbecue chicken sandwich recipeYou know when you come home from a trip, you just crave a home cooked meal.  After eating out for a week, I just felt gross and wanted something comforting and something that came out of my kitchen.  The problem is that I just didn’t feel like cooking.  I spent the day at Costco and the grocery store filling my house again with food, but had zero motivation to make something that required more than 5 minutes of work.  So this is what I came up with.  I saw something similar on Martha Stewart and completely took the idea and ran with it.  Thanks Martha!

It was exactly what I was looking for.  Easy.  Comforting.  Delicious.  I will make this on nights that I do feel like cooking even!  The key is the butter that you make to put on the bread.  It just adds a bit of something-something that makes it go above a store bought chicken and some barbecue sauce on some toasted bread.

barbecue chicken sandwich recipe1 rotisserie chicken shredded
1 1/2 cups barbecue sauce (I used my homemade sauce, but your favorite bottle sauce will be wonderful also)
3 tablespoons room temperature butter
1 Tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 garlic clove minced finely
salt and pepper
4 rolls or 8 slices white bread

barbecue chicken sandwich recipeCombine the butter, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper in a bowl.

barbecue chicken sandwich recipeSet the butter aside.  The leftover butter is so good on corn, garlic bread, tossed into pasta.  It is the same butter that I use for my garlic bread.  Yum.

barbecue chicken sandwich recipeShred the chicken.

barbecue chicken sandwich recipePut the chicken into a saucepan and add the barbecue sauce.  Cook over medium heat until heated through.

barbecue chicken sandwich recipeMeanwhile, butter your rolls.  Stick them in a hot oven to toast.

barbecue chicken sandwich recipePut some chicken mixture on the toasty, garlic roll.

barbecue chicken sandwich recipeDinner is ready.  I served mine with a side of cucumber salad.  But this sandwich alone would make me very happy too.

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Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches

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Ingredients

  • 1 rotisserie chicken shredded
  • 1 1/2 cups barbecue sauce (I used my homemade sauce, but your favorite bottle sauce will be wonderful also)
  • 3 tablespoons room temperature butter
  • 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 garlic clove minced finely
  • salt and pepper
  • 4 rolls or 8 slices white bread

Instructions

  1. Combine the butter, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper in a bowl.
  2. Set the butter aside.
  3. Shred the chicken.
  4. Put the chicken into a saucepan and add the barbecue sauce. Cook over medium heat until heated through.
  5. Meanwhile, butter your rolls. Stick them in a hot oven to toast.
  6. Put some chicken mixture on the toasty, garlic roll.
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