BBQ Chicken and Cheddar Sandwiches

**Sierra**'s Note:

A quick and easy barbecue chicken sandwich.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 4.0 sandwic ...

• 4 slices bacon, halved crosswise
• 3 -4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1 cup barbecue sauce, your favorite
• 1/4 cup water
• 4 large onion rolls, split
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Fry bacon until crisp. Transfer to paper-lined plate and pour all but 1 tablespoon of bacon fat out of pan.
3. Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper. Cook chicken in bacon fat until browned on one side, about 4 minutes. Flip chicken and add BBQ sauce and water.
4. Cover, reduce heat to medium and simmer until chicken is cooked through and sauce is slightly thickened, about 8 minutes.
5. Remove chicken from pan and cut into bite-sized pieces. Arrange onion rolls cut side up on a baking sheet.
6. Divide chicken among bottom halves of rolls. Top with sauce, cheese, and bacon.
7. Bake open-faced sandwiches until cheese melts and rolls are golden brown, about 4 minutes. Top each sandwich with toasted roll top.

Reviews

[AZPARZYCH]

This IS quick and easy and so good too! Made with b/s thighs since you dice up the chicken after it cooks and used Sweet Baby Ray's sauce. Made exactly as written and would not change a thing! Will be making these again! Made for PAC Fall 2011.