A while ago, I saw some Ciabatta buns in a 2-pack at my local Giant Eagle, and I thought that they were perfect for my wife & I because we didn’t have to buy 6 or 8 at a time and let some go bad by the time we got around to eating them all. Around that time, we had some leftover chicken breasts that had been prepared Shake ‘n Bake style the night before. Out of that, my favorite new sandwich was born.
We made some the other night, making he Shake ‘n Bake chicken exclusively for the sandwich, saving leftovers to top a salad the next day.
Here’s what you need to make two sandwiches…
- 1 2-pack of ciabatta buns
- a few sprays or a spread of butter or I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter or whatever passes for butter in your house
- a sprinkle of garlic salt or your favorite spice(s)
- a pack of your favorite chicken breasts
- Shake ‘n Bake
- Meunster Cheese
- Your favorite barbecue sauce (I generally like most BBQ sauces, so I go with whatever I’m in the mood for, or whatever’s on sale. – This time we used Bullseye, I think.)
All you need to cook it is your oven.
- Prepare the chicken according to the Shake ‘n Bake directions.
- Pull it out to cool, and get a cookie sheet ready with your buns.
- Cut the buns in half, prepare like you would garlic bread, placing the Meunster cheese on the top half.
- Pop that in the over at around 357° for less than 10 minutes or so… until it’s to the crispiness you desire.
- Dice the chicken and place into a bowl… mix with desired amount of barbecue sauce.
- Pull the bread out of the oven, top with BBQ-laced super-carby chicken and it’s the most awesome sandwich you’ve had in a while.
We served these with sautéed zucchini and yellow squash, and it was a nice compliment. Is the Shake ‘n Bake overkill? Probably. I like to think that it helps the sauce stick to the chicken, and prevents it from falling out all over your shirt or lap. Maybe you need to heighten your carb intake because you’re running a marathon or something. Maybe you just like being fat like me.
If they still made the Yuengling barbecue sauce, I’d totally use that for this. The Bob Evans Wildfire sauce is pretty awesome too. At any rate, if you’re not making these and you’re a fan of bread, breading, chicken, Meunster, and BBQ… then you don’t know what you’re missing.
Oh yeah, I think I put some Parmesan/Romano shake cheese and some Hot Shot pepper on mine this past time too.
Enjoy some photos…
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