Blackened Chicken Club Sandwiches
These blackened chicken club sandwiches change the chicken sandwich game. These sandwiches are full of tender, juicy chicken, cheese, and classic sandwich toppings, all on thick, soft Texas toast.
If you love chicken sandwiches, then we’re about to blow your mind. Tender, juicy chicken breasts are seasoned with a bold blend, then pan-seared until perfectly charred. We slice them and add them to Texas toast with mayo, Swiss cheese, bacon, and classic sandwich toppings for the ultimate chicken sandwich.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Simple Ingredients: These sandwiches are made with simple ingredients found in any grocery store. They look fancy, but the ingredients aren’t!
- Easy: This recipe is super-easy to make and 100% beginner-friendly.
- The Perfect Sandwich: The Texas toast is soft on the inside and golden on the outside, and the seasoned chicken, cheese, bacon, and toppings create the perfect sandwich flavor profile.
🛒Ingredients
Chicken
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts – Halved horizontally for 4 cutlets
- Paprika
- Cayenne
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Dried oregano
- Salt
- Pepper
- Olive oil
Sandwich Ingredients
- Texas toast
- Fully cooked bacon slices
- Swiss cheese
- Tomato
- Romaine lettuce
- Salted butter
- Mayonnaise
- lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Mild: Leave out the cayenne for a mild version of these sandwiches.
- Extra Spicy: Add sliced jalapenos to the sandwiches for even more heat.
- Subs: Serve these sandwiches on sub rolls.
- Cheese: Cheddar or pepper jack cheese both work well in place of Swiss cheese.
🥄 Equipment
- Measuring spoons
- Mixing bowls
- Skillet
🔪 How to Make Blackened Chicken Club Sandwiches
- Combine the chicken seasonings in a small bowl. Then, coat the chicken cutlets evenly with them.
- Sear the chicken in olive oil over medium-high heat until they have a nice crust and their internal temperature registers 165 degrees. Let the chicken rest for a few minutes, then slice.
- Mix the mayo, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Add butter to a skillet over medium heat. Then, toast the Texas toast on both sides. Set aside.
- Add the chicken, Swiss cheese, bacon, lettuce, and tomato to one slice of toast. Then, spread the lemon mayo on the second slice of toast and top the sandwiches. Enjoy!
Sandwiches
- Mix the mayo, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
- Add butter to a skillet over medium heat. Then, toast the Texas toast on both sides. Set aside.
- Add the chicken, Swiss cheese, bacon, lettuce, and tomato to one slice of toast. Then, spread the lemon mayo on the second slice of toast and top the sandwiches. Enjoy!
💭 Tips
- Cook your chicken until it has a nice color and a bit of crust before flipping it. The goal is to flip it just once for even cooking.
- A meat thermometer is your best friend for this recipe. It ensures the chicken is always cooked perfectly.
- For a meltier sandwich, prepare your mayo and toast your bread while the chicken is cooking. Then, place it on the bread while it’s still piping hot and top it with your cheese slice.
🥫 Storage
We recommend making just enough sandwiches to serve your family and guests. While leftovers can be refrigerated for up to 3 days in an airtight container, the texture is never as good as when you first make them.
Serve With
Serve these sandwiches with French fries, oven ranch potatoes, potato salad, potato chips, or any of your other favorite classic sandwich sides.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Blackening is a technique involving coating meat or fish with a blend of herbs and spices and then cooking it until it develops a crust on both sides.
Not at all. Although at first glance, blackened meat may look burned, it’s actually a deep, dark crust of seasonings rather than burned meat. This method isn’t about charring the food, but rather creating deep flavor by toasting those seasonings on the outside of the meat.
Any blackened meat gets its name from the dark, almost black crust formed by searing the meat in a coating of seasonings.
🍽 More Sandwich Recipes
If you think our blackened chicken sandwich sounds good, then we think you’ll enjoy our jalapeno popper grilled cheese sandwiches, slow cooker BBQ beef sandwiches, and caprese grilled cheese sandwiches.
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Blackened Chicken Club Sandwiches
Equipment
- large skillet
- small bowl
Ingredients
Blackened Chicken Ingredients:
- 2 boneless and skinless chicken breasts halved horizontally for 4 cutlets
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon cayenne
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Sandwich Ingredients:
- Blackened chicken from above
- 8 slices Texas toast
- 8 slices fully cooked bacon
- 4 slices Swiss cheese
- 1 large tomato
- Romaine or iceberg lettuce leaves
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix paprika, cayenne, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, salt, and pepper.
- Rub the seasoning evenly on both sides of each chicken cutlet.
- Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet or griddle over medium-high heat.
- Add chicken and cook for 5–7 minutes per side, or until fully cooked through.
- Cook in batches if needed. Let rest for a few minutes, then slice the chicken.
- In a small bowl, mix mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Adjust to taste.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat and add butter.
- Add Texas toast slices and cook until golden brown on both sides. Set aside.
- On one slice of toasted bread, layer sliced blackened chicken, Swiss cheese, and bacon.
- Add sliced tomato and lettuce. Spread lemon mayo on the second slice of toast, then place it on top of the sandwich.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
Notes
Great served with fries or a crisp pickle!
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
