Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Description
This Buffalo chicken grilled cheese sandwich is restaurant-worthy and a great way to use up leftover cooked chicken.
Ingredients
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1/2 cup hot Buffalo wing sauce (such as Frank's® REDHOT Buffalo Wing Sauce), or to taste
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2 teaspoons granulated garlic
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2 teaspoons onion powder
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1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
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1 teaspoon paprika
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1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
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1 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken
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1 (4 ounce) package crumbled blue cheese
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8 slices Texas toast
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8 slices Monterey Jack cheese
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1 cup ranch dressing, or to taste
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1 1/2 cups carrot strips
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1 cup celery sticks
Directions
1
Combine wing sauce, granulated garlic, onion powder, black pepper, paprika, and cayenne in a large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until warm, 2 to 3 minutes.
2
Toss in cooked shredded chicken, coating all the chicken pieces with the seasoning mixture, and heat through, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in blue cheese crumbles.
3
Assemble the sandwiches by starting with a slice of Texas toast. Add one slice of Monterey Jack cheese, top with chicken mixture, add a second slice of cheese, then place another slice of toast on top, buttered-side up. Repeat for 4 sandwiches.
4
Place a completed sandwich in a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat, until the toast is browned and the cheese is softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Be careful not to burn the toast. Turn down the heat if the sandwich is browning too fast. Using a spatula, carefully turn the sandwich and cook until the sandwich is brown on the other side, 3 to 5 minutes.
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Serve with additional wing sauce, if desired, ranch dressing, carrot strips, and celery sticks.