Maple Balsamic Chicken Sandwiches

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, filets removed
• 2 sturdy rolls (i like sourdough)
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 cup arugula (or your favorite lettuce)
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon dark maple syrup
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 -2 tablespoon fresh basil, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon sharp dijon mustard
• salt
• cracked black pepper
• 3 tablespoons light mayonnaise or 3 tablespoons regular mayonnaise (no miracle whip!)
• 2 tablespoons homemade basil pesto (or store bought, if you haven't any homemade)
• 1/4 lemon, juice of
• 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 clove minced garlic
• 1 dash crushed chile
• 1 pinch sugar

Recipe

• 1 make the marinade by combining all marinade ingredients.
• 2 marinate chicken for 20 minutes to 1/2 an hour.
• 3 in the mean time, preheat the grill.
• 4 roast the red pepper.
• 5 make the basil mayo by combining all mayo ingredients.
• 6 peel the red pepper and cut into 4-6 large chunks.
• 7 grill the chicken.
• 8 add an extra tablespoon of maple syrup to the leftover marinade and brush this on the chicken in the last minutes of cooking.
• 9 make sure you continue to cook after you brush it on because it does contain raw chicken juices.
• 10 watch carefully because the sugar may cause charring.
• 11 toast the buns and rub them with a cut clove of garlic.
• 12 build the sandwiches by spreading one side of the bun with the mayo, and stacking a piece of chicken, some red pepper, and some greens on the other side.
• 13 enjoy.