This Easy Grilled Chicken Sandwich is made with a simple pickle juice marinade and seasonings for tender, flavorful chicken with minimal prep. It’s an easy summer dinner that’s great for grilling nights, cookouts, and busy weeknights.
This grilled chicken sandwich is an easy way to make juicy, flavorful chicken without a lot of extra work. Using pickle juice to marinate that chicken is an easy trick that helps to tenderize the chicken while adding plenty of flavor with just a few simple ingredients.
Once grilled, the chicken is perfect served on buns for an easy summer dinner that feels simple but is still satisfying. It’s a great option for cookouts, weeknight dinners, or anytime you want something easy on the grill.
Ingredient notes and substitutions
- Pickle juice: I just use whatever leftover pickle juice I have at the time. Just choose one that you like the flavor of as it will give the chicken most of its flavor.
- Seasonings: Feel free to vary or change up the seasonings to suit your tastes.
How to make grilled chicken sandwiches
Here you’ll find instructions and step-by-step photos showing how to make this recipe. The full recipe, including ingredients, is given below.
Step 1: Place each chicken breast between two sheets of parchment paper and lightly pound the chicken breasts to about ½-inch thickness.
Step 1: In a glass or non-reactive container, stir together the pickle juice, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika.
Step 3: Add chicken, cover, and refrigerate at least 4 hours, or up to 8 hours.
Step 4: Remove the chicken from the marinade and discard the marinade.
Step 5: Grill the chicken for about 4-5 minutes per side, or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165F.
Step 6: Serve the chicken on buns with desired condiments and toppings.
Recipe Tips!
- Pounding the chicken breast: This helps to even out the chicken so that it cooks faster and more evenly. I’ve made the chicken sandwiches without doing this. The chicken just takes longer to cook, and you’ll have to watch them more closely as they won’t cook evenly.
- Don’t marinate too long: Pickle juice helps tenderize the chicken, but too much time can affect the texture.
- Measuring the internal temperature: You’ll want the chicken to reach 165 degree F by checking it with a meat thermometer.
- Topping ideas and variations: The sandwiches can be served with a number of toppings like crispy bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayonnaise, mustard, cheese like cheddar or Swiss. Using different types of buns is also a great way to change up the flavor, and buns like brioche bun, potato bun, onion buns, or sesame buns all work well.
Serving suggestions
Grilled chicken sandwiches go well with a number of sides. Here are some ideas:
- fries or potato wedges
- chips
- carrot and celery sticks
- pasta salad
- broccoli salad
- fruit salad
Storage
Store any leftover chicken in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The chicken will keep for up to 4 days when properly stored in the fridge.
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Easy Grilled Chicken Sandwich Recipe
Equipment
- Grill or grill pan
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts about 6-8 ounces each
- 2 cups pickle juice for the brine
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- 4 buns
- Condiments and toppings like sliced cheese tomato slices, pickles, lettuce, mayo
Instructions
- Place each chicken breast between two sheets of parchment paper and lightly pound the chicken breasts to about ½-inch thickness.4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- In a glass or non-reactive container, stir together the pickle juice, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika.2 cups pickle juice, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon onion powder, ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- Add chicken, cover, and refrigerate at least 4 hours, or up to 8 hours.
- Remove the chicken from the brine and discard the brine.
- Grill the chicken for about 4-5 minutes per side, or until the chicken reaches in internal temperature of 165F.
- Serve the chicken on buns with desired condiments and toppings.4 buns, Condiments and toppings like sliced cheese
Notes
- Pickle juice: I just use whatever leftover pickle juice I have at the time. Just choose one that you like the flavor of as it will give the chicken most of its flavor.
- Seasonings: Feel free to vary or change up the seasonings to suit your tastes.
- Nutrition values are estimates.
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