Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese

Recipe from Budget Bytes · original post · full recipe on budgetbytes.com

Leftover chicken tossed in a quick homemade Buffalo sauce, stuffed between American cheese and sourdough with a crispy mayo crust.

Serves 1 14 min
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Ingredients

  • American cheese4 slice
  • sourdough bread2 slice
  • cooked chicken — chopped140 g
  • mayonnaise15 g
  • blue cheese dressing — to dip30 ml
  • salted butter — melted30 g
  • hot sauce60 ml
  • Worcestershire sauce — ½ tsp2.5 ml
  • garlic powder0.25 tsp

Method

  1. Preheat a skillet over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
  2. Mix the melted butter, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder together.
  3. Pour the Buffalo sauce over the chopped or shredded cooked chicken and gently stir so every piece is coated. If using leftover chicken, warm it first (a couple of minutes in the microwave, covered, with a splash of broth or water) so the sandwich is hot all the way through.
  4. Spread mayonnaise over the outside of the bread slices.
  5. Lay the American cheese on the inside of both slices of bread.
  6. Add the warm saucy chicken to one slice and close the sandwich with the other slice.
  7. Toast the sandwich in the preheated skillet for 2 minutes on medium heat.
  8. Flip and toast for another 2 minutes, or longer on each side until golden and the cheese has melted.
  9. Slice in half and serve with blue cheese dressing for dipping.

Cooking for a different diet?

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  • Vegetarian

    Buffalo Chickpea Grilled Cheese

    • 140 g Chickpeas instead of cooked chicken
    • 2.5 ml Vegetarian Worcestershire sauce instead of worcestershire sauce

    Roughly smash the drained chickpeas and warm them in the Buffalo sauce in the skillet for 2 minutes before assembling; the toasting time is unchanged.

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  • Aldi UK

    you pay £7.75 · 41% spare

    £4.57

    missing 2 items

  • Tesco

    you pay £6.99 · 46% spare

    £3.79

    missing 4 items

  • Sainsbury's

    you pay £7.07 · 18% spare

    £5.80

    missing 5 items

  • Asda

    you pay £3.43 · 37% spare

    £2.16

    missing 6 items

  • Morrisons

    you pay £3.05 · 53% spare

    £1.42

    missing 7 items

£4.57a serve

from £4.57 a serve at Aldi UK · 7 of 9 ingredients priced

About £4.57 of ingredients used for 1 serves.

£10.22 across 3 shops · all 9 items priced · £0.35 more for bigger packs, 38% spare for later

Aldi UK

£4.57

missing 2 items

you'll pay £7.75 · 41% of it spare

Tesco

£3.79

missing 4 items

you'll pay £6.99 · 46% of it spare

Sainsbury's

£5.80

missing 5 items

you'll pay £7.07 · 18% of it spare

Asda

£2.16

missing 6 items

you'll pay £3.43 · 37% of it spare

Morrisons

£1.42

missing 7 items

you'll pay £3.05 · 53% of it spare

Buy at Aldi UK£5.66

mayonnaise

£1.78/1L

need 15 gBramwells Real Mayonnaise 0.5L£0.89closest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by volume)

Aldi UKAldi UK£1.78/1L£0.89·Sainsbury'sSainsbury's£4.82/1L£2.80·TescoTescoN/A·AsdaAsdaN/A·MorrisonsMorrisonsN/A·OcadoOcadoN/A

blue cheese dressing

£3.96/1L

need 30 mlBramwells Caeser Salad Dressing 0.25L£0.99

Aldi UKAldi UK£3.96/1L£0.99·TescoTescoN/A·Sainsbury'sSainsbury'sN/A·AsdaAsdaN/A·MorrisonsMorrisonsN/A·OcadoOcadoN/A

hot sauce

£1.78/1kg

need 60 mlFiesta Hot Chilli Con Carne Cooking Sauce 0.5kg£0.89 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)

Aldi UKAldi UK£1.78/1kg£0.89·TescoTescoN/A·Sainsbury'sSainsbury'sN/A·AsdaAsdaN/A·MorrisonsMorrisonsN/A·OcadoOcadoN/A

Worcestershire sauce

£3.67/1L

need 2.5 mlAsia Specialities Dark Soy Sauce 0.15L£0.55closest match

Aldi UKAldi UK£3.67/1L£0.55·AsdaAsda£2.61/1kg£0.73·TescoTesco£3.00/1L£0.75·Sainsbury'sSainsbury'sN/A·MorrisonsMorrisonsN/A·OcadoOcadoN/A

Buy at Tesco£2.99

cooked chicken

£8.29/1kg

need 140 gEastman's Standard£1.99

TescoTesco£8.29/1kg£1.99·Aldi UKAldi UK£1.39/100g£2.09·Sainsbury'sSainsbury'sN/A·AsdaAsdaN/A·MorrisonsMorrisonsN/A·OcadoOcadoN/A

garlic powder

£22.22/1kg

need 0.25 tspTesco Standard£1.00

TescoTesco£22.22/1kg£1.00·Aldi UKAldi UKN/A·Sainsbury'sSainsbury'sN/A·AsdaAsdaN/A·MorrisonsMorrisonsN/A·OcadoOcadoN/A

Buy at Sainsbury's£1.57

sourdough bread

£3.92/1kg

need 2 sliceSainsbury's Standard£1.57

Sainsbury'sSainsbury's£3.92/1kg£1.57·Aldi UKAldi UKN/A·TescoTescoN/A·AsdaAsdaN/A·MorrisonsMorrisonsN/A·OcadoOcadoN/A