Teriyaki marinated chicken topped with pineapple, cheese, and bacon makes for mouth-watering grilled chicken sandwiches. Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches are sweet, salty, and satisfying!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 4sandwiches
Ingredients
4boneless skinless chicken breasts
1lime
1Cteriyaki marinade
8slicesbaconcooked crisp
1Ccaramelized onions*
½tspkosher salt
½tspground black pepper
2Tboil
4pineapple slices**
4slicesswiss cheese
4brioche buns
4piecesgreen leaf lettuce
1-2roma tomato
½Cbarbecue sauce
Instructions
Place chicken breasts into a gallon-size plastic storage bag. Top with teriyaki marinade. Zest the lime and add zest to chicken. Seal the plastic bag and place in a bowl. Put in the fridge for 30 minutes to an hour.
Cook bacon to desired crispness. Drain well after cooking and set aside. Slice tomato into ¼-inch slices. Warm the buns for 5 minutes in a 350° oven if you like your buns toasted.
Preheat the oven to broil on high. Prepare a baking sheet with nonstick foil or parchment paper for easy cleanup.
Once the chicken has marinated, remove it from the liquid and place on a cutting board. Pat dry. Season with salt and pepper evenly. Preheat a large saute pan over medium high heat. Add the oil and once hot, add the seasoned chicken.
Cook for 4-5 minutes per side or until completely cooked through. For extra thick chicken breasts, you may need to add another 2 minutes of cooking time per side.
Once the chicken breasts are cooked through, remove them to the prepared baking sheet. Top each chicken breast first with a slice of pineapple then top the pineapple with a slice of swiss cheese. Place the sheet pan under the hot broiler for 2-4 minutes or until the swiss cheese is bubbly hot.
Remove the chicken from the oven. To assemble the sandwich, coat both sides of the bun with barbecue sauce. Add a piece of lettuce to the bottom bun, top with chicken, two pieces of bacon, ¼ C caramelized onions, sliced tomato, and the top bun.
Notes
* Check out my Caramelized Onions post for more details on how to make them yourself. Thinly sliced red onion can be substituted.** I use canned pineapple that is packaged in 100% juice. Fresh can be substituted as well.