Buffalo Chicken Sub
- 3 boneless, skin-on chicken breast halves (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 to 2 stalks celery
- 1/2 bunch watercress
- 1 baguette, 15 to 18 inches long
- 1/4 cup hot sauce
- 2 ounces creamy blue cheese, such as Saga blue
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise or sour cream
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and sprinkle all over with the chili powder and some salt and pepper.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add 2 tablespoons of the butter.
- Lay the chicken skin-side down in the skillet and cook without moving it until the skin is golden and crispy, about 4 minutes.
- Flip the chicken and cook until opaque, about 4 minutes more.
- Transfer the chicken to a baking dish or roasting pan (reserve the skillet), and bake until firm to the touch, about 10 minutes; let rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
- While the chicken bakes, thinly slice the celery.
- Trim and discard the tough stems from the watercress.
- Rinse, dry and set aside the leaves.
- Cut the baguette crosswise into 4 equal pieces; cut each piece in half horizontally for sub-style sandwiches.
- Add 2 tablespoons butter to the reserved skillet over medium-high heat.
- Once the butter stops foaming, toast half the bread pieces cut-side down, pressing and moving them to soak up all the butter, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer to a platter and brush with half the hot sauce.
- Repeat with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter, bread and hot sauce.
- Spread the blue cheese evenly on the bread bottoms.
- Layer the celery over the cheese.
- Thinly slice the chicken and place it on the celery.
- Top with the watercress and finish by smearing the top pieces of bread with the mayonnaise.
- Press the tops on the sandwiches and serve immediately.
chicken, chili powder, kosher salt, unsalted butter, stalks celery, watercress, baguette, hot sauce, blue cheese, mayonnaise
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/buffalo-chicken-sub.html (may not work)