Grilled Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich

By srumbel

This sandwich won’t take you too long to prepare. The teriyaki sauce can be made in a jiffy while your grill heats up outside. Then it’s just a matter of grilling the chicken, while the onions and pineapple cook and caramelize on a nice sheet of tin foil, next to your chicken… right on your grill. It really does come together pretty quickly, and did I mention that it’s scrumptious?
from jamiecooksitup.net

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts
• olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 4 pineapple rings (more if you like a lot of pineapple)
• 1 red onion, sliced
• 4 slices mozzarella or provolone cheese
• 4 slices lettuce, romaine or iceberg lettuce
• 4 hamburger buns
• Teriyaki Sauce
• 1 1/2 C cold water
• 3/4 C packed brown sugar
• 1/2 C soy sauce
• 1 t garlic powder (or granulated garlic)
• 3 T corn starch
• 1 t sesame oil
• Note: The sauce can be kept in the refrigerator for one week.**
• Another Note: The sauce is a little bit on the strong side. If you dab your finger in it to take a taste, don’t be alarmed. It’s perfect when add to rice or vegetables or chicken. **

Preparation

Step 1

1. Stoke up your grill, won't you? You want to heat it up until it reaches between 350 and 400 degrees.

2. While its heating, prepare the teriyaki sauce...which is super easy and should take you less than 10 minutes. Full tutorial with pictures and instructions found here.

3. Drain the juice from the pineapple rings and set them aside.

4. Slice your red onion and the cheese.

5. Carefully lay a medium sized piece of foil over your hot grill. Drizzle a bit of olive oil over the top and spread it around a bit with a spatula.

6. Lay your chicken out over the top of the oil and sprinkle it with a bit of salt and pepper. Close the lid to the grill and turn the heat down to low.

7. When the chicken has cooked for about 8 minutes, lay another piece of tinfoil out on the grill. Drizzle olive oil over it, spread the oil around a bit and then lay the onions out over the oil. Sprinkle them with some salt and pepper. Close the grill and let everything cook.

8. When your chicken has cooked almost all the way through, move the onions to one end of the foil they are on, drizzle a little more olive oil on the foil and toss the pineapple rings onto it. Be careful not to let your onions get too dark, you are looking for a nice caramelized golden color...not black. Take the onions off the grill and set them aside when they are done.

9. Once the chicken is browned along the bottoms turn it over and let it get browned on the other side, should only take about 5 more minutes, depending on the heat of your grill and the thickness of the chicken.

10. When the pineapple gets grill marks along the underside (should only take a few minutes), flip them over and brush some of the teriyaki sauce all over them. Keep a close eye on them, so they don't burn. Once the teriyaki sauce has warmed through and caramelized a bit, (really just a minute or two) remove them from the grill.

11. When the chicken is done (it should no longer be pink on the inside), brush each piece with the teriyaki sauce and then cover each piece of chicken with a slice of cheese. TURN THE HEAT TO THE GRILL OFF, and then close the cover. It will stay plenty hot inside allowing the cheese to melt and get bubbly. Once this has been accomplished, remove the chicken to a clean serving plate.

12. Brush both sides of each hamburger bun with teriyaki sauce, add a cheesy chicken piece, a slice of juicy pineapple and some caramelized onions. Place a pretty piece of lettuce on for good measure and there you have it...A Grilled Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich of wonder and heavenly bliss.
Yield: 4 sandwiches
Teriyaki Sauce

1. Pour your cold water into a medium sized mixing bowl.
2. Add your soy sauce.
3. Add the packed brown sugar.
4. Pour in your tasty garlic powder.
5. Now the corn starch.
6. Whisk it up. Whisk it until all that cornstarch is nice and dissolved. We don't want any clumps now.Like this....Notice how our sauce has changed to a lighter color. Cornstarch will do that to ya. Lightens things up a bit.
7. Add the sesame oil and stir. Your oil will rise to the top, no worries. Once it gets heated through it will incorporate nicely.
8. Pour it into a large skillet. Whisk it continually over medium high heat.The color will change and darken as the sauce begins to thicken. Just look at this beautiful sauce? Did I lie about the color? Heavens no. It really will get all bubbly, and dark, and rich flavored, and saucy and wonderful. Once it has thickened, take it off the heat. Now serve it over grilled chicken, or fish, or rice and sauteed vegetables.
Yield: 2 Cups