Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Take your everyday grilled cheese sandwiches to new heights with the addition of shredded Buffalo chicken, blue cheese, and Monterey Jack cheese. Serve with ranch dressing, or additional wing sauce, and some fresh, raw vegetables for crunch!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 905 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 8 slices Monterey Jack cheese
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 2 teaspoons granulated garlic
• 1 ½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1 (4 ounce) package crumbled blue cheese
• 1 ½ cups shredded cooked chicken
• 1 cup celery sticks
• 8 slices Texas toast
• 1 cup ranch dressing, or to taste
• 1 ½ cups carrot strips

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine wing sauce, granulated garlic, onion powder, black pepper, paprika, and cayenne in a large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until warm, 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 2

Toss in cooked shredded chicken, coating all the chicken pieces with the seasoning mixture, and heat through, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in blue cheese crumbles.

Step 3

Assemble the sandwiches by starting with a slice of Texas toast. Add one slice of Monterey Jack cheese, top with chicken mixture, add a second slice of cheese, then place another slice of toast on top, buttered-side up. Repeat for 4 sandwiches.

Step 4

Place a completed sandwich in a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat, until the toast is browned and the cheese is softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Be careful not to burn the toast. Turn down the heat if the sandwich is browning too fast. Using a spatula, carefully turn the sandwich and cook until the sandwich is brown on the other side, 3 to 5 minutes.

Step 5

Serve with additional wing sauce, if desired, ranch dressing, carrot strips, and celery sticks.