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Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwiches

Posted on 05/26/2010 by Maura

Tim and I often gauge how good a particular dish is off of how much his grandfather eats of it.  Since Pop is 90, he doesn’t exactly have the largest appetite.  The first time I made this sandwich for him, I gave him half and he went back for the second half.  The next time I knew better, and he devoured the entire sandwich.  We knew this recipe was a keeper!

I have made this a few times over the past year, and each time I go into a food-induced coma afterward, but it is so worth it.  Letting the chicken sit in teriyaki sauce for a bit really gives the sandwich something extra, even though it’s a subtle taste.  Mixed with the cool ranch, savory bacon and melted cheese, this is probably my favorite sandwich, albeit one I don’t eat regularly!

Of course you could eat this without the bun, but why? What’s a few more calories at that point?

Warning: This recipe is in no way healthy.  If you are on a diet–don’t even attempt this recipe.

Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwiches

Recipe by Maura Dieringer

Makes 4 sandwiches

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons olive oil

salt & pepper

4 chicken breasts (you can pound them thin or butterfly them if you wish)

8 slices of bacon

1/2 cup teriyaki sauce

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (I use a cheddar blend from Trader Joe’s)

1/2 cup ranch dressing

4 hamburger buns, toasted

Instructions

Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper on both sides.  Add oil and butter to a hot frying pan on medium-high heat.  Once the butter has melted, add the chicken breasts and cook until white in the middle, browned on both sides and the internal temperature reaches between 160-180 degrees F.

While the chicken is cooking, fry up the bacon in a separate pan until crispy, drain excess fat, and let cool slightly.  Once cool, chop the bacon into pieces like so.  Set aside.

Add half of the teriyaki sauce to a shallow dish.  Once the chicken has finished cooking, turn the burner off and move the pan to the side.  Put the chicken breasts in the dish with the teriyaki sauce, pierce both sides of the chicken with a fork, then pour the other half of the teriyaki sauce on top.  Only leave the chicken in the sauce for about 3-5 minutes because you don’t want it to taste too overpowering.

Return the fry pan to the stove top and add chicken breasts.  On top of each chicken breast, add 2 tablespoons ranch dressing, then crumbled bacon, then 1/4 cup cheese per breast.  Use this order so the bacon stays on the sandwich.  Put a lid on the fry pan or cover in aluminum foil for a few minutes until the cheese is melted.

Put a little bit more ranch dressing on one side of the bun if you wish, then serve one chicken breast per sandwich. Feel free to drizzle some of the drippings over top of the sandwich–they are so yummy!

Enjoy, then go into a food coma.

About Maura

I have a secret: I cannot do anything in moderation. I always have to take things to the extreme, at the expense of my own and my family's sanity and often times my dad’s checkbook. When I started taking horseback riding lessons, I insisted on having a pony. When I ice skated for probably the second time, I made my mom buy me ice skates that were never again worn. When I thought I wanted to be a teacher, I made my parents turn one of the rooms in the basement into a school room, stocked with an overhead projector, pull-down maps and a real, classroom-sized chalkboard and white board. When I discovered cooking I bossed my older sister around in the kitchen for an entire day, forcing her to make dozens of recipes with me against her will and then had her do all the dishes (sorry Cait). And, when I discovered food blogs I bought the biggest binder I could find, printed out 250 recipes in one day and laminated and categorized each one. My dad was not happy about the ink situation. So, what does this tell you about me? For one, you can trust that every recipe I post is more than delicious and has been meticulously tried and tested for you. Also, that I’m an anal freak. Enjoy! View all posts by Maura → This entry was posted in Dinner, Lunch, Quick & Easy Meals, Sandwiches and tagged bacon, chicken, chicken bacon ranch sandwich, grilled chicken, ranch, Sandwiches. Bookmark the permalink. ← Buttermilk Biscuits Pudding Layer Cake →