How to make a sandwich: Chicken & Bacon Sando

Say hello to my chicken and bacon sandwich. Crispy fried bacon, fried onions, pan grilled chicken all mixed up in a chimichurri mayo and served between two slices of soft white bread. This is the sandwich you have been dreaming about. And my dad's gonna taste it and let you know if it's all the hype I make it out to be. Horns up and welcome to the Headbanger's Kitchen Sandwich Shop. This is my new series where I show you how to make my favourite sandwiches. And today we're kicking off with something simple but delicious. This is my chicken and bacon sandwich made with like a chimichurri mayonnaise. It's gonna be epic. Anyway enough jibber jabber, let's get cooking. I start by laying down my bacon in a cold pan and then turning on the heat. This allows the bacon fat to slowly render out and I cook this down on a medium flame. As the fat renders out, the bacon will fry in its own fat and get nice and crispy. Once that bacon is cooked to your liking, get it out of the pan. I'm now gonna throw some onions into that bacon fat and these were just sliced on a mandolin so I got some nice even cut onion rings. Now let those onions fry till they get nice and golden brown. And once that happens, remove them from the pan. Into that same bacon fat, I'm going to add our chicken breasts and cook those. Straight from the packet into the pan. You can also butterfly the breasts to make the cook time less but basically you don't need to worry about overcooking the chicken here because we're gonna shred it anyway. And you definitely wanna make sure the heat isn't too high. Now while I have two chicken breasts, I also have two smaller pieces of chicken that came in the packet. Those will obviously cook faster so once they are ready, I will remove them. Now for the breasts, because they are thick, I'm going to use a thermometer to ensure my breasts are cooked perfectly. Once they hit 165 Fahrenheit or 74C, I get them out of the pan. To make the chimichurri mayo, we're gonna start with some olive oil, red wine vinegar, dried oregano, red chili flakes, fresh parsley. I mince one clove of garlic into that but you can also use garlic powder. Then some salt, a squeeze of lemon and then some mayonnaise. Then give it all a good mix and you should have this lovely fragrant chimichurri mayo. Now chop your bacon into whatever size pieces you like. Me personally, I like big bacon and I cannot lie so I cut them into appropriate size pieces. I put my chicken into a mixing bowl and I fork it up. You can use your hands to do this or you can just use two forks like I am. The world is your oyster. I've even seen videos where people use an electric whisk to shred the chicken. Anyway, once that's done, season with salt and black pepper and then give it all a good toss. Now we add our onions, our crispy bacon. Now these are some fresh jalapenos which I've chopped and I removed the seeds and the membrane from it because I'm a spice wuss. I add that into the bowl. Now I pour that sauce in and I give everything a good mix. Say it with me folks, give it all a good mix. You can use any bread you like for this recipe but a simple soft white regular bread slice does it for me. I add the mix on top of one slice and since you own this sandwich, you can put as much filling into it as you like. No need to skimp. Then cover with the other slice and then cut your sandwich. Always triangle, never rectangle. And that's our sandwich done and ready. Just look at that cross section. This is absolutely delicious. Enough jibber jabber, time for the real taste test. Alright guys, it's time to taste the chicken and bacon sandwich and I had to have my dad come and taste it because he loves sandwiches. So dad, are you ready to taste this bacon and chicken sandwich? Absolutely, but I have to say a wise man once said man cannot live by bread alone and he was right. But when you stuff it with stuff like this, can't wait to chomp into this. Alright, so dig in. I've already eaten half a sandwich. The bacon gives it that extra zing in it. Guys, what can I say? This is sandwich heaven. And apparently it's my lunch I think. I think I'm going to take half of it home for my wife. Okay, so my father has given the sandwich his seal of approval. And are you missing the cheese though? I decided to not put cheese because I just felt bacon, chicken, fried onions. No, no, no, this comes through perfectly. The bacon and the chicken and whatever else is there. It doesn't need the cheese at all. Oh, excellent. And let me ask you on that note, on a scale of 1 to 10, where do you rate this? This is amazing stuff. Awesome, so 10 out of 10 for me. And I guess we're going to go now and finish our sandwiches. But I hope you will make this at home and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. And I'll see you on the next episode of Headbanger's Kitchen. I don't know about me, but I look forward to seeing you guys again. I'll call you again. Until then, cheers and keep cooking. And smash that like button if you want to see more of my dad on the show. And also subscribe if you feel like it. Good? You shredded bits of the skin and fat or anything? No, there's bacon, there's onions, there's jalapenos, there's a chimichurri style sauce which is parsley and chili flakes and oregano and lime and a little bit of mayo. Without the seeds and all, just the outside thing for the flavor. It's great stuff, guys. Better try it quick. Okay, see you. A big thank you to all the people who support me on the YouTube channel memberships and on Patreon. You are all awesome. And if you'd like to support what I do, my Patreon and YouTube channel membership links are below in the video description box. Anyway, thank you once again. Horns up.