Buffalo Chicken & Blue Cheese Sandwich

I'm a lover of sandwiches--hot and cold, and luckily for me Cook This Not That  has an entire section dedicated to the sandwich.  Being that I'm such a sucker for a good sandwich, I decided every week I will pick a sandwich from the book to make for dinner (last week was the A1 Swiss Burger).  This week's winner is the Buffalo Chicken Sandwich!  Who knew that Buffalo Chicken could be such a healthy meal?

PS- The Blue Cheese dip is to DIE!  From now on, it will be a staple in my kitchen! 

Buffalo Chicken & Blue Cheese Sandwich

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup crumbled Blue Cheese
• 1/2 cup Greek-style yogurt
• Juice of half a Lemon
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• 4 Chicken Breasts (6 oz each)
• 1/2 Tbsp Chili Powder
• 3 Tbsp favorite Hot Sauce (Frank's Red Hot works best here)
• 2 Tbsp. Butter, melted in the microwave for 20 seconds
• 4 large Romaine Lettuce leaves
• 4 sesame buns, toasted

Preparation

1. Preheat grill or grill pan.  While it's heating, combine the blue cheese, yogurt, and lemon juice, plus a pinch of salt & pepper.  Stir to combine, set aside.
2. Season the chicken breasts with salt, pepper and the chili powder.  Add the chicken to the hot grill and cook for 4-5 minutes on the first side, then flip.  Add the onions to the perimeter of the grill (if using grill pan, you'll need to wait until you remove the chicken to grill the onions).  Cook the chicken until firm and springy to the touch, another 4-5 minutes.  Remove, along with the grilled onions
3. Combine the hot sauce and butter and brush all over the chicken after removing from the grill.  Place one large leaf of romaine on the base of each bun.  Top with a chicken breast, the blue cheese sauce, grilled onions and top half of  the bun.

*I adapted the recipe using a Wheat bun instead of Sesame and Sweet Baby Ray's Buffalo Wing Sauce instead of Frank's Red Hot, feel free to adapt it to your liking.

*Makes 4 servings

*387 cals, 15g fat (5g saturated), 912mg sodium
*Cost per serving: $3.81
*Compare to: Chili's Buffalo Chicken Ranch Sandwich, 1,560 cals, 86g fat (14g saturated), 4,010mg sodium, $8.79