Goat Cheese Hot Honey Chicken (Print version)

Tangy goat cheese and shredded chicken with spicy hot honey on crispy sourdough

# What You'll Need:

→ Bread & Cheese

01 - 4 slices sourdough bread
02 - 4 oz goat cheese, softened

→ Chicken

03 - 1 cup cooked chicken breast, shredded

→ Hot Honey

04 - 2 tablespoons honey
05 - ½ to 1 teaspoon red chili flakes

→ Additional

06 - 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
07 - Salt and black pepper to taste

# How-To Steps:

01 - Combine honey and red chili flakes in a small bowl, stirring until well blended. Adjust chili flakes to desired heat level and set aside.
02 - Lay out all four sourdough slices on a clean work surface. Spread softened goat cheese evenly across one side of each slice, dividing the cheese equally.
03 - Distribute shredded chicken over two of the cheese-covered bread slices. Drizzle each chicken layer with hot honey, reserving additional honey for serving if desired. Season lightly with salt and black pepper.
04 - Top each filled bread slice with a remaining slice, positioning it cheese side down to create two complete sandwiches.
05 - Spread softened butter evenly across the outside surfaces of both sandwiches, coating all bread edges.
06 - Heat a large skillet or griddle to medium temperature. Place sandwiches in the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side, applying gentle pressure with a spatula, until bread achieves a golden-brown color and cheese melts completely.
07 - Transfer cooked sandwiches to a serving plate. Slice each sandwich diagonally in half. Drizzle with additional hot honey if desired and serve immediately.

# Tips from the pros:

01 -
  • It tastes like you spent hours at a gourmet café, but you're actually done in twenty minutes.
  • The hot honey hits you with this unexpected sweet-spicy punch that makes every bite feel special.
  • Goat cheese melts into something almost creamy, binding the chicken and bread into one perfect bite.
02 -
  • Medium heat is your best friend here because high heat will char the bread before the cheese melts inside, and that's a tragedy.
  • Softening the butter and goat cheese beforehand changes everything, turning what could be a messy struggle into something that spreads like a dream.
03 -
  • If your goat cheese is very firm from the refrigerator, microwave it for five seconds at a time until it's spreadable, because cold goat cheese will tear your bread apart.
  • The secret to evenly melted cheese is that gentle press with the spatula during cooking, combined with not moving the sandwich around too much once it hits the pan.
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