For reasons unknown, I was craving a Cajun chicken sandwich. I didn’t want to just slap Cajun spicemix on my chicken, grill it, and call it a day.

No, that would’ve been be too easy (and why easy when you can do it complicated, right?), plus, I wanted to add more flavor, throw in some crunch, heat and perhaps a vegetable or two.

I quickly marinated the chicken in oil, garlic, lemon juice and a boatload of fresh herbs and whipped up a fast but incredibly flavorful (not to mention irresistible) creamy sauce that I put some serious heat into.

Turned out to be a killer sandwich!

Ingredients:

bread of choice (4)
1 boneless chicken breast
2 tomatoes
lettuce or salad leaves
3 tbsp oil
1 small garlic clove
fresh oregano, thyme and parsley
5 tbsp mayonnaise
2 tbsp sour cream
1 jalapeno
1 gherkin
1 tbsp minced onion
1 tsp yellow mustard
2 tsp Cajun spicemix (unsalted)
lemon juice (1 or 2 tsp)
salt and pepper
 

Directions:

Finely mince the onion and gherkin.

Combine the mayo with the sour cream, mustard, and Cajun seasoning and mix it all up.

Finely mince as much jalapeño as you like—I used 1/2 a jalapeño—and add it to the mix, along with the onion and gherkin.

Awesome sauce, if I say so myself. Check the seasoning and add some salt when needed.

I grabbed a handful of fresh herbs from my garden. Opted for oregano, (silver) thyme and flat leaf parsley. Washed and dried it.

Then I chopped the heck out of it. Add the oil and grate the garlic in there as well.

Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and squeeze in about one or two tsp of lemon juice.

I cut the chicken breast in half and sliced those halves in half again.

 
Am I confusing you already? Good. Keeps you on your toes.
 

Marinate the chicken for at least 30 minutes.

Heat your BBQ or stove top grill and give the chicken roughly 3 to 4 minutes on each side, until properly done.

Slice the tomatoes.

The bread. Pretty important ingredient for a sandwich.

Open the bread and spread a thin layer of sauce at the bottom half. Top with lettuce, tomato and chicken and finish with more sauce.

I’m not enslaved to my cravings or anything, but I really needed this.

It happens *shrugs*