Sizzlin' Hot Chicken Sandwiches

Add savory flavor to a grilled chicken sandwich with grilled red bell peppers and sun-dried tomato pesto. Top with Swiss cheese and serve on a whole wheat baguette for an easy weeknight meal.

Use garden-fresh basil and heirloom tomatoes to top grilled chicken in this perfect summertime sandwich.

Layer grilled chicken, feta cheese, and an olive- and tomato-topping for these fantastic dinner sandwiches. The tomato mixture also tastes wonderful when served on slices of toasted baguette as an appetizer.

Before grilling, marinate chicken tenders in a paste made with cilantro, garlic, olive oil and lemon juice then serve on ciabatta bread topped with garden fresh carrot and tender pea shoots.

Make dinner tonight a wrap. Toss grilled, shredded chicken in a tangy mayonnaise mixture and wrap it up in flatbread along with a shredded cabbage and pickles.

These Cuban inspired sandwiches use the ingredients in a Mojito cocktail—rum, lime juice and sugar—as a marinade as well as in the mayonnaise-based dressing.

Coat boneless chicken breast halves in crushed tortilla chips and pan-fry them for pieces of crispy, low-fat "fried" chicken. Serve on hearty Kaiser rolls that are spread with a tangy cilantro mayonnaise and top with lettuce and onion. Just leave off the mayo if your kids prefer a plain chicken sandwich.

Recipe: Spicy Chicken Sandwiches with Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise

Our online reviewers rave about this recipe, claiming it "tastes like something you would order at a restaurant, but only takes a few minute to make". After you brown the chicken in a skillet, place it on ciabatta bread coated with a pesto mayonnaise. Top with basil and mozzarella and run it under the broiler to melt the cheese and get the bread crispy. Roasted red pepper and tomato are the finishing touches. See the video.

Recipe: Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich

When there's no time for barbecuing and basting chicken on the grill, enjoy this quick barbecue sandwich starring rotisserie chicken and your favorite bottled sauce. Pickled jalapeños are optional, but do add an extra hit of heat. Serve with potato chips and coleslaw, and you've got a meal in about 10 minutes.

Recipe: Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches

A hot open-faced sandwich is often called a "knife-and-fork sandwich." We call it dinner. This bistro-style recipe features on-hand ingredients such as jarred preserves, prechopped onion, bagged spinach, and rotisserie chicken. All you have to do is pile the ingredients on the bread, stick the sandwiches under the broiler, and dinner is served.

Recipe: Open-Faced Chicken and Muenster Sandwiches with Apricot-Dijon Spread

Panini sandwiches are all the rage, but if you don't have a Panini maker, you can press the sandwich with the bottom of a cast-iron skillet. The sweet and savory blend of fig preserves and blue cheese that top the sliced chicken has online reviewers cheering. If you don't care for arugula, you can substitute baby spinach. See the video. 

Recipe: Chicken Panini with Fig Jam

Take a break from beef and use ground chicken for your burgers. Because the chicken is mild-flavored, it can handle the Indian spice blend garam masala. Carry out the theme and top the patties with yogurt, mango chutney and chopped fresh mint instead of the usual condiments.

Recipe: Indian-Spiced Chicken Burgers

These one-dish-meal grilled cheese sandwiches feature slices of tart Granny Smith apple, sharp blue cheese, and super-quick rotisserie chicken. If you're not a blue cheese fan, cheddar is a tasty option.

Recipe: Chicken Sandwiches with Melted Cheese