I have recently been introduced to grilled pineapple. I never bothered with that extra step before. Now that I have done it, I'm not sure why I never did. It takes minutes and couldn't be simpler. The flavor that intensifies when the fruit caramelizes is like none other. If you are not grilling pineapple, start now. And these BBQ Chicken Sandwiches with Grilled Pineapple are the perfect reason to try it.

As I've been saying (complaining) the past week or two, the temperatures have been holding steading around 95-100 degrees here. Doing indoor cooking is tough with this heat so I've been taking a lot of shortcuts. The other day I picked up a cooked rotisserie chicken at the grocery store and figured (being so frugal) I could get two easy meals from it. We had a regular old chicken dinner on night one and the next day I created this yummy sandwiches. I wasn't sure how the flavors were going to pair together, but they compliment each other perfectly. I will be adding this to the dinner rotations!

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BBQ Chicken Sandwiches With Grilled Pineapple

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Ingredients

Leftover rotisserie chicken shredded (about 2-3 C)
½ bottle BBQ sauce I used honey & brown sugar
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
4 sandwiches buns
4 slices sharp cheddar cheese
4 slices pineapple
¼ teaspoon coarse sea salt or kosher salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400. Add shredded chicken & BBQ sauce to saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic & onion powders. Cook just until heated through.
Meanwhile heat grill or grill pan to medium high heat.
Sprinkle salt over each pineapple slice and add to grill. Cook about 3-5 minutes, until it good grill marks appear. Flip over and cook the other side the same. Set aside.
On a foil lined baking sheet, place the open buns and layer bun, BBQ chicken, pineapple and cheese and then top of bun. Cook in oven for 5 minutes until cheese is melty and bun is toasty.