No recipe, no problem

I have a confession, I don't have a recipe for tonight's dinner. Oh I'm sure their is probably a recipe out there somewhere in Pinterest land. Most likely with 20+ ingredients. And we all know to well I do with making sure I have all my ingredients. It's safe to say that the shorter the list of ingredients-the more likely I am to make the recipe. 

So here we are...

Warm up pre-cooked chicken (I used southwestern chicken from Oscar) with diced onion. (In hindsight, red onion would be tastier). And your favorite BBQ sauce & seasonings

I suppose you could also sautée your chicken, onions & BBQ - but I'm a big fan of semi-homemade philosophy by Sandra Lee - whatever makes my life easier. 

Next you butter one side of sourdough slices, then double stacked them

Layer...

BBQ

Cheese (cheddar would be better, but I use what I got)

Bacon

Add to you panini press, or in my case, a grill pan that doubles as a panini maker with an heavy metal plate that sits on top.  I Much prefer double duty appliances as it takes up less square footage 

Don't forget to add mayo on the dry top slice (as I almost did), it's like the glue that holds it together.

Flip (if needed)

Enjoy!

Then take your post dinner walk through the neighborhood to work off those calories. Peanut said it was bright but mostly kept her sunglasses on the top of her forehead-much like her daddy. 

😘 The Housewife