Alabama Smoked Chicken Sandwich

Name: Alabama Smoked Chicken Sandwich
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon paprika; 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar; ½ teaspoon dry mustard; 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded lightly; 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded lightly; 1 cup mayonnaise (the real stuff—no Miracle Whip here); 2 tablespoons vinegar, preferably cider; 2 tablespoons vinegar, preferably cider; ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon water; 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper; ¾ teaspoon kosher salt or coarse sea salt; ¾ teaspoon kosher salt or coarse sea salt; Pinch or two of onion powder; Pinch or two of cayenne; 12 large slices toasted white bread; 6 crisp lettuce leaves; Green Tomato Chowchow, bread-and-butter pickles, or other tangy relish; Green Tomato Chowchow, bread-and-butter pickles, or other tangy relish; Green Tomato Chowchow, bread-and-butter pickles, or other tangy relish

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Smoke & Spice

By Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison

Published 2014

About

Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, Alabama, serves an unusual barbecued chicken. After cooking, the chicken is dunked into a white barbecue sauce that dates back to Big Bob’s early days, many decades ago. Nobody really remembers how or why the white sauce got started, but it’s become as much a trademark of the place as the dancing pig sign. Don McLemore, the present-day honcho, says his grandfather, Big Bob, began the famous sauce as a simple mixture of mayonnaise, vinegar,

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