Cheesey BBQ Chicken & Veggie Stuffed Sourdough

I knew I wanted to do something w/BBQ for the chicken 'cause Luke ALWAYS wants BBQ sauce on his chicken, as for the veggie stuffed sourdough... I figured it was just crazy enough to be good... and it is!

11 Simple Ingredients
Chicken Breast (I used 1 HUGE breast & cut it in half)
app. 1/4 c. BBQ Sauce (I used Stubbs: Smokey Mesquite)
1/4 Red (Purple) Onion, chopped finely
1 Roasted Jalapeno, chopped finely
2 Ears of Corn, boiled about 10 minutes
Sourdough Bread, I cut a portion off, you could stuff an entire loaf though.
2 Tomatoes (Roma for me again), chopped finely
2 Yellow Squash, roughly cubed
1 c. Spinach, chopped finely
3/4 c. Cheddar Cheese, shredded
Avocado, sliced or chopped (use as desired)
(S&P & butter to taste)


Prepping the Goodies:
(As pictured below.)

Heat oven to 350.
Optional: Marinate chicken overnight in veg (or chicken) broth that has a splash of BBQ sauce added.
Beat chicken VERY thin.
Place chicken in baking dish & cover w/ BBQ sauce, then top w/a desired amount of onion & roasted jalapeno (see directions below).
Wrap corn in foil to bake in oven w/everything else. (If you like, you can add butter, S, & P before putting in the oven.)
Hollow bread.
Put tomatoes (reserve about 2 tbsp for chicken), remaining onions, roasted jalapeno (if desired), squash, & spinach in casserole dish & sprinkle w/S&P & splash with water (app. 1 tbsp.).


*Jalapeno prep:
To roast the jalapeno, either hold over open flame (on a gas stove or on a grill) for about 5 min, or broil in your oven (as close as possible to the broiler) for about 8 minutes. It should be black all over, and tender to the squeeze.Next, place the jalapeno in a bowl & cover with plastic wrap. Let it sweat about 5 minutes.Then, gently scrub all of the skin off with a towel & rinse briefly.Chop the jalapeno into fairly small pieces.

Now, on to the cooking!:
Put veggies & corn in the oven. (They will cook a TOTAL of 25 min.)
5 minutes later, put chicken in the oven. (It will cook a TOTAL of 20 min.)
15 minutes after adding chicken to the oven:
Add 1/2 c. cheddar cheese to the veggies & stir well.
Sprinkle remaining tomatoes on the chicken, then sprinkle 1/4 c. cheddar cheese on top.
Bake an additional 5 minutes (this now = 25 min for the veggies & corn & 20 min for the chicken).
Stuff hollowed bread w/finished veggies, wrap in foil & warm in the oven (2 minutes for single serving, app. 8 minutes if you did an entire loaf).

How to eat it:
For the chicken, it's ready to go! Add butter to the corn if you like & grab a piece of buttered sourdough if you don't want to try the stuffed kind, and dig in! :)
For the stuffed sourdough, grab a knife, add the fresh avocado & enjoy.




I can't believe it... Luke's response was "it's good". It MUST be good to get something beyond "it's okay". Yay me! :) I *loved* the stuffed sourdough. OMGosh, it was just perfect I think.


Meat-lover variation:
hmmmm, I think cubed turkey or chicken might work if you just have to have that meat in the stuffed sourdough.