Spicy Chicken Sandwiches with Quick Pickles

Name: Spicy Chicken Sandwiches with Quick Pickles
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 , carrots, peeled and shredded; 1/2 , cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, and sliced thin; 1 teaspoon, grated lime zest plus 5 tablespoons juice (3 limes); 1/4 cup, fish sauce; 3 tablespoons, packed dark brown sugar; 1 (2 1/2-pound), rotisserie chicken, skin and bones discarded, meat shredded into bite-size pieces (3 cups); 1/2 cup, mayonnaise; 5 teaspoons, Sriracha sauce; 4 (8-inch), sub rolls, split lengthwise and toasted; 1/2 cup, fresh cilantro leaves

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2014

Using a rotisserie chicken helps these bold sandwiches come together quickly.

SERVES4

TIME30 minutes

Spicy Chicken Sandwiches with Quick Pickles

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To make this Vietnamese-style sandwich, we quickly pickle carrots and cucumber in lime juice and fish sauce and season a rotisserie chicken with the same flavors. Sriracha mayonnaise gives the sandwich a spicy kick.

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