Pound cooked chicken thin, slide into a pita with cheese and tomatoes, add onion and a sprinkling of fresh herbs, and you've got a winning sandwich.
Herbed Chicken and Cheese Panini
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 2
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, softened
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh herbs (such as parsley, basil, thyme, oregano)
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin (about 1/2 lb)
- Salt and pepper to taste, if desired
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup sliced red onion (about 1/2 medium onion)
- 2 (7-inch) pocketless pita breads or flatbreads, each cut in half
- 4 slices sharp Cheddar cheese (about 1 oz each)
- 1 medium tomato, thinly sliced
Instructions
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Step1In small bowl, mix butter and herbs until blended; set aside.
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Step2Season chicken with salt and pepper. In 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat until hot. Cook chicken in oil about 5 minutes, turning occasionally, until no longer pink in center. Remove chicken from skillet; set aside and keep warm. To same skillet, add onion; cook about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Remove onion from skillet, set aside. Reduce heat to medium.
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Step3Spread generous half teaspoon herbed butter on outside of all of 4 bread halves. Place 2 halves in heated skillet, buttered side down. Top each with 1 slice cheese, 1 chicken breast, half of the onion and sliced tomato, and another slice cheese. Top with remaining pita bread halves.
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Step4Cook about 2 minutes, pressing down with spatula, until bottom is golden brown. Turn; cook about 2 minutes longer, pressing again with spatula, until cheese is melted. To serve, cut each sandwich in half.
Nutrition
670
Calories
36g
Total Fat
47g
Protein
39g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 670
- Calories from Fat
- 320
- Total Fat
- 36g
- 55%
- Saturated Fat
- 18g
- 89%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 150mg
- 49%
- Sodium
- 790mg
- 33%
- Potassium
- 540mg
- 15%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 39g
- 13%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 11%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 47g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 30%
- 30%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 40%
- 40%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 1 1/2 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 4 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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