Chicken and Roasted Pepper Panini
photo by justcallmetoni
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 8 boneless skinless chicken cutlets, thinly sliced
- salt and pepper
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1⁄2 cup roasted red pepper, drained and chopped
- 1⁄2 cup kalamata olive, pitted
- 1⁄2 cup fresh basil, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 4 (6 inch) submarine rolls, halved lengthwise
- 8 ounces provolone cheese, thinly sliced
directions
- Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until just smoking. Cook half of cutlets until lightly browned and cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer to plate and repeat with additional 1 Tablespoon oil and remaining cutlets.
- Pulse red peppers, olives, basil, garlic and 1 Tablespoon oil in food processor until coarsely chopped. Spread pepper mixture evenly over both sides of rolls. Layer half of cheese and 2 chicken cutlets over each roll bottom. Top with remaining cheese and roll tops.
- Wipe out skillet. Heat remaining oil over medium-low heat until just shimmering. Arrange panini in skillet and top with large Dutch oven. Cook until bottoms of sandwiches are crisp and cheese is beginning to melt, about 3 minutes. Remove Dutch oven, flip sandwiches, replace Dutch oven and continue to cook until crisp on second side and heated through, about 2 minutes. Serve.
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Pure nirvana for my tastebuds. The spread really makes this grilled sandwich; part tapenade part pesto all flavor. I could not find soy provolone so I substituted mozzarella. Also I recently read an article which suggested the key to a perfect panini was to toast thinly slice off the tops and bottoms of the roll and prepare the sandwich with the inside of the bread facing out (on the grill). That proved to be a great tip and yielded a wonderful crusty layer on my indoor grill. Thanks Mary.
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I have two boys who will usually eat most things I put in front of them. As a single mom I use them as my guinea pigs....sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I have a huge garden, blueberry and blackberry bushes. I am always looking for a new recipe. I have three cats (Xiao Mao, which means little cat in Chinese, Pumpkin and Max) and two border collies, Lucy and Grace. All my animals come from Rescue Agencies.
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