Southwestern Chicken Panini
"The cilantro pesto really makes this sandwich different. This is from Cuisine at Home magazine, and it was a huge hit at our house. Luckily, this made enough of the pesto to make the sandwiches twice!"
photo by Vicki in CT
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 2 cups fresh cilantro, leaves and stems, packed
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
- 1⁄2 lime, juice of
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pinch salt
- 1⁄4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon canned chipotle chile puree (*)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- butter, softened
- 4 slices bread, 1/2 inch thick
- 2 ounces monterey jack pepper cheese, thinly sliced
- 3 ounces rotisserie cooked chicken, torn into pieces
directions
- * Puree a can of chipotles in adobo and keep in a jar in the refrigerator.
- Process cilantro, garlic, jalapeno, lime juice and salt in food processor till minced. Slowly drizzle in oil while machine is running, forming a paste.
- Mix mayonnaise, chipotle puree, and sugar in a small bowl.
- Spread each slice of bread with butter on one side. Spread cilantro pesto on the other side of two slices and top with cheese and chicken. Spread the other two slices with the mayo mixture and place on top of the chicken, butter side up. Toast in Foreman grill or in a skillet with a weight on top. (Cook over medium heat. When first side is browned, flip over and cook the other side, weighting again.).
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Reviews
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This was excellent, even my husband loved it and he's hard to please! -
Really , really good!!! One of the best sandwiches I've ever eaten. -
SOOO good!!!!! It was so easy to make that my three kids helped me make them. I just had trouble keeping their hands out of the rotisserie chicken. Everyone loved them! I got LOTS of mmmmmm's!
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Wonderful variation of a great sandwich. I messed up on the instructions and combined the first 8 ingredients for the sauce. Excellent. I also used chipotle sauce instead of the peppers pureed and omitted the butter alltogether. Great sandwich with a kick. -
My hubby loved this! I wound up making it two nights in a row for him. Thanks for sharing!
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Wonderful variation of a great sandwich. I messed up on the instructions and combined the first 8 ingredients for the sauce. Excellent. I also used chipotle sauce instead of the peppers pureed and omitted the butter alltogether. Great sandwich with a kick.
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JeriBinNC
United States
I was born and raised for the most part in Georgia. Since 1997 I've lived in the beautiful mountains of western NC, where I spend way too much time at work and not nearly enough time camping! I have a partner of 15 years (Lee) and 3 kids--2 grown and 1 teenager still at home. Lee doesn't cook, but she's my cooking cheerleader, and she and my son will always at least try anything I make, no matter what.
Camping is one of my favorite things to do. Other favorite ways to spend my time are doing beadwork, knitting, and making homemade soap. I should also admit that I spend waaaay too much time on the internet, but the bright side of that is that it brought me to Zaar! I spend a ridiculous amount of time here, but I love every minute of it. It's also has helped cure me of my pathological cookbook buying. I used to call cookbooks with full-page glossy photos my food porn. ;-) Now, thanks to all the talented photographers here, I can get all the food porn I want!
I love to read recipes, which most of my friends think is just weird. I suspect, though, that a lot of you don't think it's weird at all! I love to cook, but only when I want to. I also love to entertain and wish I had time to do more of it. I love trying new recipes. I was a vegetarian (vegan, actually) for several years, and that's when I got hooked on trying so many different cuisines. I still love vegetarian foods, but I do eat some meat, fish, and dairy/eggs now. I still try to keep it healthy and eat as little processed food as possible, but I'm not totally strict about it. Sometimes I want some good old junk food--I just try to make it home-made junk, so at least I know what's in it!
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