Tex-Mex Chicken Melts

Chemaine's Note:

A great little snack or appetizer. These are very addictive. You can get fancy and use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of bread the add ingredients on top.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 20

• 1 loaf French bread, thinly cut slices
• 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped
• 4 ounces cheddar cheese, grated, divided (1 cup)
• 10 ounces chicken meat (canned chunk white drained and flaked)
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon southwest seasoning
• 1 garlic clove, pressed
• 2 plum tomatoes, sliced
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, snipped

Directions:

1. Cut bread into 20 1/4-inch slices. Arrange slices on a baking stone.
2. Chop onion & bell pepper. Grate cheese. In a bowl, combine chicken, onion, bell pepper, 1/2 cup of the cheese, mayonnaise, Seasoning Mix and garlic; mix well.
3. Divide filling evenly among bread slices. Slice tomatoes. Place one tomato slice over filling on each bread slice. Snip parsley. In a bowl, toss remaining cheese and parsley to combine. Sprinkle over tomato slices.
4. Bake 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Serve hot.