Tex-Mex Chicken Melts

Submitted by Chemaine

"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."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 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.