ITALIAN CHICKEN PANINI RECIPE
Italian Chicken Panini Recipe – Crusty bread filled with gooey mozzarella cheese, roasted red pepper, shredded chicken, and lots of garlicky pesto, grilled to perfection in a panini press.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: American, Italian
- Diet: Halal
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 4 slices Italian bread, thickly sliced
- 2 tablespoons pesto
- 1 chicken breast, cooked and sliced in half lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons red onion, slivered
- 1/4 cup roasted red peppers, thinly sliced
- 4 ounces low moisture, part-skim mozzarella, shredded or thinly sliced
- Cooking Spray
Instructions
- Slather bread with pesto: Evenly spread 2 tablespoons pesto on two slices of Italian bread.
- Assemble sandwiches: Top each with half of the chicken breast, red onion, roasted red peppers, and mozzarella. Cover with another slice of bread.
- Grill sandwiches: Preheat panini press, coat with cooking spray. Grill sandwiches for 3-4 minutes per side until heated through and cheese is melted.
- Serve: Cut sandwiches in half and serve hot.
Notes
- If you prefer, you can use precooked chicken, a chicken cutlet, shredded chicken, or rotisserie chicken instead of a whole chicken breast.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 panini
- Calories: 586 kcal
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 754mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 43g
- Cholesterol: 104mg
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