Showing posts with label Pesto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pesto. Show all posts

Monday, June 2, 2014

Test Kitchen - Chicken Pesto Sandwiches

Today for lunch I decided to try these chicken pesto sandwiches by Damn Delicious, using some of the leftovers from my beer can chicken. I'll admit, I mega cheated on this one. I used store bought pesto, and since the chicken was already cooked all I had to do was shred it and mix in the pesto and Greek yogurt. It took all of 5 minutes to throw together. After tasting it, I decided to add some garlic salt and onions to spice things up a bit. After those few additions it was excellent. A perfect, quick, easy lunch recipe!

Chicken Pesto Sandwiches by Damn Delicious
(original recipe here)

Ingredients
  • 2 cups shredded chicken breast
  • 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 
  • OR Garlic salt for extra flavor
  • 1/4 of an onion, chopped
  • 1 baguette, cut into 3-4 equal pieces, toasted, for serving
  • 2 cups arugula, for serving
  • 2 Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced, for serving
  • 8 ounces mozzarella or swiss, sliced
  •  Container of pesto
Instructions
  • In food processor (or ninja blender) shred chicken. 
  • In a large bowl, combine shredded chicken, 1/2 cup pesto, Greek yogurt, garlic salt, pepper, and onions to taste.
  • Serve sandwiches on baguette with arugula, tomatoes, mozzarella swiss and chicken pesto mixture.