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Chicken Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich

A flavorful, hearty sandwich made in about ten minutes

Course dinner, lunch, Sandwich
Cuisine Italian
Keyword chicken pesto grilled cheese, chicken sandwich, panini
Prep Time 4 minutes
Servings 1 sandwich

Ingredients

  • 2 slices sourdough bread
  • 4 tablespoons pesto (store bought or homemade. My recipe linked above)
  • 2 slices sharp white cheddar cheese
  • sliced rotisserie chicken breast or sliced chicken sandwich meat
  • 4 tomato slices
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter

Instructions

  1. If you are making your own pesto, do that first.

  2. Place a grill pan or panini pan on low/medium heat for three minutes. While pan heats, cut bread slices in half. Generously slather all four pieces of bread with pesto.

  3. On two pieces of bread layer one slice of cheese, then chicken breast slices, two tomato slices and another slice of cheese. Finally, place the last two slices of bread with pesto on top. Now you have a sandwich. Time to cook!

  4. To your pan: add olive oil and butter. Once melted, swirl the pan around to make sure the pan is well coated. Add the sandwiches to pan. Cook the first side until golden grill marks form on bread and cheese begins to melt. You can use the panini press or a spatula to press bread into pan. When done to your liking, turn sandwich over and cook until golden. If cheese isn't melted cover with a pan lid for a couple of minutes..Turn off heat. Serve.

Recipe Notes

If you are a mayo lover, I highly recommend spreading mayo and pesto to each slice of bread. It's a GREAT combo. Enjoy!