Herb Chicken Salad Sandwich
Ingredients
For the chicken:
- 2 boneless, skinless, Best Dressed Chicken breasts
- Cooking spray, or 1 tablespoon oil for greasing
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
- ½ cup fine breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
For the Herb dressing:
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon wholegrain mustard
- 1 teaspoon wholegrain mustard
- Juice & zest of 1 lemon or large lime
- ¼ cup chives or scallion finely chopped
- ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- Pinch of sea salt
- Pinch of fresh cracked pepper
For the sandwich:
- 8 romaine or other lettuce leaves washed and dried
- 2 medium tomatoes sliced into 8 slices
- 8 slices of sourdough, hardo or wholewheat bread of your choice lightly toasted if desired
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F
- Make the herb dressing by combining all the dressing ingredients. Mix well and place in the fridge until ready to use.
- Generously grease a baking dish with cooking spray or oil.
- Pat the Chicken breasts dry and place on a plate and season with salt & pepper.
- Combine the olive oil, thyme and breadcrumbs and place on a plate or flat tray.
- Whisk the egg in a wide bowl.
- Place the flour on a tray or flat plate.
- Dredge the chicken breasts in the flour, shake off the excess. Dip the breasts in egg mixture then into the bread crumb mixture to completely and evenly coat.
- Place chicken breasts on the prepared baking dish and bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until juices run clear. Alternatively, insert a meat thermometer into the chicken breasts, chicken is cooked when the reading is 165 degrees.
- Remove chicken breasts from the oven and let them rest for 5 mins. Slice the breasts into even slices.
- Spread a thick layer of herb dressing on 4 slices of bread. Layer the chicken breast slices evenly on each slice of bread. Add the tomato slices and lettuce. Spread mayo mixture on the remaining 4 slices of bread and top the first four slices of bread to form sandwiches. Slice each sandwich in two equal halves.
