Spicy Chicken Sandwiches with Cilantro-Lime Mayo

Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Cindy Barr
Chicken cutlets are encrusted with tortilla chip crumbs, which yield a satisfying crunch. You can also use spicy chips for more heat.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 sandwich)
Ingredients
- Mayo:
- 1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
- 1 garlic clove, minced
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Chicken: - 1/4 cup egg substitute
- 3 tablespoons hot sauce (such as Tabasco)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 4 1/2 ounces baked tortilla chips (about 6 cups)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
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Remaining ingredients: - 4 (2-ounce) Kaiser rolls, split
- 12 (1/8-inch-thick) red onion slices
- 4 lettuce leaves
Preparation
1. To prepare mayo, combine the first 4 ingredients.
2. To prepare chicken, combine egg substitute, hot sauce, oregano, and salt in a large zip-top plastic bag. Cut chicken breast halves in half horizontally to form 4 cutlets. Add chicken to bag; seal. Marinate in refrigerator 2 hours or up to 8 hours, turning bag occasionally.
3. Place tortilla chips in a food processor; process 1 minute or until ground. Place ground chips in a shallow dish.
4. Working with one cutlet at a time, remove chicken from marinade, allowing excess to drip off. Coat chicken completely in chips. Set aside. Repeat procedure with remaining chicken and chips.
5. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add olive oil to pan, swirling to coat. Add chicken to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until browned and done. Spread mayo evenly over cut sides of rolls. Layer bottom half of each roll with 3 onion slices, 1 lettuce leaf, and 1 chicken cutlet; top with top halves of rolls.
Nutritional Information
- Calories:
- 419 (28% from fat)
- Fat:
- 13.2g (sat 1.7g,mono 6.1g,poly 3.4g)
- Protein:
- 28.1g
- Carbohydrate:
- 46.8g
- Fiber:
- 2.6g
- Cholesterol:
- 49mg
- Iron:
- 3.2mg
- Sodium:
- 759mg
- Calcium:
- 101mg
Member Ratings and Reviews
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This was a great recipe. The chicken was well-flavored, the mayonnaise was delicious, and the sandwich as a whole was restaurant quality. My husband added hot sauce to it at the table, but I thought the spice level was perfect. I had to use Ritz cracker crumbs because I didn't have tortilla chips and it still turned out well (not sure how "light" the recipe was after that). I also added a slice of Muenster cheese while the chicken was hot and it melted very nicely. We loved this recipe and I will definitely make it again.01/25/10
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AWESOME! I will definitely be making these again. Really easy to make and quite tasty. I used Uncle Brotha hot sauce and next time will marinate it for longer than the two hours I did this first time. I also made double the mayo amount just in case and it proved useful to have a little extra. Here's something that helps: when you remove the chicken from the pan, put it on some sort of grate or cooling rack, otherwise the coating on the bottom side of the chicken gets soggy. Unsurprisingly, the chicken is not very crunchy when reheated, but it's not really a big deal. The dish reheats well enough and is quite tasty as leftovers. I just served it with a side salad of baby arugula mix, topped with a lime-cilantro vinaigrette.01/18/10




