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Chicken and Mushroom Panini

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Chicken and Mushroom Panini
Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Kellie Gerber Kelley

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Gooey cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, and earthy mushrooms join chicken for a tasty sandwich you can quickly prepare in a grill pan or panini press.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 sandwich)

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 2  cups  presliced cremini mushrooms
  • 1  teaspoon  minced garlic
  • 1/4  cup  canola mayonnaise
  • 2  tablespoons  chopped sun-dried tomatoes, packed without oil
  • 1  tablespoon  capers
  • 8  (1 1/2-ounce) slices ciabatta or sourdough bread
  • 8  ounces  chopped skinless, boneless rotisserie chicken breast
  • 4  (1-ounce) slices reduced-fat provolone cheese

Preparation

1. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add mushrooms and garlic to pan; sauté 3 minutes or until mushrooms are tender. Remove from heat; set aside.

2. Combine mayonnaise, tomatoes, and capers in a mini food processor; pulse until well combined. Spread 1 tablespoon mayonnaise mixture over each of 4 bread slices; top each with 1/4 cup mushroom mixture, 2 ounces chicken, 1 cheese slice, and 1 bread slice.

3. Heat a large grill pan over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add sandwiches to pan. Place a cast-iron or other heavy skillet on top of sandwiches; press gently to flatten sandwiches. Cook 2 minutes on each side or until bread is toasted (leave cast-iron skillet on sandwiches while they cook).

Nutritional Information

Calories:
474
Fat:
15.5g (sat 4.1g,mono 7.6g,poly 2.6g)
Protein:
33.7g
Carbohydrate:
49.9g
Fiber:
2.2g
Cholesterol:
63mg
Iron:
3.7mg
Sodium:
974mg
Calcium:
57mg
Ivy Manning, Cooking Light, NOVEMBER 2009

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
Steponme
This was filling, but that's about it. I found it boring and one dimensional, the flavors of the sundried tomato and capers did not come out as much as I expected.06/01/10

5 stars
Michelle
I love new panini recipes. I like to try one every Friday night. This one was great!. I did omit the sun dried tomatoes because they bother my stomach. I also added some fresh rosemary. The sandwich is so good. You can use any cheese you have such as swiss or mozzarella too. I had a nice ciabatta roll that I used. This is a great use for leftover chicken but you can always use grilled chicken breasts as well. I would recommend this!01/07/10