Southwestern Chicken Panini
- Pulse in a Food Processor Until Minced:
- 2 cups cilantro, leaves and stems, packed
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 jalapeno, seeded, chopped
- Juice of 1/2 a lime
- Pinch of salt
- Drizzle:
- 2 T. olive oil
- Combine:
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 T. canned chipotle chile in adobo, minced
- 1/2 t. sugar
- Spread:
- 4 slices white or wheat sourdough bread, 1/2
- Softened butter
- Top Pesto with:
- 2 oz. pepper Jack or Havarti cheese, thinly sliced
- 3 oz. rotisserie chicken, torn in large pieces
- Pulse cilantro, garlic, jalapeno, lime juice, and salt for the pesto in a food processor until minced; scrape down sides of bowl.
- Drizzle, with machine running, in oil until paste forms.
- Combine mayonnaise, chipotle, and sugar in a small bowl.
- Spread butter on one side of each slice of bread; spread mayonnaise on the other side of two slices and 1 T. pesto on the other two slices.
- Top pesto with cheese, then chicken; place the other two slices of bread on top, buttered side up.
- Toast sandwiches on both sides.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/southwestern-chicken-panini-1235816 (may not work)