Italian Chicken Salad Sandwich
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Last week I posted the Cucumber-Tomato Bruschetta in Phyllo Cups appetizer and told you all about the recipe contest I am currently in over at Kraft’s Breakstone’s sour cream site. To recap (and in case you didn’t happen to read that post), Kraft asked me to create three separate menu items – appetizer, main dish, and dessert – using their Breakstone’s Triple Churned sour cream and my menu is going up again two other menus created by fellow food bloggers. This main dish continues with the spring-inspired theme of light, fresh and easy and puts an Italian twist on a traditional chicken salad, with the additions of Asiago cheese, a pesto spread, and ciabatta rolls.
This chicken salad is tossed in a sour-cream dressing instead of mayonnaise and includes Asiago cheese, sits on a bed of Romaine, and is sandwiched inside of a ciabatta roll slathered with your favorite pesto. A perfect springtime lunch, or dinner by the pool. Quick and easy, which makes it a breeze to throw together for company!
Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by Breakstone’s Triple Churned sour cream in conjunction with the recipe contest.
Italian Chicken Salad Sandwich
Yield: 4 sandwiches
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1 lb. cooked chicken, roughly chopped
½ cup shredded Asiago cheese
2 stalks celery, finely chopped
½cup Breakstone’s sour cream
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
½teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 leafs of Romaine lettuce
Pesto (either purchased or your favorite recipe)
4 ciabatta rollsDirections:
1. In a medium bowl, toss the chicken, Asiago and celery to combine.
2. In a small bowl, mix together the sour cream, Worcestershire, salt and pepper.
3. Add the Breakstone’s sour cream mixture to the chicken mixture and gently toss to combine.
4. Spread pesto on the top and bottom of each roll. Place a leaf of Romaine on the bottom of each roll. Place an even amount of chicken mixture on top of each lettuce leaf.
5. Cover with top of roll and serve.
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look so yummy, i want to eat all, but too bad, i am on a low carb diet, will bookmark this and try it out when i am off diet. thanks for sharing.
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that sounds so delicious! definitely trying that!!
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So – I did make the Cucumber – Tomato Bruschetta for Easter and they were a BIG hit!
We LOVE Chicken Salad in the summer so we will be trying this one out, too. I’ve been voting every day, too!
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looks good! i love the use of pesto on the sandwich! delish! and i have to say i don’t think i’ve ever put my chicken salad on ciabatta… i’m gonna have to try that! looks great!
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I love your Italian spin on a chicken salad sandwich!
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I could eat chicken salad sandwiches every day! Interesting with the Asiago cheese!
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This sandwich looks delicious! I love pesto and ciabatta bread!
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YUM! How did you know just what I was craving? I want this!
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you had me at the title, those are ALL things that I love! anything with pesto on ciabatta sounds fabulous to me
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The hubbie-to-be and I are planning a “picnic dinner” tomorrow with the beautiful weather… I think this is precisely what I am going to make!
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This chicken salad looks awesome! I have so much pesto in my freezer that I need to use up…thanks for the idea!
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This looks lovely and refreshing. What a perfect lunch!
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I love the pesto spread with the chicken salad.
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The chicken salad sounds yummy! I like all the flavors.
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You know, this sounds quite amazing. I have never been much of a fan of chicken salad (more than likely due to the onions) but this sounds delicious!!
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I was watching Foodnetwork last night and the “Best Thing I Ever Ate” episode was the sandwich episode – this looks like a contender!
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chicken salad and pesto! i’ve never combined the two but sounds amazing. what a great sandwich i want to bite right into it!
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Looks so delicious! I’ll have to try it, for sure
I am a pesto-aholic!
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I have read your blog here and there – but I did have to go vote for your recipes. They look delish and are right up my alley!
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This looks delicious! I love how ciabatta soaks in flavors so well without getting mushy–perfect for chicken salad!
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This looks delicious! I love the idea of replacing the mayo with sour cream!
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Michelle…this look incredible!!! You are a master!
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As always, this looks fabulous!
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oh, that looks so delicious!
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What a great way to spruce up a classic dish. Looks delicious!
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Wow! I made these sandwiches for lunch today. I’ve never had pesto on a sandwich before, much less pesto with chicken salad, and I have to say that this combination won me over completely. I replaced the sour cream with thick Balkan yoghurt (I didn’t have any sour cream, and our shops don’t carry this brand anyway), so I had to add way more than half a cup to get a proper creamy consistency. The sandwiches were utterly delicious – I think they’d make for great picnic food when we start going on biking trips in the spring.
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I have to add this: my partner just came back from work and said: “Do you want to know what my favorite sandwich is?”
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