|
Serves: 4
Print this Recipe
Denise JoAnne Yennie - Nashville, Tennessee
Bake-Off® Contest 40, 2002 Grand Prize Winner
Panini is Italian for "small bread," referring to a sandwich that is sometimes grilled. Making this sandwich is easy because you start with a large bread made from refrigerated pizza dough and cut it into "small breads. " To save time, the onion is cooked with sugar and vinegar to give that great caramelized flavor without the long cooking time.
1 (10-ounce) package refrigerated pizza crust
1 (9-ounce) package frozen spinach in a pouch
1/4 cup light mayonnaise
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup chopped red onions
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon vinegar (cider, red wine or balsamic)
2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
4 slices (4-inch slices) provolone cheese
__Denise Joanne Yennie ..........Click the Edit tab and select this entry to learn more about this Bake-Off® Contest Winner.
Heat oven to 375°F. Unroll dough; place in ungreased 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan. Starting at center, press out dough to edges of pan. Bake at 375°F. for 10 minutes. Cool 15 minutes or until completely cooled.
Meanwhile, cook spinach as directed on package. Drain well; squeeze dry with paper towels. In small bowl, combine mayonnaise and 1 of the minced garlic cloves; mix well. Refrigerate.
Heat oil in small saucepan over medium-high heat until hot. Add onion; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add sugar and vinegar. Reduce heat to low; simmer 3 to 5 minutes or until most of liquid has evaporated, stirring occasionally.
To flatten each chicken breast half, place boned side up between 2 pieces of plastic wrap or waxed paper. Working from center, gently pound chicken with flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin until about 1/4 inch; remove wrap. Sprinkle chicken with Italian seasoning and remain minced garlic clove.
Spray large skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken; cook 8 minutes or until browned, fork-tender and juices run clear, turning once.
Cut cooled pizza crust into 4 rectangles. Remove rectangles from pan; spread each with 1 tablespoon mayonnaise mixture. Top 2 rectangles with chicken, spinach, onion mixture, cheese and remaining crust rectangles, mayonnaise side down.
Heat large skillet or cast-iron skillet over medium heat until hot. Place sandwiches in skillet. Place smaller skillet on sandwiches to flatten slightly. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until crisp and heated, turning once. Cut each warm sandwich into quarters.
Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 500; Protein 40g; Carbohydrate 44g; Fat 18g; Sodium 940mg
From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
This recipe comes from the Cook'n collection. Try Cook'n for FREE!

Chicken and Black Bean Bake Chicken Cheese Enchiladas Speedy Layered Chicken Enchilada Pie Enchilada Pasta Soup Chicken Manicotti Olé Parmesan Chicken with Pasta Rags Bow-Thai Chicken Spicy Asian Lettuce Wraps Mexican Fried Rice Baja Chicken Salad with Taco Vinaigrette Chicken Cordon Bleu Stromboli Santa Fe Chicken Bread Bowls Chicken Florentine Panini Chicken-Chile Stromboli Spicy Picnic Chicken Tex-Mex Pasta Smokey Turkey Quesadillas Fiesta Spaghetti Stuffed Poblano Chile Peppers Spicy Jamaican Meat Pies with Island Salsa Chuck Wagon Cheeseburger Skillet Sloppy Joe Loaf 5-Way Cincinnati Pizza Baked Steak Burritos Saucy Pork Medallions with Spiced Couscous Spicy Pork Chops Caribbean Luau Pork Stir-Fry Jamaican Ham and Bean Soup Gnocchi Alfredo Casserole Cheesy Broccoli Loaf Ham and Eggs Frittata Biscuits Monte Cristo Folds Spinach, Prosciutto and Roasted Pepper Calzone Citrus Gazpacho with Honey-Lime Cream Tofu Black Bean Enchiladas Fiesta Flounder Fillets Swiss Spinach Strudel Crescent Samosas Arborio Rice Cake with Mushroom and Olive Ragout 10: 2002 Bake-Off® Winners: Quick & Easy Main Meals
|
|