Chicken Florentine Grilled Cheese Recipe

Chicken Florentine Grilled Cheese Recipe

How To Make Chicken Florentine Grilled Cheese

Try to add some more protein to your sandwich in our grilled cheese recipe! It’s filled with ooey-gooey cheese and well-seasoned chicken for a fuller meal.

Preparation: 5 minutes
Cooking: 15 minutes
Resting: 5 minutes
Total: 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

  • 2tspolive oil
  • 1chicken breastsmall, boneless skinless
  • kosher salt
  • black pepperfreshly-cracked
  • slices breadsourdough or other preferred bread
  • butter
  • 4slicesArla Naturally Good Fontina Cheese
  • 2tbspsun-dried tomatoesroughly-chopped
  • 1handfulfresh baby spinach

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a medium saute pan over medium-high heat.

  2. While the oil is heating, season the chicken with a generous pinch of salt and black pepper.

  3. Add the chicken to the pan and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, turning once, until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink on the inside.

  4. Remove pan from heat, then transfer the chicken to a cutting board and let it rest for 5 minutes.

  5. After the chicken has rested, slice it into thin strips.

  6. Butter one side of each piece of bread.

  7. Place one slice, butter-side down, on the prep surface.

  8. Layer it evenly with 1 to 2 cheese slices, followed by the chicken slices, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, and the remaining slice of bread, butter-side up.

  9. Heat the saute pan on the stove over medium-high heat.

  10. Carefully transfer the sandwich to the pan and cook for 4 to 5 minutes on the first side, or until the bread is toasted and the cheese starts to melt.

  11. Carefully flip the sandwich to the other side, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until the bread is toasted.

  12. Remove from pan, slice the sandwich down the middle, and serve warm.

Nutrition

  • Calories: 1025.00kcal
  • Fat: 66.07g
  • Saturated Fat: 30.39g
  • Trans Fat: 0.36g
  • Monounsaturated Fat: 24.37g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat: 7.32g
  • Carbohydrates: 34.48g
  • Fiber: 3.45g
  • Sugar: 7.72g
  • Protein: 72.31g
  • Cholesterol: 251.84mg
  • Sodium: 1318.86mg
  • Calcium: 727.01mg
  • Potassium: 811.10mg
  • Iron: 4.37mg
  • Vitamin A: 376.79µg
  • Vitamin C: 3.11mg
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