Chicken BLT on Red-Onion Focaccia

Name: Chicken BLT on Red-Onion Focaccia
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 12 bacon slices, fried crisp and halved lengthwise; 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar; 0 teaspoons black pepper; 454 grams frozen white-bread dough; 1 teaspoons Asian chili-garlic sauce; 1 Tbsps dried basil; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour, divided; 1 garlic clove, chopped; 0 teaspoons kosher salt; 3 Tbsps light mayonnaise; 1 teaspoons olive oil; 4 teaspoons olive oil, divided; 1 teaspoons dried oregano; 118 milliliters thinly sliced red onion; 198 grams roasted red bell peppers, drained and wiped dry with a paper towel; 6 romaine lettuce leaves; 0 teaspoons salt; 680 grams skinless, boneless chicken breast halves; 454 grams large ripe tomatoes, thinly sliced (about; 2 Tbsps yellow cornmeal

Chicken BLT on Red-Onion Focaccian is a dairy free recipe with 6 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 36g of protein, 27g of fat, and a total of 605 calories. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works best as a main course, and is done in around 45 minutes. It is a reasonably priced recipe for fans of Mediterranean food. A mixture of tomatoes, basil, flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

To prepare focaccia, thaw dough in refrigerator 12 hours.

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Focaccia

Dough

Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a small nonstick skillet over medium heat; add onions. Saut 5 minutes or until soft, stirring often. Stir in oregano; set aside and cool to room temperature.

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Oregano

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Combine cornmeal and 2 tablespoons flour; sprinkle cornmeal mixture over clean work surface. Turn dough out onto coated surface. Knead in 2 tablespoons onion mixture and cornmeal mixture for 6 minutes (hard kneading is necessary to soften the elastic in frozen dough); cover with a clean towel and let rest 5 minutes.

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Cornmeal

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Onion

Roll dough into a 9 x 13-inch rectangle; use remaining flour as needed to keep dough from sticking to work surface. Coat bottom of a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with 1/2 teaspoon oil; place dough in pan, stretching sides to cover bottom.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

Cooking Oil

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Baking Pan

Sprinkle remaining 1 teaspoon oil, remaining onion mixture, and salt evenly over dough. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85, 1 hour, or until doubled in size).

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Dough

Onion

Salt

Cooking Oil

Preheat oven to 40

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Oven

Bake at 400 for 20 minutes or until underside of bread sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on a rack to room temperature.

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Bread

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Oven

Cut focaccia in half lengthwise; cut each half into three equal pieces (you should have 6 pieces).

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Focaccia

Cut each piece in half horizontally.

To prepare chicken, combine basil, salt, and pepper; sprinkle evenly over chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Pepper

Basil

Salt

Heat 1/2 teaspoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add chicken. Cook 4 to 6 minutes per side or until thoroughly cooked; cool completely.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Cut chicken into thin diagonal strips.

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Whole Chicken

To prepare mayonnaise, combine roasted peppers and next 4 ingredients (through garlic) in a blender; blend until smooth.

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Mayonnaise

Peppers

Garlic

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Blender

To prepare sandwich, spread 1 tablespoon mayonnaise on bottom half of each focaccia piece. Divide lettuce leaves, tomato slices, chicken, and bacon evenly among sandwich bottoms. Cover with top half of focaccia.

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Lettuce Leaf

Tomato Slices

Mayonnaise

Focaccia

Whole Chicken

Spread

Bacon

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Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are great choices for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. The Rodano Vigna Viacosta Chianti Classico with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 30 dollars per bottle.