Grilled Chicken, Pesto, & Goat Cheese Panini

Grilled Chicken, Pesto, & Goat Cheese Panini

Large Chicken Breast (seasoned with lemon pepper and salt)

1/4 cup Olive Oil

1/2 cup Goat Cheese

1 tbsp Fresh Dill (chopped)

Baby Spinach

Red Onion (thinly sliced)

Sliced Beefsteak Tomatoes

Ciabatta Bread

Pesto Ingredients (Sun-dried Tomato)

6 oz Sun-dried Tomatoes

1/2 cup Pine Nuts (roasted in a pan)

1 tbsp Chopped Garlic

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 cup Olive Oil

Grill lemon-pepper chicken breast in 1/4 cup olive oil in skillet until it is no longer pink in the middle. Set aside to cool. Slice onions into thin round slices, slice tomatoes into round slices. Mix goat cheese with chopped fresh dill. For pesto, combine first five ingredients in food processor, and while processing slowly drizzle in 1/2 cup olive oil  until it is smooth and emulsified. Once chicken is cooled, slice into strips. Slice Ciabatta loaf in half, smear one side with pesto, the other smear with goat cheese spread, pile on chicken, tomato, onion, and baby spinach. Toast sandwich in a panini/sandwich grill for 1-2 minutes. And voila! 

Copyright Adam Gaile 2013