Greek Marinated Chicken Panini With Pesto

Name: Greek Marinated Chicken Panini With Pesto
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 6 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 8 slices whole grain bread; 2 boneless chicken breasts; 1 (8 ounce) bottle marinated artichoke hearts; 4 slices swiss cheese; 8 teaspoons of bail pesto sauce; 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon dried oregano; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning; 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 1 lemon, juice and zest of

Submitted by ncage

"Excellent tasting panini. I recommend using a panini press but if you don't have one then you can use two cast iron skillets. This is a recipe i came up with on a whim and it tasted great."

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Ready In:: 6mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 4

ingredients

8 slices whole grain bread
2 boneless chicken breasts
1 (8 ounce) bottle marinated artichoke hearts
4 slices swiss cheese
8 teaspoons of bail pesto sauce
¹⁄₂ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
¹⁄₂ teaspoon kosher salt
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 lemon, juice and zest of

directions

Add marinade ingredients to large ziplock bag (oil,oregano, sugar, lemon pepper seasoning, salt, pepper, garlic, and both the zest and juice from 1 lemon).
With a fork punch several holes in chicken breast so marinade can penetrate. Add chicken to bag and marinade for 4 hours.
Remove chicken from marinade and grill on charcoal/gas grill with a hunk of smoking wood until juices run clear. Remove and let chicken cool slightly to handle.
Put your palm flat on each chicken breast and slice each chicken breast in 1/2 so that each piece is 1/2 as thick as original chicken breast. Spread about 2 teaspoons of pesto over 4 slices of the bread. Add cheese and then 1/2 of each breast of chicken that you cut above. Add 3 artichoke per sandwich, broken up. Put other 4 slices of bread on top.
Grill in panini press until bread is nicely toasted and cheese is melted (about 4 minutes).

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