Total Time 15 minutes - Makes 4
Who doesn’t love a sandwich and when it comes to this time of the year, it’s time to festive up your butty.
Tender, crispy chicken with bacon, Brie, cranberry sauce, chorizo mayo and Brussels sprout slaw. It’s Christmas in one bite 😍
Ingredients
2 chicken breasts, skinless and boneless.
60g of panko breadcrumbs.
1 egg, whisked.
30g of flour, seasoned with salt and pepper.
4 slices of smoked streaky bacon.
4 slices of Brie cheese.
Cranberry sauce.
4 mini rustic rolls.
Coleslaw Ingredients
3 Brussels sprouts, grated.
1 apple, grated.
1 medium carrot, grated.
2 tbsp of mayonnaise.
Chorizo Mayo Ingredients
50g of chorizo sausage (not pre-sliced).
3 tbsp of Mayonnaise.
Method
Roughly chop the chorizo, pop it into a food blender and give it a little whizz. Just till it breaks down and turns into a sort of crumb. Add to a frying pan over a medium heat with a small drizzle of olive oil and fry till it goes golden and crispy, around 5 minutes. Once done, allow to cool then mix into the mayonnaise.
For the slaw add all the ingredients to a bowl, season and mix.
Take the chicken breast and slice lengthways through the middle, open it up then slice it into 2. Place in between 2 sheets of baking paper and using a rolling pin give them a little bash to flatten out.
Get 3 dishes and put the flour in one, the egg in another and the panko in the last dish. Take the chicken and coat in the flour shaking off the excess flour, then the egg and finally into the panko.
In a large frying pan add enough oil to cover the base. Heat over a medium to high heat. To check if the oil is hot enough just take a few panko crumbs and place them in the oil. If it starts to sizzle and turns a light golden colour within a minute the oil is ready. Fry the chicken for around 5-6 minutes till beautifully golden, crispy and cooked perfectly.
At the same time as frying the chicken cook the bacon till golden and crispy, I cook mine in the oven.
It’s now time to assemble the sandwich. Spread the chorizo mayo on the bottom slices, add the bacon, chicken and top with the Brie then pop under the grill for a couple of minutes. Top the cheese with the slaw then spread cranberry sauce on the other slice of bread and enjoy.