Name: Roast chicken on toasted sourdough
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 loaf sourdough bread; 8 rashers nz free-range streaky bacon; splash of olive oil to cook bacon (optional); leftover roasted chicken meat – you’ll need 1-2 cups chopped meat; 1/4 cup ready-made mayonnaise; 1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard; 8 large iceberg lettuce leaves, washed, dried and chopped; 4 slim spring onions, trimmed and chopped; 12 cherry tomatoes, chopped; flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 12 basil leaves; 2 tablespoon snipped chives; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley; 1 ripe avocado; 1 lemon for squeezing; hot chilli sauce (optional)

Ingredients

1 loaf sourdough bread

8 rashers nz free-range streaky bacon

splash of olive oil to cook bacon (optional)

leftover roasted chicken meat – you’ll need 1-2 cups chopped meat

1/4 cup ready-made mayonnaise

1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard

8 large iceberg lettuce leaves, washed, dried and chopped

4 slim spring onions, trimmed and chopped

12 cherry tomatoes, chopped

flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

12 basil leaves

2 tablespoon snipped chives

1 tablespoon chopped parsley

1 ripe avocado

1 lemon for squeezing

hot chilli sauce (optional)

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C (regular). Reheat the bread for about 10 minutes, until crunchy. Cool, then slice; you need 8 large slices.

2.Either grill the bacon rashers until golden and crisp, or fry them in a lightly oiled non-stick pan over medium heat.

3.Remove the chicken flesh from the carcass, discarding any skin or fat, and chop roughly or leave in slices.

4.Assemble sandwiches by spreading bread on one side with mayonnaise and with mustard on the other half of the slices. On four slices stack lettuce, spring onions and tomatoes.

5.Season with a little salt and pepper. Then add basil, chives and parsley, then the chicken meat. Season again lightly.

6.Cut avocado in half, extract the stone, peel and chop the flesh. Distribute over the chicken. Squeeze a little lemon juice over the avocado and sprinkle with hot chilli sauce if using. Top with bacon, then sandwich with the other slices of bread. Serve immediately.

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