Prep Time:5 mins
Understanding food allergies and intolerances
Grilled chicken and salad sandwich
Cooking Time:15 mins
Serves:1 Adult
Quick and easy lunchbox filler, suitable for the whole family.
Ingredients
- 2 slices of wholemeal bread
- ½ medium chicken breast fillet
- 1 handful of salad leaves
- 1 teaspoon of tomato relish
- 1 small tomato, sliced
- ½ small onion, chopped
Method
- Use a clean rolling pin to flatten the chicken, it will tenderise and cook faster
- Grill the chicken or cook it in a non-stick pan until cooked thoroughly, take the chicken off the heat and insert a clean thermometer probe into the thickest part of the meat, it is fully cooked when the temperature reaches 75ºC. If you don’t have a meat thermometer, there are three visual checks that must done. Pierce the thickest part of the meat with a fork or skewer and check that the juices run clear, it is piping hot all the way through and there is no pink meat left
- Remember to wash your hands with warm soapy water after handling raw chicken
- Place the salad leaves, sliced tomato and chopped onion on the bread and spread the tomato relish on the other slice
- When the chicken has cooled, place it in the sandwich
- Wrap the sandwich in greaseproof paper until it is ready to eat
What you will need
- Chopping board
- Chopping knife
- Cutlery
- Frying pan
- Lunch box
- Rolling pin
Serving suggestions
This recipe is great for using up any leftover cooked chicken you have
'To keep your lunches interesting, swap the tomato relish with a little honey & mustard or french dressing'
