Description
Just wait until you taste the smokey grill flavor of this copycat Panera chicken frontega panini! Pulled smoked chicken is tossed in chipotle mayo and piled high on fresh bread with all the fixings for mouthwatering goodness in every bite.
Ingredients
Scale
4 large chicken breasts
1 cup mayo
3-4 T chipotle in adobo sauce
3 ripe tomatoes, sliced
1/3 red onion, thinly sliced
8 slices fresh mozzarella
fresh basil
1 loaf of round focaccia or sourdough
s & p to taste
Instructions
- Stack the charcoal chimney with charcoal and 2-3 larger pieces of applewood. Light the chimney. Let coals heat for about 25 minutes, until they’re a pale grey color and fully heated through. Transfer to side box, and add 2 more pieces of wood, closing the lid, allowing the smoke to build in the grill chamber.
- Season the chicken breasts with salt, then place on the grates, allowing them to smoke for about two hours, keeping temperature around 300-350. When the chicken is done, it will be a golden-brown color, and the temperature will read 165.
- While the chicken is smoking, mix together the mayo and chipotle in adobo sauce to make the sauce. Slice the tomatoes and onions, then cut the bread into quarters.
- Pull the chicken from the smoke and let it cool. Once cool enough to touch, shred the meat and mix with half the sauce.
- To assemble the sandwiches, spread each half with the remaining sauce. To the bottom half, add a pile of shredded chicken to the bottom half and a slice of fresh mozz. To the top half, add another slice of mozzarella and a few slices of tomato and onion.
- Grill over medium-low heat with the lid closed for about 8 minutes, just long enough for the cheese to melt.
- Serve sandwiches with a cup of your favorite soup, a side salad, or eat as is! Perfect amount of spice to carry you to summer. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 939
- Sugar: 3
- Sodium: 1428.5
- Fat: 59
- Saturated Fat: 13
- Unsaturated Fat: 26
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 57
- Fiber: 2.5
- Protein: 42.5
- Cholesterol: 150
Keywords: remake, panini, smoked chicken, pulled chicken, chipotle mayo