chicken/bacon/cheese batard with avocado sauce
I think I’m having too much fun in the kitchen. This is a excellent sandwich made with a sautéed chicken breast, some bacon & cheese, on a toasted batard, and a dreamy avocado sauce. So, you ready… Let’s get into the kitchen.
yield
2 serving(s)
prep time
30 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For chicken/bacon/cheese batard with avocado sauce
- THE SANDWICH
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1batard, 10 inches in length
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2 Tbspolive oil, extra virgin
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1 Tbspsweet butter, unsalted
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1 mdboneless chicken breast, about 8 ounces
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4strips of bacon, cooked through
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black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
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kosher salt, to taste
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3 ozwhite aged cheddar cheese
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romaine lettuce, for garnish
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1 lgtomato, sliced, for garnish
- THE DRESSING
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1/2 mdripe avocado
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1 Tbspmayonnaise
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1 Tbsplemon juice, freshly squeezed
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1 tspworcestershire sauce
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kosher salt, to taste
How To Make chicken/bacon/cheese batard with avocado sauce
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1Whisk or use a food processor fitted with an S-Blade to mix all the dressing ingredients together until smooth, and then reserve.
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2Cut the batard in half, and the split lengthwise to make two sandwiches.
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3Cut the chicken breast in half, lengthwise.
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4Add the oil and butter to a sauté pan, and bring up to medium heat.
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5Salt and pepper the chicken breasts, to taste, and add to the pan.
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6Sauté 2 to 3 minutes per side, or until cooked through, and slightly browned.
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7Remove from the pan, but reserve the oil and butter from the pan.
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8Place a rack in the upper position, and set your oven to broil
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9Use a pastry brush to brush the butter/oil from the pan onto the cut sides of the four pieces of the batard.
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10Place into the oven on a baking sheet, oil/butter side up, and broil until they begin to brown.
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11Remove from oven, but leave the broiler on.
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12Place a chicken breast on each of the bottom portions of the cut batard.
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13Lay two strips of bacon over each of the chicken breasts.
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14Add the cheddar cheese over the bacon.
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15Return to the broiler until the cheese is bubbly, and begins to brown.
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16While broiling, spread some of the dressing over the top portions of the batards.
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17Remove the bottoms portions from the oven, garnish with lettuce and tomatoes, salt, and pepper, and serve while still warm.
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18Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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