Open-Faced Tuscan-Spiced Chicken Sandos with Bruschetta-Style Tomato Topping & Scallion Cream Cheese

If anything you’re like us, you love a bruschetta appetizer and you also love scallion cream cheese on your morning bagel (we totally have that in common, right?). Our chefs—always innovating—combined these two faves for a genius lunch idea: toasty bread shmeared with scallion-studded cream cheese, layered with juicy Tuscan-spiced chicken, and finished with a tangy, juicy tomato, scallion, and balsamic topping. It’s time to hop aboard the 10-minute express train to Great Lunch City!

Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Servings: 4

Ingredients

2 servings 4 servings
  • 4 slices sourdough bread
  • 1 tomato
  • 2 scallions
  • 8.6 oz fully cooked chicken breasts
  • 1 tbsp tuscan heat spice
  • 5 tsp balsamic vinegar
  • 4 tbsp cream cheese
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 8 slices sourdough bread
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 4 scallions
  • 17.2 oz fully cooked chicken breasts
  • 2 tbsp tuscan heat spice
  • 10 tsp balsamic vinegar
  • 8 tbsp cream cheese
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions

  1. • Toast sourdough until golden.
  2. • Wash and dry produce.
  3. • Dice tomato into ½-inch pieces. Thinly slice scallions, separating whites
    from greens.
  4. • Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Thinly slice crosswise at an angle
    into strips; place in a large microwave-safe bowl. Stir in a drizzle of olive
    oil, half the Tuscan Heat Spice, salt, and pepper. Cover with plastic
    wrap and microwave until chicken is warmed through, 90 seconds.
  5. • In a small bowl, combine tomato, scallion whites, vinegar, remaining
    Tuscan Heat Spice, a drizzle of olive oil, salt, and pepper.
  6. • In a second small bowl, combine cream cheese and half the scallion
    greens. TIP: Microwave cream cheese for 15 seconds to soften before
    combining with scallions.
  7. • Place toasted sourdough on a clean work surface; spread scallion
    cream cheese over each slice. Top with chicken and tomato topping.
    Garnish with remaining scallion greens.
  8. • Divide chicken sandos between plates and serve.