Cream Cheese Chicken Salad Melt
So fucking good, I can’t even tell you. Seriously, no words. Should have sent a poet.
Cream Cheese Chicken Salad Melt
- 2 8-oz packages neufchatel cheese
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp plain yogurt
- 1.25 lbs raw chicken tenders
- 1 c raw oats
- 1/4 c honey
- 4 oz dried cranberries
- 4 oz pine nuts
- granny smith apple, chopped into 1/2-in pieces
- salt
- pepper
- nutmeg
- croissants
- 1 tbsp butter
- sliced provolone cheese
- 4 tbsp canola oil
Start by cooking the chicken. Set the oven to 375 F and heat up about 2 tbsp of canola oil in a pan. Drizzle the other 2 tbsp of canola onto a baking sheet with sides. Salt and pepper each chicken tender, then drizzle with honey and coat with oats. Fry in the hot oil for about 3 mins on each side, then transfer to the baking sheet. Bake for about 15-20 mins, then let cool and cut into 1/2-in chunks.
While the chicken is cooking, combine the neufchatel cheese, mayo, and yogurt in a large tupperware container. Add a little bit of salt, a sizable amount of pepper, and maybe 1/4-tsp nutmeg to the mix. Fold in the dried cranberries, pine nuts, and chopped apple. Finally, when it’s cool and cut up, fold in the chicken. You can eat the chicken salad right after you make it, but honestly it’s better after it’s been sitting in the fridge for about 24 hours so that the flavors can mix together. This will make a shit load of chicken salad.
When you are ready to make a melt, set the oven to 400 F. For each melt, cut a croissant in half. Put two thin slices of butter on a baking sheet and place the top half of the croissant top-up over one slice and the bottom half bottom-down on the other slice. Pile some chicken salad on the bottom half, cover with a piece of provolone, and pop that shit in the oven for about 10 mins, until the cheese is all melty.
THIS MAKES A CRAZY FUCKING DELICIOUS SANDWICH, I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU. ENJOY WITH CHOCOLATE MILK.
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