California Melt Sandwich
Ingredients
- 4 crusty French-bread rolls (approximately 6 long)
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 large chicken breast, parboiled
- 1 ripe avocado
- Salt to taste
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 4 ounce Monterey pepper jack cheese
Instructions
Using a garlic press, squeeze the juice from garlic clove into the mayonnaise and set aside. Shred the meat from the cooked chicken breast, discarding skin. You should have about 1 cup of shredded chicken. Slice the avocado into approximately 1/2 slices in a bowl. Sprinkle lemon juice over them to prevent browning. Sprinkle on salt to taste. Slice the pepper jack cheese thinly. Preheat broiler. Assemble sandwiches. On bottom side of roll, spread 1/2 of the garlic mayonnaise. Top with 1/2 of shredded chicken, 1/2 of avocado slices, and 1/2 of cheese slices. Repeat for all four sub rolls. Put all of the sandwiches open-faced on a cookie sheet and slide them under the broiler. Broil until cheese is hot and bubbly, about 5-7 minutes. If top halves of rolls brown too quickly, remove them after about 2 minutes while cheese on bottom halves melts. Serve sandwiches hot. Serves 4.