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Chicken Florentine Panini

  • Prep Time: 35 min.
  • Cook Time: -
  • Serves: 4
Pillsbury Bake-Off®

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Average (55 Ratings): 3.5 out of 5 stars

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Ingredients

  1. 1 (13.8 ounce) can Pillsbury(R) Refrigerated Pizza Crust
  2. 1 (9 ounce) package Green Giant(R) Frozen Spinach
  3. 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
  4. 1 garlic clove, minced
  5. 1 tablespoon olive oil
  6. 1 cup chopped red onion
  7. 1 tablespoon sugar
  8. 1 tablespoon vinegar (cider, red wine or balsamic)
  9. 2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
  10. 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
  11. 1 garlic clove, minced
  12. 4 slices provolone cheese

Nutrition Info

Per Serving

  • Calories: 529 kcal
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  • Carbohydrates: 57 g
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  • Dietary Fiber: 3 g
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  • Fat: 20 g
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  • Protein: 28 g
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  • Sugars: 13 g

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Cooking Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Unroll dough; place in ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Starting at center, press out dough to edges of pan. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 10 minutes. Cool 15 minutes or until completely cooled.
  2. Meanwhile, cook spinach as directed on package. Drain well; squeeze dry with paper towels.
  3. In small bowl, combine mayonnaise and 1 of the garlic cloves; mix well. Refrigerate.
  4. Heat oil in small saucepan over medium-high heat until hot. Add onion; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add sugar and vinegar. Reduce heat to low; simmer 3 to 5 minutes or until most of liquid has evaporated, stirring occasionally.
  5. To flatten each chicken breast half, place, boned side up, between 2 pieces of plastic wrap or waxed paper. Working from center, gently pound chicken with flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin until about 1/4 inch thick; remove wrap. Sprinkle chicken with Italian seasoning and minced garlic.
  6. Spray large skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken; cook 8 minutes or until browned, fork-tender and juices run clear, turning once.
  7. Cut cooled pizza crust into 4 rectangles. Remove rectangles from pan; spread each with 1 tablespoon mayonnaise mixture. Top 2 rectangles with chicken, spinach, onion mixture, cheese and remaining crust rectangles, mayonnaise side down.
  8. Heat large skillet or cast iron skillet over medium heat until hot. Place sandwiches in skillet. Place smaller skillet on sandwiches to flatten slightly. Cook about 1 to 2 minutes or until crisp and heated, turning once. Cut each warm sandwich into quarters.

Yield: 4 servings

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Pillsbury Refrigerated Pizza Crust goes panini when it combines with ever-popular chicken breasts. Submitted by Denise JoAnne Yennie of Nashville, TN for Bake-Off Contest 40, 2002.

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4 reviews
  • Yummy but time consuming.

    Colleen D - April 7, 2008 03:32:54 PM PST
    This is a good sandwich for company. You can precook the pizza bread and preprep the chicken and onion. I grilled the sandwiches once they were complete. it was a nice touch.

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  • Liked it, but not exactly quick to prepare!!

    Marilyn Grigas - September 23, 2007 05:50:58 PM PST
    I saw this in the paper and have been wanting to try it for my "sandwich Saturday" meal. It took over an hour to prepare. I'm not the slowest cook in the world, but I would not call this ":quick". The flavors were very good. Also, having never made panini before, it was not a good idea to put in the recipe - "heat pan till hot" - as I burnt the first sandwich because the pan was too hot!! I know this is my fault, but I need better directions than what was stated in the recipe. If you want to feed 4 people with this have side dishes along with it (especially if you're feeding any hungry men!)

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  • I Found it

    kc_sunnybrook - August 10, 2007 04:01:59 PM PST
    This is the most wondeful sandwich loved by all. I lost the recipe during a move and having been tearing up the house to find it. I am so glad it is still around and I am ready to fix it soon for guest.

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  • Great!!!

    katielyn564 - August 1, 2007 04:52:07 PM PST
    Oh my gosh!! What bad thing could I possibly say about this...nothing that I can think off. Even my son that doesn't like spinach said it was good.

    Katie

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