🥪 Chicken sandwich on brown bread

Name: Chicken sandwich on brown bread
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 4 slices whole-wheat bread; 250 g chicken breast; 4 lettuce leaves; 1 tomato, sliced; 2 tsp mustard; 1 tsp olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika

Origin: International

370kcal

per serving · 200 g

185kcal

per 100 g

28 gProtein14 g / 100 g

8 gFat4 g / 100 g

46 gCarbs23 g / 100 g

This is a simple, lean sandwich of sliced grilled chicken breast layered with crisp lettuce and fresh tomato between two slices of whole-wheat bread, with a thin spread of mustard. It is soft and savoury with a fresh crunch, and a common choice at cafés, office lunches and lunchboxes.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

✓

High protein14 g protein per 100 g — 30% of the calories

Not vegetarianbecause of: chicken breast

Not veganbecause of: chicken breast

Contains glutenbecause of: whole wheat bread

Not keto23 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Mustard

What it is made of

whole wheat breadchicken breastlettucetomatomustard

Recipe

2 servings20 min

Ingredients

4 slices whole-wheat bread
250 g chicken breast
4 lettuce leaves
1 tomato, sliced
2 tsp mustard
1 tsp olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika

Method

Season the chicken with salt, pepper, paprika and oil.
Grill or pan-cook it for 5–6 minutes per side until cooked through, then rest and slice.
Spread the bread thinly with mustard.
Layer lettuce, chicken and tomato, close the sandwiches and cut in half.

How to make it lighter

Mustard adds flavour for very few calories; keep oily or creamy sauces off.
Add extra lettuce, cucumber or tomato for more volume.
Use thin-sliced bread or make an open sandwich with one slice.

History

Chicken sandwiches on brown or whole-wheat bread are a standard light lunch in cafés and sandwich shops in many countries today.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →