Chicken Florentine Panini

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 (10 ounce) can prepared pizza crust
• 1 (9 ounce) package frozen spinach
• 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup chopped red onion
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar or 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar or 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 1/2 teaspoon dried italian seasoning
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 4 slices provolone cheese

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375°f.
• 2 unroll dough; place in ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
• 3 starting at center, press out dough to edges of pan.
• 4 bake at 375°f for 10 minutes.
• 5 cool 15 minutes or until completely cooled.
• 6 meanwhile, cook spinach as directed on package.
• 7 drain well; squeeze dry with paper towels.
• 8 in small bowl, combine mayonnaise and 1 of the garlic cloves; mix well.
• 9 refrigerate.
• 10 heat oil in small saucepan over medium-high heat until hot.
• 11 add onion;cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp-tender.
• 12 add sugar and vinegar.
• 13 reduce heat to low; simmer 3 to 5 minutes or until most of liquid has evaporated, stirring occasionally.
• 14 to flatten each chicken breast half, place, boned side up, between 2 pieces of plastic wrap or waxed paper.
• 15 working from center, gently pound chicken with flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin until about 1/4 inch thick; remove wrap.
• 16 sprinkle chicken with italian seasoning and minced garlic.
• 17 spray large skillet with nonstick cooking spray.
• 18 heat over medium-high heat until hot.
• 19 add chicken; cook 8 minutes or until browned, fork-tender and juices run clear, turning once.
• 20 cut cooled pizza crust into 4 rectangles.
• 21 remove rectangles from pan; spread each with 1 tablespoon mayonnaise mixture.
• 22 top 2 rectangles with chicken, spinach, onion mixture, cheese and remaining crust rectangles, mayonnaise side down.
• 23 heat large skillet or cast iron skillet over medium heat until hot.
• 24 place sandwiches in skillet.
• 25 place smaller skillet on sandwiches to flatten slightly.
• 26 cook about 1 to 2 minutes or until crisp and heated, turning once.
• 27 cut each warm sandwich into quarters.