In case you hadn’t heard, it’s quite possible to eat healthily while still loving every piece. Chicken is a popular choice since it is a good source of lean protein, but it typically requires additional flavouring or texture enhancement. It’s easy to whip together a delicious lunch with no effort when you have some gorgeous cured ham. Prepare this chicken breast dish with prosciutto and coppa ham for a hearty midday meal that will leave you feeling satisfied and content. You can make a delicious sandwich out of it.
PROSCIUTTO AND COPPA HAM CHICKEN BREAST TIPS
While prosciutto is a thinly sliced cured ham with some fantastic seasoning, coppa ham, also known as cappocollo, is an Italian cured meat comparable to salami and adds a considerable amount of fat to enhance flavour. You can take this dish to new heights by making it into a pan-fried sandwich. Add some lettuce and thick slices of tomato to the meaty sandwich if you’d like to give it a little bit of a zing. Your imagination is the limit when it comes to hard cheese. Making lunch the best meal of the day is as simple as adding some butter and mustard mayonnaise to your sandwich.
With this recipe for prosciutto and coppa ham chicken breast, you can make the lunchtime sandwich of your dreams. You won’t want to eat chicken breast any other way after trying it with the ham and parmesan in this meal.
PROSCIUTTO AND COPPA HAM CHICKEN BREAST RECIPE
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Global
Difficulty: Easy
Servings: 5 servings
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
INGREDIENTS
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5 chicken breasts
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Italian dry-cured Prosciutto Crudo and Coppa Ham (available at Woolworths)
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ginely grated hard cheese, Parmesan or any other you can get hold of.
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1 lemon ~ zest of lemon
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fresh thyme or (rosemary finely chopped)
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freshly ground black pepper
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olive oil
- Equipment
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Glad wrap
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Grill pan
METHOD
- Place boneless chicken breasts between two pieces of waxed paper or plastic wrap, or in a resealable plastic bag. Starting in the centre and working out to the edges, pound lightly with the flat side of a meat mallet until the chicken is even in thickness. Make sure it is thin for cooking purposes.
- Remove the top end of the wrap and sprinkle the chicken with thyme leaves.
- Spread the chicken with grated hard cheese evenly
- Grate lemon grind on top of the chicken
- Ground the pepper to taste
- Place the ham, using enough to cover the whole chicken. cover until needed, Set aside.
- Continue with the rest of the chicken the same way.
- Cooking:
- Place the grill pan on high heat and add olive oil.
- Open up the prepared chicken breast and flip onto the hot grill pan ham side first.
- Cook on the first side for about three to four minutes, and turn the chicken breasts over on the other side for 4 minutes. You can do two at a time.
- Set aside and let it rest
- Continue until all is done.
- The chicken must rest for the same amount of time it has cooked.
- Make a sandwich
- Choose your favourite bread like ciabatta and spread salted butter on one side.
- Butter-side down, top your slice with chicken, ham and cheese with a squeeze of lemon.
- Spread the other slice with some mayonnaise or mustard and top the sandwich with the butter-side up.
- Heat a pan to medium with a small bit of olive oil until golden and flip with the same result on each side.
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