Chicken Melt Sandwich

Several restaurants/grills offer a chicken melt.  And if you have a favorite, like the one at Leo’s Sports Bar in Mazeppa, MN you might want to try & adapt a homemade version.  This is a copy cat recipe …developed by a home cook (Tupps) to taste similar! Sometimes it's difficult to exactly duplicate a restaurant recipe at home without all the amenities of a commercial kitchen, but this recipe does its best to copy the same flavors & visual appeal as Leos’s!

Chicken Melt Sandwich ~Leo’s Sports Bar

Recipe& Directions (our best guess):

Step 1:  Chicken Melt Ingredients: 

Boneless, skinless chicken breast, slices of rye bread, white American cheese slices, canned mushrooms & onion

Step 2:  How to make a Chicken Melt: 

Grill the chicken over medium heat until cooked, while the chicken is cooking, slice the onion & sauté with mushrooms.  Butter 1 side of each slice of bread & when the chicken is cooked, assemble the ingredients on the rye bread.  Put the sandwich in a frying pan on medium for 3-5 minutes per side or until golden, grilled brown.

Step 3:  Chicken Melt Variations:

 A chicken melt can be varied for different flavor and taste by changing the method of cooking the chicken, the type of bread, or the topping ingredients, but I think we did our best in the copy cat of the Leo’s Chicken Melt!

Tupps Tidbits ~ layer the sandwich, bread, cheese, mushroom, onion and then chicken, so that when the cheese melts it will hold the onion and mushrooms in place

DEFINITELY A KEEPER whether we eat one at home or at Leo’s!