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Chicken schnitzel sandwich

30 min • 1 servings •
Peter Marks
Crispy chicken sandwich with cheddar cheese, lettuce, cucumber, red onion, and ketchup on whole grain bread, served on a white plate.

Want to know the secret of a great sandwich? It’s all in the bread to filling ratio. OK, so maybe there’s a bit more to it than that, but I see so many people fail at this most basic level.

This is the hearty snack to make when you just don’t know what you want.

Ready

  • Breaded chicken schnitzel — yeah, you could make it yourself, but this is an “I need something now” kinda thing
  • 2 slices of bread — whatever you have just good and fresh and definitely not processed Bread™
  • Butter
  • 2 leaves of crisp lettuce, shredded
  • 8 or so thin slices of cucumber
  • Half an avocado, sliced
  • Squeeze of lemon juice
  • 2 grinds of black pepper
  • Mayo
  • 2 slices of medium to strong cheddar cheese
  • A chunk of Spanish onion, thinly sliced
  • Ketchup or BBQ sauce

    • Set

  • Small oven dish
  • Board
  • Flashy, infeasibly long sandwich knife (optional)
  • 2 napkins

    • Go!

  • Before you worry about anything else get that schnitzel in the oven according to the instructions (usually 15 to 20 mins at 425°F).
  • Prepare all the other ingredients.
  • Butter one slice of bread.
  • Lay on the cucumber, lettuce, avocado in that order
  • Squeeze the lemon juice over the avocado — enough to cover, but not dripping.
  • Grind the pepper and squirt the mayo (or spread it with a knife if you realize your glass jar isn’t the squeezy bottle I had in mind).
  • Just before the schnitzel is ready, lay the cheese on top and cook for another minute.
  • Gently place the schnitzel atop your mound, cheese side up.
  • Lay on the onions and cover with ketchup or BBQ sauce.
  • Close with the other slice of bread.
  • Now is the time to go to that draw and pull out the knife you use for no other purpose and teach that sandwich who’s the daddy.
  • Carefully transfer to a plate and devour.
  • On no account may you clear up before you eat… in case that wasn’t obvious.

    • Recommendations

    Never eat this after you have changed to go out. The two napkins was a clue.

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