Southwestern Chicken Melts
These warm and cheesy open-faced sandwiches are 100% comfort food—a surefire hit with adults and kids alike. They’re delicious made with tuna too!
Recipe - Gourmet Garage Corporate
Southwestern Chicken Melts
Prep Time15 Minutes
Servings6
Cook Time5 Minutes
Ingredients
6 English Muffins, split into halves
4 cans (5 oz. each) Chunk White Chicken
1 can (15.25 oz.) Del Monte® Whole Kernel Corn, drained
1/2 cup Finely Chopped Onion
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
4 tsp dry Taco Seasoning
1/2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
2 Roma Tomatoes, thinly sliced
6 slices Sharp Cheddar or Pepper Jack Cheese
Hot Sauce, optional
Directions
- Set an oven rack to the middle position.
- Preheat broiler to high.
- Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with foil and arrange English muffin halves crust-sides-up.
- Broil English muffins 1 minute until toasted golden brown.
- Turn them over and broil 1 minute.
- Remove from oven.
- Stir together chicken, corn, onion, mayonnaise, taco seasoning and pepper with a fork in a medium bowl.
- Place about 1/3 cup chicken mixture on each English muffin half.
- Top each with 2 slices of tomato, followed by half a slice of cheese.
- Broil until the cheese is bubbly and lightly browned and the chicken salad is warm, about 3 minutes.
- Serve immediately, topped with a few shakes of hot sauce, if desired.
15 minutes
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
6
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 6 servings
Thomas' Nooks & Crannies Original English Muffins, 6 count, 13 oz
$5.29$0.41/oz
Not Available
Del Monte Golden Sweet Whole Kernel Corn, 15.25 oz
$2.99$0.20/oz
Spanish Onion, 1 ct, 20 oz
$2.49 avg/ea$1.99/lb
Primal Kitchen Mayo Avocado Oil Real Mayonnaise, 12 fl oz
$14.99$1.25/fl oz
Old El Paso Original Taco Seasoning Mix Large Size, 6.25 oz
$6.99$1.12/oz
Coarse Ground Black Pepper , 1.8 oz
$1.24 avg/ea$0.69/oz
Roma Tomato
$1.12 avg/ea$2.99/lb
Kraft Singles American Cheese Slices, 24 count, 16 oz
$8.99$0.56/oz
Cholula Original Hot Sauce, 5 fl oz
$5.49$1.10/oz
Directions
- Set an oven rack to the middle position.
- Preheat broiler to high.
- Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with foil and arrange English muffin halves crust-sides-up.
- Broil English muffins 1 minute until toasted golden brown.
- Turn them over and broil 1 minute.
- Remove from oven.
- Stir together chicken, corn, onion, mayonnaise, taco seasoning and pepper with a fork in a medium bowl.
- Place about 1/3 cup chicken mixture on each English muffin half.
- Top each with 2 slices of tomato, followed by half a slice of cheese.
- Broil until the cheese is bubbly and lightly browned and the chicken salad is warm, about 3 minutes.
- Serve immediately, topped with a few shakes of hot sauce, if desired.