Caesar Grilled Chicken Sandwich on Soft Wrap Bread

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Caesar Grilled Chicken Sandwich on Soft Wrap Bread

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Published: 01/01/2010

Ingredients

Wrap bread

Caesar dressing

  • 1 to 4 large cloves garlic, to taste, peeled and minced
  • 3 anchovy fillets, finely minced (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon-style mustard
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 3/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan, Pecorino Romano, or aged Asiago cheese
  • 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper

Grilled chicken-vegetable filling

  • 1 pound boneless chicken breasts or thighs
  • 1 large red bell pepper, seeded and quartered
  • 1 large onion, peeled and sliced in 1/2" slices
  • 1 medium zucchini, sliced crosswise into 1/4"-thick slices
  • romaine lettuce

Directions

1) To make the bread: Place 2 cups of the flour into a bowl or the bucket of a bread machine. Pour the boiling water over the flour, and stir till smooth. Cover the bowl or bucket and set the mixture aside for 30 minutes.

2) In a separate bowl, whisk together the potato flour (or flakes or buds) and the remaining 1 cup of flour with the salt, oil and yeast.

3) Add this to the cooled flour/water mixture, stir, then knead for several minutes (by hand, mixer or bread machine) to form a soft dough. Note: You can allow the dough to go through the entire kneading cycle(s) in the bread machine, but it's not necessary; about a 5-minute knead in the machine, once it gets up to full kneading speed, is fine. The dough should form a ball, but will remain somewhat sticky. Add additional flour only if necessary; if kneading by hand, keep your hands and work surface lightly oiled.

4) Let the dough rise, covered, for 1 hour.

5) Divide the dough into 8 pieces (each about the size of a handball, around 3 ounces), cover, and let rest for 15 to 30 minutes.

6) Roll each piece into a 7"- to 8"-circle, and dry-fry them (fry without oil) over medium heat (about 325°F in an electric frying pan or on an electric griddle) for about 1 minute per side, until they're puffed and flecked with brown spots. Adjust the heat if they seem to be cooking either too quickly, or too slowly; cooking too quickly means they may be raw in the center, while too slowly will dry them out.

7) Transfer the cooked breads to a rack, stacking them to keep them soft. Serve immediately, or cool completely before storing in a plastic bag. Note: If you plan on making these into folded sandwiches, gently fold them in half when you take them off the griddle, rather than laying them flat. That way, they'll retain that folded shape as they cool, and will be easier to make into sandwiches.

8) To make the dressing: Stir together the minced garlic, lemon juice, mustard, minced anchovy, Worcestershire sauce and sour cream. Whisk in the olive oil. Stir in the Parmesan cheese and ground black pepper. You may do all of this in the food processor by processing together the garlic, lemon juice, anchovy or Worcestershire sauce, and sour cream. Drizzle the olive oil through the feed tube with the motor running, then gently pulse in the Parmesan and black pepper. Set the dressing aside. Refrigerate it if you're not going to use it within an hour or so.

9) To make the filling: Grill the chicken and vegetables over medium coals until done (or sauté them in a skillet).

10) Cool, then slice the chicken and cut the vegetables into bite-size pieces.

11) Place a lettuce leaf on each bread. Spoon some of the filling down the center, atop the lettuce. Top with dressing and serve immediately.

Yield: 8 sandwiches.

Reviews

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  • star rating 05/18/2012
  • nicolem from KAF Community
  • Great recipe! I made this last night, we had a lot of fun as a family. My hubby and 15yr old daughter were in the kitchen frying bread, grilling chicken, and cutting up veggies - Great family recipe.
  • star rating 03/31/2012
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  • 03/23/2012
  • bibiswas from KAF Community
  • Follow-up question - If I wanted to bake this on a pizza stone - what temperature should I try?
    I would set your oven to 400 or 450. ~Amy
  • star rating 03/23/2012
  • bibiswas from KAF Community
  • I make this every week - the recipe easily makes 10 soft flat breads. I used 2 cups WWW with 1 cup AP. Couldn't decide if I should follow directions by volume or weight because 2 cups of WWW weighs more than 8.5 oz - ended up measuring by cup the KAF way (fluff, sprinkle, scrape). Used a tad more water - mixed in the OJ with the hot water. Fantastic results. I may try to make it completely with WWW - adds so much character to the bread. I actually like the whole wheat version better than AP flour.
    I'm glad you enjoyed this recipe. Just to clarify, 2 cups of white whole wheat flour weigh 8 ounces. ~Amy
  • star rating 03/11/2012
  • cynthia20932 from KAF Community
  • Wrap breads were soft and delicious even though I experimented using some very old potato flakes. When I cooked them on the other side, they puffed up beautifully, so could they qualify as pita bread?
  • star rating 07/10/2011
  • crisray from KAF Community
  • I've made the sandwich wraps twice now, and they are versatile and delicious. I used them for a chicken sandwich and also for a cold rolled sandwich. Both were wonderful. I swapped 1 cup whole wheat flour for 1 cup of the white flour and used 3 tablespoons of ground flax for 1 tablespoon of the oil (ended up using 1 tablespoon olive oil for the entire batch). The dough was easy to manage and worked beautifully. If you have any leftovers, they are great drizzled with honey (and maybe a dab of cream cheese) for a breakfast treat.
  • star rating 01/12/2011
  • burritamcdoo from KAF Community
  • Wow...we just finished our dinner and we enjoyed it so much that I immediately sat down to write this review. The flatbreads, the dressing and the filling were all delightful - so delicious, I already made lunch out of the leftovers. Try this recipe - you will NOT be sorry!
  • star rating 09/07/2010
  • motheroflittle from KAF Community
  • We love this bread recipe. I milled soft white wheat for my 3 cups flour. I boiled and mashed a small ,diced potato in 1 1/2 cups water ,poured that on the 2 cups four in the bread machine pan(cooking the starch) let cool then proceded as directed. I did add a teaspoon of VWG. I use a Lg. plastic baggie (sides cut open) and put a ball of dough in it ,then press down with a clear glass pie plate. It makes a perfect 7in circle. I was shocked how good these were. They were soft ,flexable and so tasty. They tasted better at room temp. than hot. They looked just like the pictures . I made greek salad sandwiches and BLTs with yogurt. Both were fantastic!! Thank you for the great recipe and helpful instructions. Love the bakers blog on this one too.
  • star rating 07/05/2010
  • Cheryl from Georgia
  • I used my Cuisinart Griddler for the whole meal. I did the bread as if it was a panini. I think that I will cook them less the next time. The dressing was good even though I made a mistake and never removed the cheese from the food processor and added all of the other ingredients. I'm not sure why the dressing wasn't white. It seem to take on the color of the mustard.
  • 05/01/2010
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  • Can you use wild starter instead of yeast in this recipe? I have a friend who loves bread but cannot eat yeast and I'd love to make this for her. Thanks!
    Yes, you could try substituting 1 c. starter for 1c. flour and 1/2 c. water in the recipe. Adjust accordingly to create a smooth and elastic dough. Elisabeth @ KAF
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