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 - Dearborn Market
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
Bumble Bee Premium White Chicken Chunk in Water, 5 oz
$2.49$0.50/oz
Not Available
Bowl & Basket Yellow Onions, 3 lb
$2.99$1.00/lb
Primal Kitchen Mayo Avocado Oil Real Mayonnaise, 12 fl oz
$12.99$1.08/fl oz
Old El Paso Original Taco Seasoning Mix, 1 oz
$1.49$1.49/oz
McCormick Pure Ground Black Pepper, 1.5 oz
$1.99$1.33/oz
Roma Tomatoes, 6 oz
$0.56 avg/ea$1.49/lb
Kraft Singles American Cheese Slices, 24 count, 16 oz
$6.99$0.44/oz
Cholula Original Hot Sauce, 5 fl oz
$4.29$0.86/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.