Presto! Pesto Caprese Chicken Sandos
Elevated Dinners, Impressively Easy
- Milk
- Soy
- Wheat
To make these supremely satisfying sandwiches, you’ll sear garlicky chicken cutlets in a hot pan and top with pesto and fresh mozzarella, then tuck them into chewy ciabatta rolls with ripe tomato slices and fresh, peppery arugula. Serve with an arugula side salad tossed with balsamic and sprinkled with Parmesan for a speedy, scrumptious meal.
Ingredients
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
½ cup
Pesto
(Contains: Milk)
4 ounce
Fresh Mozzarella
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Tomato
2 unit
Ciabatta Roll
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
4 ounce
Arugula
5 teaspoon
Balsamic Glaze
3 tablespoon
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon
Olive Oil
1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Cut mozzarella into 1⁄2-inch slices. • Pat chicken* dry; place between two large pieces of plastic wrap. Pound with a mallet or rolling pin until chicken is about 1⁄2 inch thick. Season all over with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. • Drizzle oil in a hot large pan. Add chicken; cook until browned and cooked through, 3-5 minutes per side. TIP: While chicken cooks, move on to the next step! • In the last minute of cooking, carefully spoon half the pesto over chicken; top with a layer of sliced mozzarella. Cover pan until cheese melts.
• Wash and dry produce. • Thinly slice tomato into rounds. • Halve and toast ciabattas.
• In a medium bowl, toss arugula with a drizzle of olive oil (large drizzle for 4). • Spread cut sides of ciabatta halves with remaining pesto. • Place cheesy pesto chicken on bottom ciabatta halves. Top with tomato and as much arugula as you like. Close sandwiches.
• Drizzle remaining arugula with as much balsamic glaze as you like; sprinkle with Parmesan. Serve salad alongside sandwiches.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the pesto's delicious taste, while some found it a bit strong; the fresh mozzarella was a hit 🧀.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to make, with several mentioning it took just 10-15 minutes to prepare.
- Suggestions: Consider toasting the ciabatta or making it garlic bread; some preferred less pesto for better balance.
- Portions: Some felt there was too much arugula; others wished for more mozzarella or a larger chicken portion.
- Bread: While many enjoyed the ciabatta, some found it too thick or dense; a few suggested trying sourdough instead.
- Customization: Adding sun-dried tomatoes or roasted peppers enhanced flavor; air frying the chicken was a success for some.
Reviews from our home cooks
Fresh, delicious and a great winter-time pick-me-up dinner meal. Very easy to make, flavorful and loved that the recipe thinned out the chicken cutlets by using a meat mallet to pound them out thinner. Will buy again.
Delicious! Loved the roll, the mozzarella, the tomatoes. We did not use all the pesto provided for each sandwich, it really only needed a bit to pack on the flavor. I will definitely order this again.
OMG! This was fabulous! I was craving a chicken sandwich and this one fit the bill! Loved this bun. The pesto is so delicious and the melted mozzarella was heavenly! The arugula topped it off nicely! This is my new favorite chicken sandwich.
Amazingly quick and easy and so tasty! All ingredients super fresh and great quality
Watch out when adding olive oil as directed in the recipe. The pesto has a lot of oil already and it is easy to go overboard.
This was pretty darn good. I wish the side salad had toppings included, but the sandwich was great and we had plenty of pesto and the fresh (moist) style mozzarella was perfect for this sandwich.
Loved this. Again I cooked the chicken in the air fryer and it was perfect. The arugula with the balsamic glaze was also very good.
It was heavy on the pesto sauce. I know it's difficult but the quality of tomato is poor. I recommend 45 seconds in microwave to soften and sweeten.
This might be the best one yet, Hello Fresh! The flavors were great. Loved the arugula with the balsamic glaze. I don't quite understand why it's "elevated". I think it should be included at regular price.
My kids went nuts for this simple sandwich. It was so easy to prepare and tasted absolutely delicious
