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Chicken and avocado bagels

Bagels filled with herby cream cheese, topped with morsels of fried chicken and slivers of avocado.

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Last modified on: June 2^nd 2021

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For 12 bagels, you will need:

1 3 shallots
2 15.8 oz cream cheese
3 6 tablespoons herbs of your choice
4 1 lb + 15.4 oz chicken breast
5 9 tablespoons olive oil
6 3 tablespoons chilli spices (optional)
7 12 bagels
8 3 avocados
9 12 leaves lettuce

Change these quantities to make: 2 bagels 4 bagels 8 bagels 12 bagels

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare 3 shallots and chop finely.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Put 15.8 oz cream cheese into a bowl with the chopped herbs and shallot. Salt and pepper according to the cheese you are using.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Mix together and check the seasoning.

Set aside in the fridge.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Cut 1 lb + 15.4 oz chicken breast into strips, then salt and pepper.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Pour 9 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the chicken pieces.

Fry until nicely browned, then take off the heat.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

To pep up the flavour, you can add 3 tablespoons chilli spices at the last minute, but this is not essential.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Slice 12 bagels in half (these bagels are made with cuttlefish ink, hence the black colour).

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Lightly toast the bagels (in a toaster or under the grill).

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Prepare 3 avocados and slice thinly.

Stage 10 - 1 min.

Assemble the bagels

Spread a layer of herby cheese on each bagel half.

Stage 11 - 1 min.

Add avocado slices on each bagel bottom.

Stage 12 - 1 min.

Top with chicken pieces.

Stage 13 - 1 min.

Add a lettuce leaf.

Stage 14 - 1 min.

Finish with the bagel top.

Prepare all the bagels like this.

Enjoy right away.

Remarks

Bagels lend themselves, like burgers, to all manner of different fillings, however the fancy takes you. The only common factor is usually the traditional cream cheese, but that said...

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,538 Kcal or 19,000 Kj	304 gr	379 gr	200 gr
227 %	117 %	36 %	30 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
153 Kcal or 641 Kj	10 gr	13 gr	7 gr
8 %	4 %	1 %	1 %

Per bagels
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
378 Kcal or 1,583 Kj	25 gr	32 gr	17 gr
19 %	10 %	3 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Sesame, Sourdough

How much will it cost?

For 12 bagels : 36.99 €
Per bagels : 3.08 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, Chicken breasts with tarragon, Chicken "cantina", Stuffed pumpkin gratin, Chinese style chicken, ... All
	Cream cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Gravlax, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Crunchy verrines, Beetroot and cream cheese verrines, Tomato and cream cheese terrine, ... All
	Lettuce: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches , Very green mixed salad, Chicano burger, Salad greens and small omelette, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, ... All

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