Chicken and avocado bagels
Bagels filled with herby cream cheese, topped with morsels of fried chicken and slivers of avocado.
47 K 4.2/5 (5 reviews)
40 min.
Easy
4 bagels
9 IngredientsLast modified on: June 2nd 2021
1 
150 g cream cheese
2 tablespoons herbs of your choice
250 g chicken breast
3 tablespoons 
1 tablespoon chilli spices (optional)
4 bagels
1 
4 leaves lettuce
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 15 min.
All in all: 40 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Put 150 g 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.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Cut 250 g chicken breast into strips, then salt and pepper.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Pour 3 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.
Fry until nicely browned, then take off the heat.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
To pep up the flavour, you can add 1 tablespoon chilli spices at the last minute, but this is not essential.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Slice 4 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 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.
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
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 100 RDI=40 % | 130 RDI=10 % | 70 RDI=10 % | 1,510 RDI=80 % | 6,330 RDI: 80 % |
| Per 100 g | 10 RDI=4 % | 10 RDI=1 % | 6 RDI=1 % | 150 RDI=8 % | 640 RDI: 8 % |
| Per bagels | 30 RDI=10 % | 30 RDI=3 % | 20 RDI=3 % | 380 RDI=20 % | 1,580 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 bagels : 13.60 €
- Per bagels : 3.40 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Chicken breast
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Cream cheese
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Lettuce
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