Two halves of a toasted sandwich filled with chicken, tomato, and salad leaves.

Leftover Sunday Roast Chicken Recipe

Transform leftover chicken into a fresh and flavourful sandwich. Juicy chicken, crisp lettuce, and tangy tomato are layered on toasted Hovis® Soft White Bread, enhanced by a herb-infused mayo. Perfect for a quick and delicious meal.

Made with Hovis® Soft White Medium Sliced

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cook time: 0 mins

Serves 1

Ingredients

2 Slices of Hovis® Soft White Medium Sliced
15g Chives
15g Parsley
2 Tablespoons of mayonnaise
400g Leftover chicken
1 Tomato
1 Little gem lettuce
1 Lemon
Salt & Ground black pepper

Tip

For added freshness, chill the herb mayo for 10 minutes before assembling your sandwich.

Method

Roughly chop the the chives and parsley.

A hand holds down some herbs on a wooden chopping board while the other uses a sharp knife to chop them.

Grab a mixing bowl and add the mayonnaise and the chopped herbs. Add a big squeeze of lemon, season with salt and pepper and mix.

A bowl of mayonnaise with a parsley leaf on top.

Get two slices of Hovis® Soft White medium and toast.

Hovis Soft White bread inside its Union Jack-inspired packaging, with two slices of bread and a metal knife beside it.

Slice up your leftover chicken into bite-sized chunks. Slice the cucumber and tomato, season with salt and pepper. Separate the lettuce leaves.

Sliced chicken on a wooden chopping board.

Time to build. Start with the bottom slice of bread, add a layer of mayonnaise, top with tomato, lettuce, cucumber and chicken. Add another layer of mayonnaise on the other slice of bread and place it on top.