Crispy chicken vodka sauce sandwich

Ingredients

• 3 chicken fillets
• Flour, beaten egg and breadcrumbs (panko is great)
• 1 baguette
• Mozzarella cheese, for the chicken
• For the vodka sauce: olive oil, 50 g butter
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 300 g tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp vodka (optional)
• 350 ml heavy cream
• Salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
• Fresh parsley
• For the bread: butter, chopped garlic, parsley or cilantro, herbes de Provence

Instructions

1. Coat the chicken in flour, egg and breadcrumbs, and pan-fry until deep golden and cooked through. Top with mozzarella and cover until melted.
2. For the sauce, soften the onion in the oil and butter, add the garlic, then the tomato paste; cook until brick red. Add the vodka and let it evaporate.
3. Stir in the tomato sauce, then the cream and Parmesan, and season.
4. Mix soft butter with garlic, herbs and herbes de Provence, spread on the split baguette and toast until golden.
5. Layer the chicken on the bread, spoon the vodka sauce generously over, finish with parsley, and close before it escapes.