Chicken Cacciatore Sandwich

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

Leftover shredded chicken is mixed with a briny tomato and mushroom sauce and heaped onto toasted hoagie rolls with melted provolone in these easy chicken cacciatore sandwiches.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil, or to taste
7 ounces fresh mushrooms, quartered
1 medium red onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
3 fluid ounces sherry wine
1 ounce capers
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
3 cups marinara sauce
2 pounds shredded cooked chicken breast
8 (6 inch) hoagie rolls, split lengthwise
8 slices provolone cheese
1/4 cup sliced black olives, or to taste

Directions

1 Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, onion, and garlic; sauté until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
2 Add sherry, capers, oregano, and basil; cook until 1/2 of the sherry has cooked out. Add marinara sauce. Stir in chicken and cook until sauce has reduced by a third, 5 to 7 minutes.
3 While the sauce is reducing, set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
4 Place split hoagie rolls on a baking sheet and top each with a slice of provolone cheese.
5 Broil until cheese is melted and rolls are toasted, 1 to 2 minutes.
6 Fill each toasted bun with chicken mixture and top with sliced olives.