Gouda Gouda Gouda Gouda rocking everywhere

If you haven't gathered this by now-- I make a lot of paninis.  Mainly because, as previously mentioned, paninis were an amazing idea.  Putting an entire meal in delicious bread and then pressing it-- that's brilliant.  Paninis, as previously discussed, are one of my most favorite foods.  I've made some real delicious paninis along the way but this one takes the cake.  This is literally the most delicious panini in the entire universe.  I tend to exaggerate, but this is NOT an exaggeration!  This is a serious situation--a panini emergency.  The flavors are absolutely fantastic, and it's an absolutely phenomenal comfort food.  This is basically the a BBQ bacon burger, minus the bacon and burger, and PLUS grilled chicken.  Unfortunately, I forgot my camera so all you have to exemplify this ridiculously amazing sandwich, is a ridiculously awful picture taken by my old camera.

what you need...
1 piece of thin cut chicken
2 slices rosemary olive oil bread
2 - 3 fresh slices smoked Gouda
2 - 3 large portobella mushroom slices
Red onion (amount by our preference)
BBQ Sauce (Sweet Baby Ray's is where it's at...)
A dash of olive oil
Butter (for pressing)



what you need to do...
1. In a pan, heat a dash of oil over medium high.  When hot, add chicken breast and BBQ sauce (can be pre-seasoned or you can poke your chicken with a fork a bunch of times to cheat-season).  Cook chicken through and remove from pan onto a slice of bread.  Top with two or three slices of Gouda cheese.
2. Add mushroom slices to pan you were cooking the chicken in, and cook quickly for about a minute.  Strain and add to sandwich.  Top with additional BBQ sauce (to your liking) and some raw red onion.
3. When your sandwich is built, heat butter in medium pan over medium high.  When butter is hot, add sandwich, press firmly and cover pan.  Flip at least once and cook until both sides are golden brown the the cheese is melted.

We had this with sweet potato fries and it was AMAZING!