Leftover Makeover: Chicken And Mashed Potatoes To Mock Thanksgiving Sandwich

Inspired by my newfound desire to zsoosh up leftovers, I'm at it again.

The original meal consisted of a pair of chicken breasts which I rolled in a mixture of flour, salt, pepper and ground sage. From there, I threw them in a pan which had a couple tablespoons of olive oil all nicely heated up. Upon giving them a good browning, I threw in a tablespoon of butter, lemon juice, a bit of cilantro and a splash of white wine and let them finish cooking.

While that was going, I took the lazy route and made a prepackaged mashed potatoes and popped a can of cranberry sauce open. The end result was this.

Now I will admit that this particular leftover transformation is far from creative. In fact, it's essentially the same thing.

I sliced up the remaining chicken breast and threw it in a skillet. On the other side of said skillet, I scooped the remaining mashed potatoes on, sprinkled some cheddar cheese on top and let everything get hot.

Once that was done, I buttered up a slice of bread and dropped it on the skillet too, letting it get all nice and grilled. When it was done, I spread a little mayo on it, layered my chicken, dropped the potatoes on top and hit it with the remaining cranberry sauce to have a nice open faced mock Thanksgiving sandwich.

Honestly, the leftover meal was better than the first round. I kind of wish I would have done this both times. Then again, if I had, there would be no Leftover Makeover post. And who wants that?

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