Chicken Cutlet Hero

Ingredients

• 1 long loaf Italian bread
• 1 medium tomato
• 1 package refrigerated fully cooked, breaded chicken cutlets (4 cutlets)
• 1 cup spaghetti sauce
• 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 cup large pitted ripe black olives, sliced
• parsley sprigs for garnish

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Slice loaf of Italian bread horizontally in half. Wrap loaf in foil. Cut center part of tomato into thin slices; dice end pieces. Place chicken cutlets on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake chicken and Italian bread 15 minutes. Remove chicken to plate.

Unwrap Italian bread and return both halves to cookie sheet. Spread 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce on bottom half of bread. Alternately arrange tomato slices and chicken cutlets, overlapping, over spaghetti sauce, spooning 2 Tbsp. spaghetti sauce on each chicken cutlet. Sprinkle cheese over hero; bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Sprinkle with sliced olives and diced tomato. Garnish with parsley sprigs. Replace top half of bread. Cut hero into 4 pieces to serve. Makes 4 main-dish servings.

By Robin from Washington, IA