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This chicken bagel sandwich with cream cheese and sun dried tomatoes is packed with fresh flavors and layered textures of fluffy, creamy, and crunchy! Make it in just a few minutes for an easy and tasty lunch.
Bagels get a lot of love as a breakfast food, but we think they make the best bread for a savory sandwich! Our favorite local bagel shop has all kinds of delicious lunch sandwiches that they serve on whatever flavor of bagel you want. The best ones always have a thick schmear of flavored cream cheese, a protein, and fresh veggies.
That’s exactly what we’ve recreated here – a savory bagel sandwich you can enjoy for lunch, featuring cream cheese, grilled chicken, sun dried tomatoes, and a classic LTO topping. What more could you want in a sandwich?
What This Recipe Entails
You can quickly make this sandwich if you have leftover chicken and garlic herb cream cheese in the fridge! If you want to prep both of these ingredients fresh, you’ll need at least 30 minutes to make them first.
- Advanced prep time (optional): 30 minutes to grill chicken and make the cream cheese
- Prep time: 5 to 10 minutes
Ingredients
- Bagels – Use your favorite kind of bagel! We love asiago bagels for a savory lunch sandwich like this. If you’re feeling ambitious, make our overnight New York style bagel recipe and use one fresh out of the oven for this sandwich.
- Spreads – You’ll need garlic herb cream cheese (try our recipe!) and sun dried tomatoes. This flavor combo is so good.
- Chicken – You can use grilled chicken, rotisserie chicken, or deli meat for this sandwich. We prefer the fresh flavor of grilled chicken with a simple marinade of lemon, olive oil, and salt.
- Toppings – Add a fresh crunch to each bite with lettuce, tomato, and onion.
How To Make A Chicken Bagel Sandwich
- Optionally toast the bagel. It’s up to you if you want it crispy or not. We prefer a soft, fresh bagel for our sandwiches.
- Add the spreads. Spread the garlic herb cream cheese on the bottom half of the bagel, and the sun dried tomatoes on the top half.
- Assemble and serve. Layer chicken, lettuce, tomato, and onion onto the cream cheese half of the bagel. Close it up, slice in half, and enjoy!
If you want to pack up your bagel sandwich to bring on the go, check out this guide to wrapping sandwiches in parchment paper. We love taking sandwiches to the beach or the park for a picnic!
Recipe Variations
While we think this recipe has the best flavor combo, you can totally switch up the spreads and protein to make this bagel sandwich your own! Here are some suggestions:
- Swap the chicken for turkey
- Try our sun dried tomato and basil cream cheese in place of the garlic herb cream cheese and sun dried tomatoes
- Give it a spicy flair with jalapeno salsa cream cheese and chipotle mayo instead of garlic herb and sun dried tomatoes
Expert Tips
- Savory bagel flavors like asiago, jalapeno cheddar, and everything work great for chicken sandwiches
- Chop up the sun dried tomatoes by hand or in a food processor so they’re easily spreadable
- Use super fresh lettuce, tomato, and onion for a crisp, refreshing texture in every bite
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Chicken Bagel Sandwich With Cream Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 medium bagel we recommend asiago, everything, or jalapeno cheddar
- 1 ounce garlic herb cream cheese
- 1 to 2 tablespoons sun dried tomatoes pulverized in a food processor or chopped by hand
- 2 to 3 ounces grilled chicken sliced
- 1 leaf green leaf lettuce
- 3 slices vine tomato
- 2 slices red onion rings
Instructions
- Optional step: toast the bagel to your liking.
- Spread the garlic herb cream cheese on the bottom half of the bagel, and the sun dried tomatoes on the top half.
- Add the chicken on top of the cream cheese, then top with lettuce, tomato, and onion. Close the bagel sandwich.
- Slice in half and enjoy!
Notes
- Use your favorite kind of bagel – we prefer asiago, but anything works great here!
- We like to make a simple grilled chicken marinated with lemon, olive oil, and salt to have on hand for sandwiches like this, but you can also use rotisserie chicken or deli meat if you prefer.
- Chop up the sun dried tomatoes by hand or in a food processor so they’re easily spreadable.
Nutrition
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