Apple on a flatbread sounds wrong until they eat it
Four small naan, a smear of honey mustard, two cups of diced cooked chicken, a thinly sliced apple, and a cup and a half of cheddar over the top. Twelve minutes until it bubbles.
Slice the apple thin enough to see light through it. Thick wedges stay raw and crunchy while the cheese browns, and that is the version a nine-year-old picks apart and leaves on the plate.
Ingredients
The recipe serves 4. Plan on about 20 minutes.
- 4 small flatbreads or naan
- 2 cups cooked diced chicken
- 1 apple, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons honey mustard
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
How to Make It
- Preheat the toaster oven or oven to 400F.
- Brush each flatbread lightly with olive oil and spread with a thin layer of honey mustard.
- Scatter the chicken over each, then add the apple slices in a fan and sprinkle with cheddar and a pinch of salt.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbling and the edges are crisp.
- Cool 2 minutes, then slice each flatbread into strips.
Timing Before Practice
Start about 20 minutes out; the toaster oven does the work while you slice the apple.
- T-minus 20: preheat and top the flatbreads
- T-minus 12: bake until the cheese bubbles
- T-minus 3: cool slightly, slice, and serve
Make It Ahead or Save Leftovers
Prep the toppings ahead so the only step at dinner is baking.
- Dice the chicken and shred the cheese earlier in the day
- Slice the apple right before baking so it stays bright
- Reheat leftover slices in the toaster oven, not the microwave, to stay crisp
- Serve with: a handful of grapes, carrot sticks
Parent Tip
Slice the apple thin so it softens in the same time the cheese melts.
Make it fit tonight
Small changes that make this one fit your night
One flatbread left plain with cheese
Build three loaded and one with nothing but cheddar, and everyone eats at the same time.
Chicken diced earlier in the day
Two cups chopped at lunch turns this into a five-minute build at 4:45.
Apple sliced right before it bakes
Cut early it browns, and a brown apple slice is a hard sell on any plate.
Sharp cheddar over mild
The sharper cheese stands up to the honey mustard instead of disappearing under it.
Leftover slices back in the toaster oven
Three minutes under the element keeps the base crisp; the microwave makes it chewy.
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