Sun Dried Tomato and Chicken Bruschetta

When asked to bring an appetizer to a Memorial Day BBQ, I immediately thought of the usual, pasta salad, potato salad, green salad.  Blah, blah blah.  I wanted to find something a little different because, let's face it, I wanted to eat while cooking.  I threw around the bruschetta idea, and after making some delicious tweaks, this is what I came up with:  Sun Dried Tomato and Chicken Bruschetta, with Baby Spinach leaves and Feta Cheese.  Mmmmm!!!  Easy to make, estimated prep time: 30 min.  

Ingredients:

1 (pre-cooked) Rotisserie chicken, shredded (I used white meat, shredded- you can use chicken breast too)
1 Bag of baby spinach leaves
Balsamic vinagrette or Italian dressing
1 small can of sun dried tomatoes, without oil, chopped (I only had with oil, so I just drained them before use)
Feta Cheese
1 French or Italian baguette
Olive Oil




I heated my rotisserie chicken so it was warm- easier to shred that way.  I shredded the white meat and threw the shredded chicken into a bowl.


 I washed my baby spinach leaves and left them whole.  I threw them into the bowl with the shredded chicken.  After draining the oil from my sun dried tomatoes, I chopped them up into roughly 1 inch pieces.  I mixed them in with the baby spinach leaves and chicken.  Meanwhile, I sliced up about a half of a French baguette into 1 inch thick slices.  I put them onto a baking sheet with tin foil, and placed them single layer onto the baking sheet.  I drizzled olive oil lightly over each piece, and set them in the oven for roughly 15 min at 275 to crisp up to a nice crunchy crostini!  They looked like this when they were done:

Mmmm!!  After sneaking a few of the crostini (who wouldn't?) I took my balsamic vinagrette dressing, and poured a very minimal amount into my bowl filled with sun dried tomatoes, baby spinach leaves and chicken.  (You can always add if needed).  I mixed until everything was nicely coated and it was all mixed together.

I then began to lay a spinach leaf on each crostini, and topped it with the  shredded chicken and tomatoes.  I topped each piece off with some crumbled feta.  The finished product looked (and tasted) delicious!! Easy to make, and best to make fresh before going to your party.  These go quickly, and this made about 24 appetizers.

 ENJOY!!!!