Dried Apricot Chipotle Sandwich Spread Recipes

CHIPOTLE SPREAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a food processor and puree until they have reached a desired consistency.
• Notes: Depending on your tastes, you may remove the seeds from the chipotle peppers. One serving is approximately two tablespoons.

DRIED APRICOT CHIPOTLE SANDWICH SPREAD

Steps:

• Stir together the dried apricots, hot water, & lime juice. Let soak a full 15 minutes. Drain. Pat the apricots dry & chop finely.
• Stir in mayo, chipotle pepper, adobo sauce, & green onion.
• Cover & chill until time to serve.
• Note The original recipe had this fairly chunky in texture. The next day I ended up whizzing everything in a mini chopper to make a fairly smooth spread to use on a turkey, swiss, & bacon wrap.

DRIED-CRANBERRY SPREAD

Steps:

• Spray metal blade of processor with nonstick spray. Add dried cranberries to processor and coarsely chop. Add nonfat cream cheese, goat cheese, nonfat yogurt and 2 teaspoons honey; process until well blended. Taste and add 1 teaspoon honey, if desired. Transfer spread to bowl. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

GLAZED APRICOT CHIPOTLE WINGS

Steps:

• Preheat broiler to high. Grease broiler pan and line bottom tray with foil. Toss chicken wings with seasoning mix and place on prepared pan. Combine glaze ingredients in small bowl. Set aside half of glaze for dipping sauce and use remaining on partially cooked chicken.
• Meanwhile, broil seasoned wings for 5 minutes. Turn and broil 5-7 minutes longer, or until almost cooked through.
• Remove from oven and brush with glaze. Return to oven and cook another 2 minutes.
• Turn wings over, brush with glaze, continue cooking and brushing , every minute or so , until juices are clear and chicken is no longer pink inside. Discard any leftover glaze that was used on raw chicken and serve remaining glaze as a dip.

CHIPOTLE CHEDDAR SPREAD

Steps:

• Mash together all of the ingredients with a fork in a medium bowl. Grill hamburgers until almost done. Evenly divide the cheese mixture and top each patty. Allow to cook 1-2 minutes or until just beginning to melt. Serve on hamburger rolls.