Sunday morning rolls in, and **you’ve made up your mind!**

You want something healthy and filling.

What’s better than the delicious Panera Sierra Turkey sandwich?

Interesting combination of flavors that will delight your taste buds.

Before getting into the cooking, read through to get all the details about the Panera sierra turkey sandwich.

What is a Panera Sierra Turkey sandwich?

Panera bread is a chain of fast-casual café restaurants with over 2,000 branches in the United States of America and Canada.

Panera bread offers a wide array of rustic, healthy dishes to their clientele.

Its mission is “to nourish the human spirit, one person one loaf at a time.”

Each sandwich from Panera is classic, fresh, and with an intriguing twist of taste.

Sierra Turkey sandwich is one of the best and most authentic flavors for this chain.

Thus, the recipe was included in a secret menu but scrapped off later.

The Panera Sierra Turkey sandwich is an American cuisine used as a snack by most people.

Preparation time is 5 minutes and roughly 10 minutes cook time. Simple to make but full of enriched flavors that will give you more appetite.

Sierra Turkey is crafted with thick-sliced smoked turkey breast, crisp bacon, white cheddar, tomato, and creamy avocado lime-cilantro mayo on bakery-fresh rosemary focaccia bread.

The sandwich tastes good, but it has enough calories that you don’t want to eat too much of it.

How to make a Panera Sierra Turkey sandwich:

You can source all the ingredients at your nearest store.

The basic ingredients are listed below; however, you can add others like mustard, sprouts, tomatoes, and provolone cheese according to your heart’s desires.

The recipe is adjustable depending on what you want to achieve.

So, now that we have all our ingredients let’s dive into the preparation of this classic snack.

Ingredients

●1 ½ cup heavy mayonnaise

●1 tablespoon sugar

●1 tablespoon pureed chipotle in adobo sauce

●Wedges asiago cheese focaccia bread, split

●Large sweet onions, thinly sliced

●4 ounces field green, washed, dried, and chilled.

●Medium lime, juiced

●1 lb smoked turkey breast, sliced thin

Instructions

●Step 1: Chipotle mayonnaise

Mix the mayonnaise, pureed chipotle, lime juice, and sugar in a medium bowl.

Bled till well combined.

Cover and put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving.

●Step 2: Cut the bread

Cut off the top and bottom of a sourdough bread boule, then slice it in half horizontally.

Set aside the top half.

●Step 3: Add the Chipotle mayo

Spread the chipotle mayo on each bottom piece of the split sourdough bread.

●Step 4: Add the turkey

Place 4 oz of turkey on the bottom half of your bread.

Top with more if you feel like your sandwich could use a little more meat.

●Step 5: Add the veggies

Add a slice of onion. You can add as many to your liking—add some extra flavors.

Lightly cover with the washed, dried, and chilled greens.

●Step 6: Add the sauce and cover with the focaccia bread

Sprinkle some more chipotle mayo and replace top focaccia bread.

Enjoy.

Serving

We use mayonnaise, BBQ sauce, sugar, lime, and piquillo pepper for sandwich dressing to retain the authenticity of the Panera Sierra Turkey sandwich.

However, you can spice things up by using other condiments like greek yogurt and pesto.

Likewise, butter, hummus, and avocado slices can substitute mayo.

A smoked bacon piece adds extra flavor to the sandwich as well.

Nutrition Facts

●Calories: 1326Kcal

●Calcium: 161mg

●Cholesterol: 87mg

●Fat: 72g (Saturated Fat: 14g)

●Protein: 44g

●Sugar: 16g

●Fiber: 6g

●Potassium: 495mg

●Sodium: 3083mg

●Iron: 2mg

●Vitamin A: 414IU

●Vitamin C: 17mg

PS: These nutritional figures are sourced from online calculators and should be rough estimates.

Tips to improve the Panera Sierra Turkey sandwich.

Turkey is a high-quality protein with vitamins and minerals good for our bodies.

Due to the high protein levels, it is advisable to eat less.

●Swap the ingredients with healthier ones like fruits, veggies, tomatoes. This makes your turkey sandwich nutritious.

●Always use fresh ingredients to attain an authentic flavor and taste. Avoid frozen ingredients if you want to have a Panera Sierra Turkey sandwich experience.

●Use whole bread instead of the focaccia bread. Whole bread is high in fiber and will make you feel full longer.

●If using normal thin bread slices, add 4 oz of turkey breast to make it less heavy. For thicker slices, you can add more turkey per your needs.

●You can also add pickles to this Panera Sierra Turkey sandwich to amplify the taste.

●You can substitute cholesterol ingredients like mayo with low-fat dressing ingredients like nut butter. Alternatively, reduce the cheese, which adds to the high saturated fat levels per serving.

Storage tips

Knowing how to store these ingredients correctly will save you frequent visits to the supermarket.

It also ensures the food stays fresh longer and the flavors are not distorted.

This also applies to sandwich leftovers.

Here are storage tips to ensure the ingredients and the sandwich stay fresh a bit longer and maintain the flavors.

●Refrigerate: Fruits, turkey, leafy greens, veggies are best preserved in the fridge.

Use crispier drawers for fruits, loose-plastic bags for veggies, and damp paper towels for leafy greens to extend their shelf life.

●Counter-intuition: Foods like tomatoes lose flavor and texture if refrigerated; thus, stored at room temperature.

●Dim lights: Items like onions degrade when exposed to direct sunlight; thus, they are stored in a cool dark place.

●User airtight container: For the sandwich, tightly wrap it around aluminum foil or place it in an airtight container in the fridge and consumer within four days.

When freezing, coat the bread with butter before wrapping to prevent sogginess.

That’s it!

We hope you enjoyed this mouth-watering Panera Sierra turkey sandwich recipe.

The fact that you can prepare it in just 15 minutes makes it an excellent lunch recipe.

It’s like the classic turkey sandwich with some extra flavors thrown into it.

Get the right ingredients, adjust if need be, and follow the above recipe to have a blast experience with the Panera Sierra turkey sandwich.

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