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Chicken sandwich
Chicken sandwich

Cost per serve#

  • Years 0 to 3: $1.34.
  • Years 4 to 8: $2.33.
  • Years 9 and above: $2.50.

Ingredients#

Directions#

  1. Trim, wash and shred lettuce.

  2. Mix shredded chicken with mayonnaise in a bowl.

  3. Lay out bread slices and spread one side with catering spread.

  4. Assemble sandwich with chicken-mayo mixture, lettuce, sliced tomato and cheese.

  5. Finish by adding top slice of bread and cut into halves.

Tip

Portioning guidance

Measure out filling ingredients for 1 sandwich to guide your portioning. A full sandwich includes about 1/4 cup of chicken mayo mix, 25g lettuce, 30g tomato and 2 heaped tablespoons of grated cheese.

  • Years 0 to 3: 1 half sandwich served with at least 80g of seasonal fruit.
  • Years 4 to 8: 1 full sandwich served with at least 80g of seasonal fruit.
  • Years 9 and above: 1 full sandwich served with at least 80g of seasonal fruit and 1 cookie.

Special diet substitution ideas#

  • Vegetarian: Replace chicken with egg.
  • Vegan: Replace chicken with plant-based alternative.
  • Gluten-free: GF bread, mayo and cookie.
  • Dairy-free: DF cheese and mayo.
  • Halal: Use Halal-certified chicken.
Tip

Recipe tips

Year 0-3 portions can be cut into halves again to make small triangles.

Gilmours product information#

Products and pricing are valid as at 29 September 2025 and are subject to change.

Product descriptionPack sizePrice
Wholemeal toast slice bread, estimateLoaf (17 slices)$3.69
Gilmours canola spread4kg$15.10
Gilmours mayonnaise5l$17.55
Hellers craft shredded roast chicken1kg$20.35
LettuceEach$3.08
Alpine cheese edam grated5kg$74.16
Tomatoes red loosePer kg$7.28
MandarinsPer kg$4.45
Mr Higgins ess cookies shortbread2kg$19.43

Nutrition standards summary#