Rosa's Mexican Club Sandwich

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Man, it's nary wonderment this sandwich is the astir fashionable 1 served astatine Rosa Mexicano connected Seventh Street NW downtown. With layers of meat, food and vegetables, each wound delivers a creamy, crunchy, mildly spicy paycheck that your mouth's blessed to cash.

Chef James Muir walked america done the sandwich's assembly, arsenic you tin spot successful the photos above. Keep things neatly stacked, pressing down arsenic you heap connected the ingredients. A panini shaper oregon 2 dense pans enactment arsenic good to fuse the flavors.

Muir serves it astatine the edifice with pickled bulb and saccharine murphy fries. We recovered it to beryllium truthful filling that if it's served with sides, a half-sandwich mightiness beryllium each you tin handle.

Adapted from "Rosa's New Mexican Table," by Roberto Santibanez (Artisan, 2007).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4-8

4 slices bacon, chopped successful fractional to signifier 8 abbreviated pieces
2 5- to 6-ounce boneless, skinless chickenhearted bosom halves
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons chipotle adobo condiment (from a tin of adobo chili peppers)
1 1/2 tablespoons low-fat sour pick (do not usage nonfat)
1 1/2 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise (do not usage nonfat)
4 ciabatta rolls, astir 6 by 4 1/2 inches, oregon 4 similiarly sized sections from a agelong ciabatta loaf
1/2 cupful nonfat refried beans, specified arsenic Amy's brand
2 bladed slices ham, chopped successful quarters to signifier 8 pieces
4 ounces shredded oregon thinly sliced Chihuahua food (may substitute sliced muenster cheese; spot TIP)
1/4 cupful thinly sliced oregon coarsely chopped achromatic onion
2 pickled jalapeño peppers, chopped lengthwise into bladed strips
1 avocado, peeled and chopped into bladed slices

Nutritional Facts

Per half-sandwich serving

Calories
236
Fat
12 g
Saturated Fat
4 g
Carbohydrates
15 g
Sodium
872 mg
Cholesterol
42 mg
Protein
16 g
Fiber
2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Rosa's New Mexican Table," by Roberto Santibanez (Artisan, 2007).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 12, 2026