**The Art of Toasting and Preparing a Delicious Hoagie Roll**

Toasting is an art form that requires patience, attention to detail, and a willingness to experiment with different flavors and ingredients. It's a process that can make all the difference in taking a humble bread roll to the next level. In this article, we'll explore the steps involved in toasting a perfect hoagie roll, as well as some expert tips for adding flavor and texture.

To start, preheat your oven or toaster to a medium-high heat setting. It's essential to get a good color on the bread to absorb all the flavors that will come later. Take a peek at the bread as it's toasting, and adjust the heat as needed to achieve the perfect golden brown color. Once you're satisfied with the color, remove the bread from the oven or toaster and set it aside.

Now it's time to prepare the veggies. We'll be using peppers and onions in this recipe, but feel free to customize to your liking by adding jalapenos, mushrooms, or any other ingredients that you enjoy. Simply chop the veggies into bite-sized pieces and toss them with a tablespoon of butter until they're soft and tender. Don't overcook the veggies – we want them to retain some crunch and texture.

Next, add a sprinkle of garlic paste to the skillet with the veggies. Garlic is a natural flavor enhancer that will add depth and complexity to our dish. If you prefer a milder flavor, start with just one clove of minced garlic and adjust to taste.

While the veggies are cooking, it's time to prepare the chicken. Thinly slice some chicken breast or thighs and season with salt, pepper, and any other desired herbs or spices. Cook the chicken in a skillet over medium-high heat for about 4-5 minutes per side, or until it reaches an internal temperature of 165°F. Don't overcrowd the skillet – cook the chicken in batches if necessary.

Once the chicken is cooked, remove it from the skillet and set it aside to cool slightly. This will make it easier to assemble our sandwich later on. Add any accumulated flavor from the skillet back into the pan with the veggies and stir to combine.

Now it's time to bring everything together. Add a tablespoon or two of avocado oil to the skillet, followed by a sprinkle of all-purpose seasoning. Stir everything together to distribute the flavors evenly.

As we add our cheese to the skillet, remember that less is often more when it comes to melted cheese. A thin layer will melt in no time and create a gooey, stringy texture that's impossible to resist.

The final step is to assemble our sandwich. Spread a layer of Duke's Mayonnaise on each roll, followed by a generous helping of the chicken cheesesteak mixture. Add some crispy lettuce, thinly sliced tomatoes, or pickles if you like – and don't forget to sprinkle some chopped parsley on top for added freshness.

The moment of truth has finally arrived. Take that first bite and experience the perfect combination of flavors and textures in one delicious hoagie roll. With its crispy crust, juicy chicken, melted cheese, and creamy mayo, this sandwich is sure to satisfy even the most discerning palate.

**Tips and Variations**

One of the best things about cooking is the freedom to experiment with new ingredients and flavor combinations. Feel free to get creative with your hoagie roll by adding different toppings or sauces – some popular options include hot sauce, salsa, or a tangy slaw made from red cabbage and carrots.

For those who prefer a spicier kick, add some diced jalapenos or serrano peppers to the skillet with the veggies. Alternatively, try using different types of cheese, such as provolone or cheddar, for an added layer of flavor.

Finally, remember that practice makes perfect when it comes to cooking. Don't be discouraged if your first few attempts at making a hoagie roll don't turn out exactly as you hoped – keep trying and experimenting until you get the results you're looking for.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys welcome back now I know it's the beginning of the year and a lot of us have health aspirations we probably got a ton of chicken breast in the freezer when you get tired of all that meal prep I have the perfect recipe for you to utilize that chicken breast today I'm going to show you how to make this delicious chicken Philly cheese steak now I'm not sure if this is exactly how they do it in Philly but I do know my Philly friends in the comments will let me know before we get into the recipe please take a quick second to subscribe to the channel make sure you hit that Bell to enable notifications as well alright guys meet me in the kitchen let's make it happen first things first let's talk about the protein here we have some chicken breast boneless skinless you do this with chicken thighs too if you want but again a lot of us have chicken breast in the freezer that I'm sure just sits in there because you don't know exactly what you want to do with it today I got you covered we got some white hoagie rolls you can use whatever you like wheat spine you can throw this in a low carb wrap for my folks that are trying to stick to the diet we got a little worst word in the world sauce of course the dynamic duo we've got Mayo garlic onions and peppers and plenty of provolone cheese all right guys so there's no right or wrong way to do this you want to prep your onions and your bell peppers obviously you want to remove the seeds from the bell pepper chop them down to equal sized pieces that way they cook at the same rate you don't want to have some big pieces and some small pieces because they'll be at different levels of doneness same thing for the onions just chop them down into equal sized pieces as well try to match them up with your peppers the best you can real simple stuff nice rough chop is all you got to do and they're going to cook down a bit in the skillet anyway now as always guys if you don't like bell peppers you can leave them out of the recipe if you want to add some mushrooms to the mix you can definitely do that as well jalapenos really you can customize your sandwich however you want that's the beauty of it be in your kitchen you make the rules alright guys so again today we're using boneless skinless chicken breast a quick Pro tip is to pop this in the freezer for a little bit so it gets nice and firm second Pro tip is to have a nice sharp knife to make easy work of this chicken breast I'm going to make thin slices just like so if you freeze it good enough you use a mandolin if you want just protect your fingers with those I just want to cut these down into bite-sized pieces you make them as big or as small as you want to real simple good use of chicken breast so once you have your chicken breast sliced down into bite-sized pieces we're going to add it to our mixing bowl where we're going to season it up I guess you could do that on the cutting board if you don't want to make too many dishes but got to have something for my wife to complain about when she gets home right all right my friends now it's time to bring the flavor we're going down with some all-purpose seasoning if you don't have mine guys use whatever you got at home whatever your favorite all-purpose seasoning is or you can make a quick blend of salt pepper garlic onion powder a little Cayenne if you want a little spice really can season it however you like can't go wrong a little McCormick's chicken seasoning will work if you got that in the pantry or like I'm doing today a little hot AP and some original AP get in there with your hands and just massage that in make sure that there's an even application to season in on your chicken you just really can't go wrong with this combination right here all right guys so you can't have a sandwich without some bread today we're using a white hoagie roll I like to toast mine that way it holds up to the sandwich you got plenty of peppers and chicken and cheese on there so gotta have a little bit of toasted bread use your serrated blade to cut the bread open like so you don't want to cut it all the way so let your hands do the rest of the work that'll give a nice little pocket or pouch for your filling to go into we're going to add some butter to this Skillet get some good color on the bread all right so once you have about a tablespoon or so of good quality butter melted in your skillet I'm going to press down make sure that bread is making good surface area contact the best you can looks like mine's not going to fit all that great but we're going to make it work or make it happen I should say just press down you're gonna allow that to toast get some beautiful color absorb that butter and flavor all right let's take a peek see how we're looking as you can see we got some good color the bread's absorb that butter so I'm just going to get this out of there make room for the for the veggies beautifully toasted hoagie roll now strictly for health purposes we got another tablespoon of butter in there gonna add a little avocado oil as well about a teaspoon or two then in come the peppers and onions again guys if you don't like Peppers you can leave them out you can add jalapenos to it you could add mushrooms really whatever you like we're just gonna get in there and toss them around in that butter until they soften up get nice and tender for us add a little garlic to the party because why the hell not can't go wrong with little garlic and butter always remember to season as you go we're going down with little all-purpose seasoning here and some garlic paste once the veggies get a little head start about four to five minutes should be long enough for these to get nice and tender in Comes The Garlic we're talking about about a tablespoon or so of that if you want to make this spicy again guys you can go cayenne pepper red pepper flakes jalapenos Fresno chilies get crazy make it your own after you make it a couple times it's a perfect time to switch up the ingredients a little bit give it a little additional extra or different flavor that's really the beauty about cooking once you have a couple recipes in your tool belt you start adding different flavor profiles to those recipes that way you don't get tired of them so once your veggies are cooked down we're going to go ahead and grab a spoon remove the veggies and we're to cook our chicken all this is done in the same Skillet guys super easy cleanup quick and easy recipe alright guys so the goal here is to get some good color on your thinly sliced chicken so you want our heat on medium high this stuff cooks really quickly since it's so thinly sliced but you don't want to just dump it in there I mean you could it's just going to turn kind of like a gray or whitish color I want a nice golden brown on my chicken so it looks visually appealing and that crust is going to add some additional flavor and do it in two batches if you have to you just want to get some all right so what I was talking about earlier if you just throw it all in there at once your chicken is going to look like this rather than that look at that beautiful crispy golden brown color tons of flavor there nice texture as well that's what separates a good sandwich from a great sandwich guys a little extra patience all right so once our second batch of chicken is done we're gonna add the first batch back plus any accumulated flavor in there no flavor Left Behind then we're going to bring in the worst word in the world sauce just to kick up the flavor a little bit more about a tablespoon of that so we're going in with our veggies then we just mix everything together I'm going to increase the heat cook off any of that water or steam get that out of there so there's no liquid at the bottom of your skillet and then we'll add our cheese and make a sandwich now for good measure and a pop of color we're going in with a little fresh chopped parsley just to liven everything up in there foreign give that a mix man this smells good look at that guys now at this point guys I like to go ahead and separate them start adding our cheese once that cheese melts it'll be time to eat all right my friends we're approaching the Finish Line at this point you can add whatever your mayo or sauce of choice is for me you guys know this is a Duke's Mayonnaise household and we also like to go both sides of the bun so just spread that on there add as much or as little as you like nobody wants a dry sandwich though so for my people out there that don't like Mayo what exactly are you putting on your sandwiches let me know in the comments whatever it is is not better than Duke's Mayonnaise but we'll let you live today there we go once we got that spread on there nice and even take our spatula and fill this bad boy with as much of this delicious chicken cheesesteak as we can fit Between the Bread look at that I think this is the part where I say brace yourself for a trademark money shot say it with me guys looking good man that doesn't all right guys now it's time for my favorite part of the job the moment of truth going in for the taste test foreign quick and easy for dinner tonight I've got just what you I've got just the thing tonight today I'll be showing you I keep saying for dinner tonight and then today is throwing me offwhat's up guys welcome back now I know it's the beginning of the year and a lot of us have health aspirations we probably got a ton of chicken breast in the freezer when you get tired of all that meal prep I have the perfect recipe for you to utilize that chicken breast today I'm going to show you how to make this delicious chicken Philly cheese steak now I'm not sure if this is exactly how they do it in Philly but I do know my Philly friends in the comments will let me know before we get into the recipe please take a quick second to subscribe to the channel make sure you hit that Bell to enable notifications as well alright guys meet me in the kitchen let's make it happen first things first let's talk about the protein here we have some chicken breast boneless skinless you do this with chicken thighs too if you want but again a lot of us have chicken breast in the freezer that I'm sure just sits in there because you don't know exactly what you want to do with it today I got you covered we got some white hoagie rolls you can use whatever you like wheat spine you can throw this in a low carb wrap for my folks that are trying to stick to the diet we got a little worst word in the world sauce of course the dynamic duo we've got Mayo garlic onions and peppers and plenty of provolone cheese all right guys so there's no right or wrong way to do this you want to prep your onions and your bell peppers obviously you want to remove the seeds from the bell pepper chop them down to equal sized pieces that way they cook at the same rate you don't want to have some big pieces and some small pieces because they'll be at different levels of doneness same thing for the onions just chop them down into equal sized pieces as well try to match them up with your peppers the best you can real simple stuff nice rough chop is all you got to do and they're going to cook down a bit in the skillet anyway now as always guys if you don't like bell peppers you can leave them out of the recipe if you want to add some mushrooms to the mix you can definitely do that as well jalapenos really you can customize your sandwich however you want that's the beauty of it be in your kitchen you make the rules alright guys so again today we're using boneless skinless chicken breast a quick Pro tip is to pop this in the freezer for a little bit so it gets nice and firm second Pro tip is to have a nice sharp knife to make easy work of this chicken breast I'm going to make thin slices just like so if you freeze it good enough you use a mandolin if you want just protect your fingers with those I just want to cut these down into bite-sized pieces you make them as big or as small as you want to real simple good use of chicken breast so once you have your chicken breast sliced down into bite-sized pieces we're going to add it to our mixing bowl where we're going to season it up I guess you could do that on the cutting board if you don't want to make too many dishes but got to have something for my wife to complain about when she gets home right all right my friends now it's time to bring the flavor we're going down with some all-purpose seasoning if you don't have mine guys use whatever you got at home whatever your favorite all-purpose seasoning is or you can make a quick blend of salt pepper garlic onion powder a little Cayenne if you want a little spice really can season it however you like can't go wrong a little McCormick's chicken seasoning will work if you got that in the pantry or like I'm doing today a little hot AP and some original AP get in there with your hands and just massage that in make sure that there's an even application to season in on your chicken you just really can't go wrong with this combination right here all right guys so you can't have a sandwich without some bread today we're using a white hoagie roll I like to toast mine that way it holds up to the sandwich you got plenty of peppers and chicken and cheese on there so gotta have a little bit of toasted bread use your serrated blade to cut the bread open like so you don't want to cut it all the way so let your hands do the rest of the work that'll give a nice little pocket or pouch for your filling to go into we're going to add some butter to this Skillet get some good color on the bread all right so once you have about a tablespoon or so of good quality butter melted in your skillet I'm going to press down make sure that bread is making good surface area contact the best you can looks like mine's not going to fit all that great but we're going to make it work or make it happen I should say just press down you're gonna allow that to toast get some beautiful color absorb that butter and flavor all right let's take a peek see how we're looking as you can see we got some good color the bread's absorb that butter so I'm just going to get this out of there make room for the for the veggies beautifully toasted hoagie roll now strictly for health purposes we got another tablespoon of butter in there gonna add a little avocado oil as well about a teaspoon or two then in come the peppers and onions again guys if you don't like Peppers you can leave them out you can add jalapenos to it you could add mushrooms really whatever you like we're just gonna get in there and toss them around in that butter until they soften up get nice and tender for us add a little garlic to the party because why the hell not can't go wrong with little garlic and butter always remember to season as you go we're going down with little all-purpose seasoning here and some garlic paste once the veggies get a little head start about four to five minutes should be long enough for these to get nice and tender in Comes The Garlic we're talking about about a tablespoon or so of that if you want to make this spicy again guys you can go cayenne pepper red pepper flakes jalapenos Fresno chilies get crazy make it your own after you make it a couple times it's a perfect time to switch up the ingredients a little bit give it a little additional extra or different flavor that's really the beauty about cooking once you have a couple recipes in your tool belt you start adding different flavor profiles to those recipes that way you don't get tired of them so once your veggies are cooked down we're going to go ahead and grab a spoon remove the veggies and we're to cook our chicken all this is done in the same Skillet guys super easy cleanup quick and easy recipe alright guys so the goal here is to get some good color on your thinly sliced chicken so you want our heat on medium high this stuff cooks really quickly since it's so thinly sliced but you don't want to just dump it in there I mean you could it's just going to turn kind of like a gray or whitish color I want a nice golden brown on my chicken so it looks visually appealing and that crust is going to add some additional flavor and do it in two batches if you have to you just want to get some all right so what I was talking about earlier if you just throw it all in there at once your chicken is going to look like this rather than that look at that beautiful crispy golden brown color tons of flavor there nice texture as well that's what separates a good sandwich from a great sandwich guys a little extra patience all right so once our second batch of chicken is done we're gonna add the first batch back plus any accumulated flavor in there no flavor Left Behind then we're going to bring in the worst word in the world sauce just to kick up the flavor a little bit more about a tablespoon of that so we're going in with our veggies then we just mix everything together I'm going to increase the heat cook off any of that water or steam get that out of there so there's no liquid at the bottom of your skillet and then we'll add our cheese and make a sandwich now for good measure and a pop of color we're going in with a little fresh chopped parsley just to liven everything up in there foreign give that a mix man this smells good look at that guys now at this point guys I like to go ahead and separate them start adding our cheese once that cheese melts it'll be time to eat all right my friends we're approaching the Finish Line at this point you can add whatever your mayo or sauce of choice is for me you guys know this is a Duke's Mayonnaise household and we also like to go both sides of the bun so just spread that on there add as much or as little as you like nobody wants a dry sandwich though so for my people out there that don't like Mayo what exactly are you putting on your sandwiches let me know in the comments whatever it is is not better than Duke's Mayonnaise but we'll let you live today there we go once we got that spread on there nice and even take our spatula and fill this bad boy with as much of this delicious chicken cheesesteak as we can fit Between the Bread look at that I think this is the part where I say brace yourself for a trademark money shot say it with me guys looking good man that doesn't all right guys now it's time for my favorite part of the job the moment of truth going in for the taste test foreign quick and easy for dinner tonight I've got just what you I've got just the thing tonight today I'll be showing you I keep saying for dinner tonight and then today is throwing me off\n"