Recipes: Chicken, Rocket & Mayo Sandwich

20 April 2026

Chicken May Sandwich made with Volare Sliced Seeded Sandwich Loaf in a lunch box

There’s something pretty hard to beat about a proper chicken sandwich. Especially when it’s made with soft, fresh bread that can actually hold its own.

Our new pre-sliced Seeded Sandwich Loaf was made for exactly this sort of thing. Soft enough for packed lunches, sturdy enough for generous fillings, and finished with a light scattering of seeds for a little extra texture and flavour.

Wooden table with Volare sliced seeded sandwich loaf bread, lemons, herbs, and bowls of ingredients on a wooden surface.

This chicken, rocket and mayo sandwich is simple, reliable and worth keeping up your sleeve. Great for lunches, road trips, feeding a crowd, or making use of leftover roast chicken from the night before.

Worth noting – the seeded loaf adds a nutty crunch and structure, so you can be slightly more generous with filling than soft white bread.

Butter on four slices of Volare Seeded Sandwich Loaf with a bowl of chicken mayo salad on a wooden table

Ingredients

  • 1/2 roasted chicken (about 2–2½ cups shredded meat)
  • 8 slices Volare Seeded Sandwich Loaf
  • Butter, softened (for spreading)
  • ¾ cup good quality mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1–2 tsp lemon juice (to taste)
  • Small handful rocket
  • finely chopped Salt + black pepper

Method

  1. Make the rocket mayo
  2. Mix mayonnaise, Dijon, lemon juice, and chopped rocket together until creamy and flecked green. Season well with salt and pepper.
  3. Prepare the chicken filling
  4. Shred the cooked chicken into bite-sized pieces.
  5. Stir through just enough rocket mayo to lightly coat the chicken (you want it creamy, not swimming in mayo).
  6. Assemble the sandwiches
  7. Lightly butter each slice of Volare seeded loaf (this helps stop sogginess and adds richness)
  8. Pile chicken mixture onto 4 slices of bread
  9. Opt. Add a generous handful of fresh rocket
  10. Top with the remaining slices of bread
  11. Serve
  12. Cut in half or diagonally and serve fresh or make a packed lunch for later.
Four slices of Volare Seeded Sandwich Loaf with chicken salad on a wooden cutting board next to a bowl of chicken salad.

Simple, fresh and easy to throw together, this is the sort of sandwich that reminds you how good the basics can be.

Our new pre-sliced Seeded Sandwich Loaf is available in stores and online now. Soft, super versatile and ready when you are. Perfect for sandwiches, toast, lunchboxes and everything in between.