What's For Dinner: Turkey and Pastrami Melt
Serves 2
Ingredients:
- 4 slices grainy bread
- 2 tbsp thousand island sauce (recipe below)
- 4 slices Swiss cheese
- 6 slices pastrami (we used Chris Brothers pastrami)
- 6 slices turkey breast (we used Chris Brothers turkey breast)
- ½ cup sauerkraut, strained and patted dry
- 1 tbsp butter divided
Thousand Island Sauce Ingredients:
- ½ cup mayo
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tbsp sambal or chili sauce
- 1 tbsp relish
Directions:
- In a small bowl, mix well.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Assemble sandwich by spreading 1 tbsp of thousand island sauce onto a slice of bread.
- Top with 2 slices Swiss cheese, turkey, pastrami, sauerkraut (making sure that it’s as dry as possible to keep the sandwich from getting soggy) and the remaining two slices of Swiss cheese.
- Smear 1 tbsp of thousand island sauce onto the other slice of bread and put it on top - sauce facing down.
- Add ½ tbsp of butter to a nonstick frying pan over medium heat and smear it around so it melts. Place the sandwich on top of the melted butter and cover with a lid.
- Let the sandwich cook for a few minutes.
- Remove the lid once it’s golden brown on the bottom and the bottom layer of cheese has started to melt.
- Remove the sandwich, add the remaining butter, and flip the sandwich over on top of the melted butter.
- Cook for a few more minutes or until both sides are golden brown and the cheese has melted.
- Add potato chips or popcorn as a side dish.
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