The Art of Making a Bangin' Sandwich!

Cold Turkey- Hot Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both sandwiches were essentially made the same way, but the hot sandwich was placed in the oven on broil after sprinkling cheese on top. The cold sandwich has a fried cheese (I know it's not healthy, but it's so good).

 

Ingredients:

 

Get a nice French or Italian crusty bread (I bought mine on sale at Harris Teeters)

Thin sliced turkey meat (or whatever you like)

Tomatoes (thinly sliced)

Shredded Lettuce or mixed greens (optional...I didn't use any)

Red Bell Peppers (julienne- optional)

vinegar

olive oil

salt

pepper

oregano or Italian herbs (optional)

Mayonnaise

shredded cheddar cheese (I made fried cheese for the cold sandwich)

 

Chips on the side and pickle (you can make your own quick pickles with cucumber in vinegar and salt solution or you can get pickling lye ahead of time to do the usual water, sugar, salt, lye solution).

 

By the way, julienne is a term that refers to thinly slicing something the long way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, I believe that the key to making a sandwich is proper layering of the ingredients, and proper application of wet ingredients to prevent sogginess. This is why I no longer eat at Subway, which has too soft bread that gets soggy after they squirt a pint of vinegar and oil on it!

 

I cut the loaf of bread in half, and spread mayo evenly on either side of the bread. I layer the meat on the bread (I don't like too much meat, but my husband does, so that's up to the individual). Place the tomatoes, thinly sliced on top of the meat, the fried cheese goes on the other half of the bread.

After the tomatoes and other vegetables (if you choose to use them) are placed on the meat, sprinkle salt and pepper on the vegetables and then sprinkle a cap full of vinegar and a cap full of olive oil over the salted and peppered veggies.

 

For the fried cheese (it's an art, and you don't have to do this, if you don't feel like trying):

 

 

I prefer a cast iron pan for this

butter (just a pat)

cheddar cheese (shredded is what I always use)

 

 

 

I heat the pan to medium, and I put the pat of butter in the cast iron pan to melt (be careful not to burn it).

 

I spread it around in the pan.

 

Once it gets like this, I turn the heat to high for like 10 seconds, and then I turn the pan off completely. Then I start to scrape at the edges with a spoon.

 

I kind of peel it up at one edge with the spoon, and I keep a plate close by to transfer it quickly and to allow it to cool. Be careful not to scrunch it up while it's still too hot.

 

 You can see that this is greasy and probably not very healthy, but it's so delicious. So, I call anything that I put fried cheese on a "heart attack waiting to happen".

 

My Pickles:

I bought terrible pickles from the $1 store, and I emptied the liquid and replaced it with vinegar, salt, pepper and garlic.

 

Homemade chips:

Potato (sliced thin with a potato peeler)

Oil for frying

slice potatoes using a potato peeler to make chip slices

Allow oil to get hot (medium high)

flash fry the sliced potatoes in hot oil, by placing the slices carefully in the oil (try not to clump them on top of one another, and try to quickly drop a slice or two at a time, being careful not to burn the chips).

 

The cold sandwich is depicted above, and you can place the fried cheese on the half that is opposite the meat and veggies. Close your sandwich, cut it in half and place it on a plate with some chips or fries, and now you're ready to eat!

For the hot sandwich in the picture above, just sprinkle shredded cheese on top and place in the oven on broil only long enough to allow the cheese to melt (so watch it because depending on your broiler, this could happen in a minute).