Monday, August 2, 2010

Deli Meat Toasted Sub!

Here's a toasted sub sandwich that I absolutely love. I make one at least 3 times a week for lunch and there's a TON of options to choose from.

Ingredients:

8 slices deli meat
1 sandwich roll or french roll (Fry's Food and Drug 8 for $2)
1/2 cup shredded cheese (your choice)

A couple of notes first. The deli meat should really be a high quality. Boar's head is my favorite. It's important to stay away from the cheap, prepackaged stuff because it just doesn't cook right. If you buy the more expensive shaved, prepackaged meat it's much better. I pretty much only make this with turkey but anything will work.

Heat frying pan to medium and place deli meat in pan. Once it starts to brown use a spatula to cut the deli meat into strips about 1" across. There's no science to it. Just chop, chop, chop!

This is a good time to put your bread into a toaster oven. Regular oven works too. Toast until just barely brown.

Once that is done add any toppings you want that will add flavor or need to be cooked. JalapeƱos, onions and mushrooms are good examples. You can even do what I do and pour some jalapeƱo juice in and let it cook into the meat. Bacon needs to be fried or microwaved before it's added, even if it's the precooked stuff. Otherwise the grease stays solid. Stir mix until it's sufficiently browned. **Don't let your bread burn!!**

Remove from heat and bunch the meat up on one side of the pan. Put cheese on top and let it melt. Place the bread on a plate wide open and add meat mixture.

Mmm, meat mixture.

At this point you should have something that probably won't stay on the plate long.


This picture is a lower quality meat and a french roll. Neither of those things are what I prefer but this is all about what you have on hand in the fridge. I also added a ton of avocado.

















Enjoy!