Sue's Reuben Sandwich

"I love these. They are quick and easy to prepare for an easy lunch or light dinner idea, when you want to take it easy."
 
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Ready In:
12mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
1
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ingredients

  • 4 ounces lean thinly sliced deli corned beef
  • 2 (1 ounce) slices swiss cheese
  • 2 slices rye bread
  • 13 cup sauerkraut, well drained
  • 1 12 - 2 tablespoons thousand island dressing (to taste)
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 pinch crushed juniper berries or 1 pinch caraway seed (optional)
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directions

  • Bring corned beef and swiss cheese to room temperature.
  • Heat sauerkraut until it is warmed to about 120-140 degrees.
  • Prepare sandwich by first buttering one slice of bread on one side with 1 tbsp butter.
  • Place bread, butter side down, in a small skillet.
  • Follow with the following ingredients in this order: 1 slice of swiss cheese, followed by 4 oz.
  • corned beef, followed by 1 1/2-2 tbsp (to taste) of Thousand Island dressing, followed by well drained and warmed sauerkraut,, followed by a pinch of either juniper berries or caraway, followed by the final piece of cheese.
  • Top the sandwich with the last piece of bread and spread the other tbsp of butter on the outside of the bread.
  • Heat the sandwich in the skillet on a med-low heat until the bottom side becomes golden; flip sandwich with spatula and lightly brown other side.
  • Remove to plate and slice in half before serving.
  • Serve with a dill spear and your favorite chips.

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Reviews

  1. Sue, your sandwich was really filling and delicious...better than any famous deli or pub could make for me! But at 71.4 grams of fat I had to make a few changes...low fat thousand island... benecol to butter the bread...2 oz. of corned beef instead of 4oz...1 slice of deli swiss divided into 2 pieces. If it tasted this good with all the lower fat changes...I can only imagine what it tastes like fully loaded! I also appreciated your clear instructions on how to assemble the sandwich. I served the sandwiches with red seedless table grapes...never got to sit down...too many requests for more!
     
  2. Sue I have never made my own Reuben sandwich and this was perfect! My daughter never had a Reuben sandwich and loved it. Thank you very much for the recipe. I made it exactly as written. My sister had given me a bunch of corn beef and it being St. Patrick's day I thought of Reuben sandwiches and couldn't of picked a better recipe.
     
  3. Another great recipe, Sue! I made these exactly as stated, and MAN! Awesome lunch for me, indeed! Thanks, Sue!
     
  4. Wow! What a wonderful tasting sandwich. I made as instructed using caraway seeds and using Thousand Isalnd Dressing#394540 for the dressing...delicious. Definately a recipe to put in my Favorites of 2010 and use when we buy corn beef to cook up. Thank you Sue Lau for a wonderful recipe. Made for Think Pink Cancer Awareness tag game 2010.
     
  5. OK Sue, so I'm all about the "layering" to make any kind of perfect sandwich~~so you had me sold on that! Delicious! I wanted to use sauerkraut with caraway seeds, but couldn't find it, and my DH forgot to get it, but that would be the final touch to perfection. I used both pastrami & lean corned beef as the lean corned beef was $12 a lb. Thanks for posting. This is a splurge meal that I'll use once a month!
     
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Tweaks

  1. excellent and very easy. I did substitute the corned beef with pastrami (in a package) but it was still very delicious! Thank you for a great and quick recipe.
     

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I am a longtime member since 2002. While I have many recipes here, most of my current recipes are on my food blog at palatablepastime.com I may occasionally post something extra I have here. If you have questions, you can always contact me at contact@palatablepastime.com
 
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