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Sue's Reuben Sandwich
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- Ready In:
- 12mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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1
ingredients
- 4 ounces lean thinly sliced deli corned beef
- 2 (1 ounce) slices swiss cheese
- 2 slices rye bread
- 1⁄3 cup sauerkraut, well drained
- 1 1⁄2 - 2 tablespoons thousand island dressing (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 pinch crushed juniper berries or 1 pinch caraway seed (optional)
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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
PalatablePastime
Cincinnati
I am a longtime member since 2002.
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