My friend, Gayle, who KNOWS how to celebrate St. Paddy's Day in style, shared this spectacular Reuben recipe with me. It is the BEST!
Course: Sandwich
Keyword: Best Grilled Reuben Sandwich, Best Reuben Sandwich, Corned Beef, St. Paddy's Day Fare
Equipment
Grill or Panini Press
Ingredients
2slicesRye BreadMarble rye is a great choice
2 tspbuttersoftened
2 slicesSwiss cheese
1ozspecial thousand island dressing recipe below
1/2 cupsauerkrautdrained well and seasoned with 1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
6ozcorned beefsliced
Special Thousand Island Dressing
1 1/2cupmayonnaise
5/6cupcatsupGayle broke this recipe down to 2/3 of how it was originally written.
1 1/2tbspdill pickle relish
1clovegarliccrushed
1/3tspdill weed
1/3tspblack pepper
Instructions
Butter bread - put butter side down on griddle
Put corned beef on griddle to get hot. Spray with a bit of water
Put one slice of cheese on each piece of bread (off-set so every bite gets some cheese)
Put Special Thousand Island Dressing on both pieces of bread
Mix kraut and chili sauce together and put portion on griddle to heat through
Put corned beef on top of Special Thousand Island Dressing. Top with kraut and put other slice of bread on top. Grill until hot and cheese has melted. Cut and Plate
Special Thousand Island Dressing
Mix and chill all ingredients. If covered and chilled well, it will last 2 weeks