Submarine sandwich, hoagie, grinder, hero... this sandwich has many names, but we just call it delicious.
I don't know about you, but for me, lunch is the hardest meal of the day to find appealing recipes or ideas for. I love sandwiches, but they get a little boring when it's two pieces of plain bread, bologna and cheese. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the simplicity, but brown-bagging it to work everyday inspires the need for some variety! That's what we're here for. Each week, we'll be exploring different types of sandwiches from all over the world, white pizzas, and lots of fresh and fun lunch box ideas. We'll mostly keep it quick and easy, but we'll throw in some extra fancy stuff here and there.
Starting it off with an Original
Can you really ever go wrong with crusty bread, deli meats, fresh veggies, and a signature sauce?
The original sub sandwich is so versatile and is so broadly defined, that all you really need to make the sandwich is some crusty bread, deli meats, fresh veggies, and signature sauce. In this case, we used Beano's Original Submarine Dressing. Can you really ever go wrong with crusty bread, deli meats, fresh veggies, and a signature sauce? Not if you're a sandwich lover like me!
The bread: if you're making this at lunchtime and have access to a toaster oven or oven, then, by all means, toast the roll to golden perfection. If you're like the rest of us, eating your lunch at your desk, make sure the bread is crusty on the outside and soft on the inside.
Between the bread: the deli meats and cheese are really up to you, but our favorite trio of deli meat is hard salami (rolled up), baked ham, and capacola. For veggies, we traditional: lettuce and tomato. You can spice it up with peperoncini, or add some red onion and black olives. Of course, you can't go wrong with Beano's Sub Dressing!
For an interesting history on the submarine sandwich, visit this article from Bon Appetit.
And for the recipe for the pictured sandwich, see below.
Ingredients
6” crusty Italian roll
4 slices hard salami
3 slices baked ham
4 slices capacola
2 slices provolone cheese
4 slices tomatoes
1 cup Shredded lettuce
1 Tbsp. Beano’s Original Submarine Dressing
Directions
• Layer the salami, ham, capacola and cheese on the bottom part of the roll.
• Place tomatoes and lettuce on top of the cheese.
• Drizzle Beano’s Original Submarine Dressing
• Cover with top section of the roll.
Enjoy! Makes one sub sandwich.
Next Week
We'll talk about the Philly Cheesesteak and Lobster Roll as their home cities will be battling it out this Sunday to claim their title as best football team in the nation.