Sandwich of the Month

Hey y'all. A recent discussion with THP about Cuban sandwich's in another thread has inspired me to begin this thread.

What is a sandwich? According to wiki...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich

I myself shall endeavor to post a Sandwich of the Month for every month. This month I tip my hat to one of my favorite sandwiches, The Cuban.

While I encourage y'all to post up your Cuban for SOTM, for the sake of popularizing the thread, feel free to post your sandwich. Be it BLT, turkey sub, gyro, po'boy, etc.

Some rules.

1 ~ Meet the criteria as linked above according to wiki.

2 ~ True, burgers are sandwiches but as we have other threads devoted to them, we will not include them here in this thread. No burgers.

3 ~ List ingredients and methods of how the sandwich was put together.

4 ~ No matter if it is a classic reuben or tuna salad, include a heat ingredient.

5 ~ Pics are mandatory. Talk is cheap. Show us the money!

6 ~ No tortillas. We have taco threads already, and that also means no stinkin' "wraps".

7 ~ Have fun.

I'll post up my sandwich shortly.

Bon appetit!

 

[Rajun Gardener]

I saw Parasols Roast Beef from New Orleans on Triple D but they just boiled the meat and relied on the gravy for all the flavor. I had to throw my twist on this so here we are.
 
I started out with 2 chunks of top round that were on sale. I boiled them first like Asians do to clean the impurities out then rinsed them and started browning in the DO seasoned with Tony's and garlic powder.

After a little browning I added onions to burn down some and bone broth I made a while back with parsley, garlic powder and more Cajun seasoning

Added enough water to cover meat and simmered on medium high for 90 minutes adding water as needed.

Here's the broth that made a good gravy starter, this kicks the plain water boil it the butt.

I pulled the meat to cool before slicing, it wasn't tender but that's normal

Then started on the gravy. I added 1 tsp of beef bouillon, more garlic powder and water. I simmered it while the meat cooled.

Dumped the meat and added water to cover and let it simmer another hour

This is some serious flavor and so tender

Burnt up some onions and bells while waiting

Once that was done I hollowed out the buns, spread Blueplate on the bottom and loaded it with meat topped with shredded Moz and Provolone. Toasted the buns on the gasser

Dressed with mayo on the top too, lettuce and toms, the meat side got the onions and bells with pickled jalapenos

Smashed it to meld those juices

Sliced for looks

First bite was heaven!

The other half was just as good!

This was worth the trouble, it came out awesome for a cheap cut of meat. 

 

[texas blues]

What "impurities" were you boiling out the meat.

Were the cattle fed a diet of hippy tofu and almond milk?

 

[Rajun Gardener]

It's that scum that floats to the top when you boil meat. It happens with all meat even if you browned it first. Check next time and you'll see all those tiny foam bubbles that you usually stir back in the mix.
 
 

 

[ShowMeDaSauce]

Round is very hard to work with. As you see it falls apart into cubes when you finally get it tender. So lean it needs lard added during braising or tons of sauce/gravy ect. Makes a great sloppy joe if you want to take the time like you did.

 

[Rajun Gardener]

I know Ya'll saw this egg sandwich hack floating around the interwebs and I had to try it. I must say it's a good hot breakfast sandwich. I added cheese and next time I'm adding bacon too.
 
Pro-Tip, if you add cheese be careful flipping, the egg slides off the cheese with all that butter.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv4tSyuIXVc&feature=youtu.be

 

[texas blues]

Nice hack.

Needs more cheese.

And splooges of hot sauce.

Bacon or SPAM.

Would make it ono pono!

 

[Rajun Gardener]

That was a test cook, next time I have to crank the flavor up a little.

 

[dragonsfire]

Needs Real Cheese, not edible plastic

 

[The Hot Pepper]

That is one killer egg hack! Love it! Even looks like Texas toast... BUT that's not a fried egg it's scrambled...

 

[Elpicante]

Puerto Ricos answer to the Cubano sandwich. What you see is it. Add more meat roast pork ham and Spanish mortadella.

 

[Shorerider]

Nothing special, just my regular go-to, but this thread is lacking, so........

 

[Rajun Gardener]

What the hell is it? It looks like a beet sandwich with red bells. 

 

[Shorerider]

What the hell it? It looks like a beet sandwich with red bells. 

 Oh hell no, Polish sausage, hot Macedonian sausage, Black pepper Pepato cheese on a Ciabatta roll, all toasted under the grill, SBR, my Smoke 'N' Fire sauce, Cos lettuce, parsley and Jalapenos all from the garden. 

 

[Rajun Gardener]

That sounds better than a beet sandwich! I'd smash one or two!

 

[texas blues]

WTH?
 
This ain't Lettuce of the Month.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

WTH?
 
This ain't Lettuce of the Month.

 
October is Lettuce, no one told you?

 

[Shorerider]

But Boss, I thought May was lettuce?

 

[The Hot Pepper]

MAYbe it was popular!

 

[Shorerider]

 

 

[The Hot Pepper]

BWAHAHAHAAH!