Your favorite deli sandwich THE REUBEN…served up as an easy appetizer.
Okay, name your favorite hot sandwich! Mine, hands down would have to be a reuben sandwich. It’s like the best combination of flavors. You’ve got the tender corned beef, tangy sauerkraut and thousand island dressing. Yum! With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I started to think about the traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner that we love to have and then I thought about Reubens. A Reuben is basically corned beef and cabbage on a sandwich.
I have a thing for small versions of things, plus an open faced sandwich is just a lighter version of the usual, because you consume less carbs…that is if you can eat just one. Which isn’t really possible, because these bites are too good!
I love using my crockpot to cook the corned beef, it always comes out so tender. Watch for corned beef to go on sale after St. Patrick’s Day and stock up!
Have you ever made thousand island dressing from scratch? This was my first time, and oh man…it’s so good! If you have the time, homemade dressings are so much better than any thing you can buy on a shelf in the grocery store.
Here’s the lineup of ingredients to make your own Homemade Thousand Island Dressing.
Homemade Thousand Island Dressing
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 tablespoon onion minced
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic minced...from a small jar
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons dill pickle relish
- 1/4 cup cocktail sauce
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 hard boiled egg chopped fine
Instructions
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Mix all prepared ingredients together well and refrigerate.
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Once your corned beef is cooked, cooled and shredded and your dressing is made, you are ready to assemble!
Mini Open Faced Reuben Sandwiches
Ingredients
- rye bread sliced into fourths
- corned beef cooked, shredded
- thousand island dressing
- sauerkraut from a can, drained
- Swiss cheese thinly sliced
Instructions
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Spread a layer of thousand island dressing on one side of the rye bread.
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Top with shredded corned beef, sauerkraut and thinly sliced Swiss cheese.
Recipe Notes
Serve them as is or stick them under the broiler for a minute or two to melt the cheese. Either way, these little open faced sandwiches are so good.
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Okay, your turn…what’s your favorite sandwich?
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