A Couple of Sandwich Recipes

As I have to dine alone these few months before leaving Singapore to join my hubby who is currently in the Middle East, cooking and eating can be quite a chore sometimes. I usually have simple noodle soup or when I'm too lazy to even go near the stove, I'd have bread spread with butter/ jam instead... ;-)

However, I do have a problem with such meals though (other than the fact that it's not exactly healthy to live only on bread), that is, how to have food that do not require complicated or lengthy cooking process and at the same time, it is interesting enough to keep my blog going?

Well, I'm glad that I found a sandwich-making book during the recent book fair at Suntec City. It features some awesome recipes contributed by a few popular cafés in Japan and I feel hungry just by looking at the pictures of sandwiches. I love the book so much that after the first attempt, I tried out another 2 recipes, all within the span of less a week.

If you like sandwiches as well, try out the recipes below!


(The bread was toasted with cheddar and parmesan cheese)

BLT Sandwich Recipe

Ingredients:
4 slices of bread
6 strips of bacon
1 tomato, sliced
1/4 cucumber, slice thinly
Lettuce
Mayonnaise

Method:
1) Spread parmesan or cheddar cheese flakes on bread. Grill in oven (about 180 deg C) until the cheese melt.
2) Fry the bacon until crisp.
3) To assemble the sandwich, place a slice of bread with the side with cheese facing down, layer with lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber slices, bacon and finally some mayonnaise. Cover the layers with another slice of bread.
4) Slice off the sides of the bread. Serve.



Stir-fried Salted Pork Sandwich Recipe

Ingredients:
50g pork
4 slices of bread
1/2 carrot, cut into small cubes
3 french beans, chopped
3 shitake mushrooms, chopped
1 tomato, sliced
Lettuce
Pepper, to taste

Method:
1) Marinate the pork with sea salt overnight.
2) Rinse off the salt, cut the pork into small cubes.
3) Heat up a tablespoon of oil in a frying pan, sautee the mushroom, follow by the pork. When the pork is almost cooked, add in french beans and carrot. Add some pepper and sautee until cooked. (Note: do not add salt when frying, because the pork is salty enough) Set aside.
4) To assemble the sandwich, wrap two slices of bread with paper (I used baking paper). Insert some lettuce between the bread, follow by tomato slices. Then add in the pork mixture. Serve.