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The World's Best Club Sandwich

Course Main
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 1
Author Johan Johansen

Ingredients

Curried mayo:

  • Two tablespoons of mayo preferably homemade
  • One teaspoon of CP44 Curry Powder

Spicy Tomato jam:

  • Two 300 gram cans of quality chopped, organic tomatoes
  • 2-4 tablespoons of light brown sugar
  • One organic lemon
  • Two cloves
  • 1 teaspoons of cumin powder
  • 1 teaspoons of ground coriander
  • 2 teaspoons of red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon of Tabasco or more to taste

Sandwich ingredients:

  • 100 grams or so of cooked chicken white or dark meat
  • Two slices of white bread crusts removed
  • Three slices of quality bacon
  • 20 grams of butter
  • Two leaves of Romaine lettuce

Instructions

Curried mayo:

  1. Stir together mayo and curry powder well in a ramekin or other small container.
  2. Leave in fridge covered for at least a few hours before using.

Spicy tomato jam:

  1. Put a large colander or strainer over a bowl or pot, then pour canned tomatoes into colander.
  2. Sprinkle with a bit of salt and leave to drain until the liquid has drained off, this might take a few hours.
  3. When tomatoes have drained, set them aside and pour the accumulated tomato water/juice into a saucepan along with the cloves, cumin, coriander, ginger and red pepper flakes.
  4. Using a potato peeler, carefully remove remove the zest from the lemon in as large strips as possible, throw these into the saucepan as well.
  5. Turn burner to medium heat and let the mixture come to a boil, then lower heat slightly.
  6. Let mixture boil until it has reduced and thickened considerably, about 30 minutes.
  7. Carefully remove cloves and lemon zest using a spoon, turn the heat down to medium-low and stir in about two tablespoons of sugar.
  8. Keep reducing the liquid until you’ve reached a thick almost syrupy state, it will burn if you’re not careful!
  9. When liquid is syrup-like, dump in the drained tomatoes, stir and cook for another 15 - 30 minutes until mixture is no longer watery.
  10. Season mixture with salt and black pepper, then add the Tabasco and stir well.
  11. Taste for seasoning: Your tomato jam should be sweet and tomato-y with a definite warmth from the spices and a bit of a kick from the Tabasco. Some like it sweeter than others, so feel free to add more sugar if it’s not sweet enough for your palate. In much the same way, feel free to add more Tabasco if it’s not hot enough for you.

Assemble Club Sandwich

  1. Put the bacon in a cold skillet and set it over medium heat, cook until bacon is crisp and the fat has rendered out.
  2. Remove bacon from the pan, then add the butter and allow it to melt, foam up and go slightly brown.
  3. Put your slices of bread in the pan and toast until brown on one side, flip and repeat.
  4. Remove toasted bread from pan and smear each piece on one side with a generous amount of the curried mayo.
  5. Wash Romaine lettuce and place on top of one piece of bread, top the lettuce with the bacon followed by the chicken and a generous helping of the spicy tomato jam and, last but not least, the remaining slice of bread.

Recipe Notes

You’ll have a lot more spicy tomato jam than you need for the sandwich, but fear not. This stuff is pretty awesome in sandwiches or served cold with any sorts of cold white meat. I’ve even used it as a sauce base for a beef braise. It will probably keep 4-6 days in the fridge, but if poured into sterilized jars and sealed properly right as it comes off the burner, shelf life will be much longer.