Hot Deli Sandwich

This hot deli sandwich is a simple sandwich where the deli meats are heated in a pan over medium heat or the oven and placed on buttered bread with dijonnaise or mayo and mustard. It’s made in the same style as a fried ham & cheese sandwich where the meat is heated. While this recipe is just stacked with a three-deli meat combo. You can certainly add in additional ingredients such as lettuce and tomatoes or other sandwich toppings.

Hot Deli Sandwich Ingredients

Bread, Butter, Black Forest Ham, Deli Chicken, Bologna or Turkey Bacon, Mayonnaise, Yellow Mustard or Dijonnaise.

Wonder White Bread

Butter

Black Forest Ham

Sliced Deli Chicken Breast

Classic Bologna

Dijonnaise

Hot Deli Meats

There are a few different ways to heat up the deli meats. Either way you choose, the goal is to heat up the meat for a hot meat sandwich.

• Pan or Griddle Method: Heat the deli meats in a pan set over medium heat with a bit of fat. When cooking the deli meats in the pan, you won’t get flat pieces of meat. Instead, it will curl up or break a bit, and this is fine. The fat should mitigate the sticking, and you only need to heat the deli meat through. Use a spatula to move things around and transfer to the bread. The griddle is much easier.
• Oven Method: Even easier is to stack the deli meats on a baking sheet to heat in the oven at 400°F for about 5 to 8 minutes or until hot. Then transfer the deli meats to the sandwich. This method also allows you to make a bunch at one time quickly and easily.
• Microwave: You can heat the deli meats in the microwave for a few seconds just to warm, and this is perhaps the fastest way to prepare. I really limit my use of the microwave and so opt for the pan method if making 1-2 sandwiches or the oven for more.

Turkey Bacon: Turkey bacon needs to be cooked according to package instructions first. Some turkey bacon is already precooked. In this case, it can just be heated with the other deli meats. The images used in this recipe used turkey bacon cooked in the pan and set aside before pan-frying the other deli meats. Bologna can be used just as well.

Dijonnaise

Combine the Dijonnaise ingredients together to make the deli spread for the sandwiches. You can also opt to just spread mayo on the bread and drizzle some yellow mustard over the mayo.

Hellmann’s Mayonnaise

Frenchs Yellow Mustard

Old Fashioned Dijon Mustard

How to Make a Hot Deli Sandwich

Make the Dijonnaise or just use mayo and yellow mustard. Butter two slices of bread and spread Dijonnaise on one slice of buttered bread or mayo and drizzle yellow mustard. Warm the deli meats with your preferred method (pan, griddle, oven, or microwave) and place them on the bread slice without the spread. Top with the other bread slice with the spread, and slice the sandwich in half to serve.

If making it for a lunch or otherwise serving it at a later time, wrap the sandwich in plastic or place it into a Ziploc sandwich bag.

Hot Deli Sandwich

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This hot deli sandwich is a simple sandwich where the deli meats are heated in a pan over medium heat or the oven and placed on buttered bread with dijonnaise or mayo and mustard. It's made in the same style as a fried ham & cheese sandwich where the meat is heated. While this recipe is just stacked with a three-deli meat combo. You can certainly add in additional ingredients such as lettuce and tomatoes or other sandwich toppings.

Servings: 1

Prep5 minutes mins

Cook 5 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 2 Slices White Bread
• 1 portion Dijonnaise - or spread mayo and squeeze mustard on top
• As Desired Butter
• As Desired Black Forest Ham
• As Desired Deli Chicken
• As Desired Bologna - or Turkey Bacon

Instructions

• Hot Deli Meats: Stack the deli meats with the thickest cut first and stack the thinner cuts on top on a baking sheet and place into the oven. Turn the oven on to 400°F and cook for about 5-8 minutes or until hot throughout.
• Sandwich Prep: Butter both slices of bread. Prepare the dijonnaise and spread dijonnaise on one of the bread slices.
• Serving: Transfer the hot delli meats with a spatula to the bread slice without the Dijonnaise. Place the other slice on top and slice in half to serve right away.

  If serving later, wrap the sandwich in plastic or place it in a Ziploc sandwich bag.

Notes

 

Dijonnaise: Instead of making dijonnaise up, you can opt to slather mayonnaise on the bread and drizzle yellow mustard over top. 

Hot Deli Meats: You can also pan-fry the deli meats over medium heat with a bit of fat. But this requires attentiveness and is slower. The oven method really is much easier and fast. Allowing you to make a bunch of these at once. The fastest method is to microwave the deli meats just to warm them and then assemble to make the hot deli sandwich. 

Turkey Bacon: If using turkey bacon, cook according to package instructions first. Then heat up the other deli meats.  

Course: Lunch, Snack

Cuisine: Canadian

Keywords: Deli Sandwich, Hot Deli Sandwich, Hot Meat Sandwich, Sandwich, Warm Deli Sandwich

Author: JAH

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