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The Club Sandwich

The important thing with building a successful Club Sandwich is choosing the best ingredients The tomato should be firm and full flavoured – heirloom tomatoes are perfect An even thickness slice of chicken breast, around 7mm is best Lettuce should be crisp Rind less smoky bacon Quality mayonnaise – homemade or store purchased (I like Kewpie brand) Sliced bread about 15mm thick (traditionally white bread) Salt and pepper Assembly is also important. The tomato is best placed with the bacon and don’t forget a little sprinkle of salt and cracked pepper on the tomato. Chicken and lettuce go on the second layer. Mayonnaise is spread on both layers.
Course: Main Course

Ingredients
  

Recipe for one sandwich:
  • vegetable oil
  • 60 g streaky bacon
  • 150 g chicken breast skinless, 7mm thick slice
  • 1 heirloom tomato washed and sliced
  • cos lettuce leaf washed. Thickest part of core removed
  • mayonnaise
  • 3 slices white bread
  • butter for toast optional
  • long toothpicks or skewers
  • salt and pepper

Equipment

  • You’ll need a frypan and naturally a toaster for this recipe.

Method
 

  1. Assemble ingredients
  2. Heat your frypan with a little oil
  3. Add bacon and cook on medium heat for 1 minute before turning
  4. Season your chicken and add to the same pan. Cook for 2 minutes before turning
  5. Meanwhile start the toast. Underdone is OK
  6. Finish cooking the chicken and bacon – 4-5 minutes.
  7. Finish toast
  8. Line toast up on a clean cutting board – butter and add mayonnaise
  9. Assemble as illustrated
  10. Secure the sandwich with toothpicks
  11. Cut the sandwich across the diagonals
  12. Arrange each quarter on your serving plate while carefully pushing the skewers all the way through
  13. Serve

Notes

Heirloom tomatoes while more expensive, have superior flavour, do not fall apart when sliced and offer better “coverage” on your sandwich.
An even thickness of chicken will ensure even cooking