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Reuben Sandwich recipe!
Reuben Sandwich recipe! brings together pastrami, light rye bread, and swiss cheese. Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 35 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 19 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Grilling
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 16–30 minutes · Total: 31–60 minutes
- Dish type
- Sandwiches
A few quick notes
1. Plan the chilling step
Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. Make room in the fridge and use the time and sequence in the recipe, so that part does not catch you by surprise.
2. Keep the lid step in mind
Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. Follow the covered and uncovered parts of the method in their own order, especially when the finish changes partway through.
3. Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
Get to know the ingredients
Pastrami
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Thinly slice still cold pastrami (Note 1).
Light rye bread
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Toast bread.
Swiss cheese
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Do same for sauerkraut, pile onto pastrami, then top with cheese.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
Check ingredients as you prepare them. These checks stay on this page.
How to make it
0 of 14 steps completeMake room for Reuben Sandwich recipe!
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Sandwich together and devour while hot! Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Keep an eye on the broiler finish
The broiler is a separate finishing job. Read that part before serving, get the dish ready as directed, and stay with the finish instead of treating it as another long oven step.
Have the grill ready for its turn
Read the grill setup before starting the food. Keep the recipe’s heat and turning instructions together, so the handoff from preparation to cooking is straightforward.
Keep the toasting step in view
Treat the toasting as its own small job. Have the next part ready and use the color or texture check in the method before moving on.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the pot, oven, and grill. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Mix ingredients, refrigerate 20 minutes+ (keeps 2 weeks).
Which little step is worth remembering?
Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. Make room in the fridge and use the time and sequence in the recipe, so that part does not catch you by surprise.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: Place under grill until cheese is just melted.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
The broiler is a separate finishing job. Read that part before serving, get the dish ready as directed, and stay with the finish instead of treating it as another long oven step.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: RecipeTin Eats. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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