Corned Beef Reubens

So I decided to make Reubens with the leftover Corn Beef & Cabbage meal we had earlier this week.  I have to say they turned out great because we ate them for 2 nights in a row. :-) We ate the veggies from leftovers as a side too - yum! The recipe below will make enough for 2 sammies for 2 people! You can stack as much meat and toppings as you'd like as well.

Corned Beef Reubens

ingredients

• 4 slices Rye Bread

• 2 Tbsp Thousand Island Dressing (store bought or recipe follows)

• 3 Swiss cheese slices

• sauerkraut

• thinly sliced corned beef 

directions

1. Preheat the broiler. Place 4 slices of bread on a baking sheet and put under broil to lightly toast for 30 seconds or less. Turn and repeat. Remove from broiler. Remove 2 slices of bread and leave the 2 slices on baking sheet.

2. Spread some dressing onto the slices of bread on baking sheet. Then layer beef, sauerkraut and end with 1 1/2 slices of Swiss cheese on top of each. Place under broiler until cheese is melty and slightly browned and bubbly. While the bottom half is cooking under the broiler, spread some dressing on bread slices for top of the sammies.

3. Remove sammies from broiler and place top piece of bread on top of cheese while it's still hot. Slice in half and serve.

If you want to make your own Thousand Island dressing, here's a great recipe I use from Food Network...

Thousand Island Dressing

ingredients

• 1/2 cup mayo (I used olive oil mayo with cracked pepper)

• 1/3 cup sweet chili sauce (found on Asian aisle)

• 2 Tbsp each sweet pickle relish, chopped chives, 1 chopped hard boiled egg

• juice of half of 1 lemon

Whisk the following ingredients and chill until ready to serve in a small mason jar with a lid.This will make about 1- 1/2 cups of dressing so you will have lots of leftovers to use on salads or dip for veggie snacks.

Enjoy!

This recipe was adapted from Me and Food Network.