Even though hot pastrami deli sandwiches have pastrami, corned beef, Swiss cheese, coleslaw, Dijon mustard served on rye bread, you can make these deli style sandwiches at home. The hot pastrami sandwiches can be made for less than the ones bought in a deli; especially if you’re feeding a crowd.
I do not like rye bread, so I use wheat sandwich bread when using mine. Since I didn’t have corned beef lunch meat when I made wither of my versions, I substituted salami for it. I also didn’t make coleslaw for mine. I normally have big eye or baby Swiss on hand but I prefer cheddar cheese.
With my versions of hot pastrami sandwiches, I can make them in just a few minutes over the hour it takes to cook corned beef and pastrami in beef broth. You may be able to find corned beef at a deli where you live.
If your local grocery store, like Kroger, has high end lunch meats to be sliced, you may find corned beef there. I know I can find corned beef at some of the Dillon’s, a Kroger owned grocery chain in Kansas, at some stores where it sells well.
Another reason I make my homemade hot pastrami sandwiches like this is because sometimes I want a hot sandwich over a cold sandwich. The ingredients I use are from the sandwich meat counter in the meat area or from one of the deli’s at Wal-Mart or Dillon’s, regular sandwich bread, yellow mustard because that’s what I had on hand at the time, and cheddar cheese.
If you have kids who are particular in what they eat, kind of like I am, these sandwiches may be more suited for them. For you adults who prefer the originals, there is a recipe for the classic deli hot pastrami sandwiches located in the sources section of the article.
My Two Versions of Hot Pastrami Sandwiches
You could add coleslaw, Dijon or other spicy mustard, and rye bread if you prefer with these two types of homemade hot pastrami sandwiches.
Plain Hot Pastrami Sandwich
Ingredients
1 slice Sargento’s Mild Cheddar Cheese Sandwich Slices
5 slices Hillshire Farms Pastrami
2 squirts yellow mustard
2 slices wheat bread
Directions
Place the 5 slices of Hillshire Farms Pastrami in a skillet over low to medium heat. Warm the pastrami until the edges begin to shrivel. Turning occasionally.
Squirt to blobs of yellow mustard onto one slice of the wheat bread. Place a piece of the Mild Cheddar Cheese Sandwich Slices on the other side of the bread. Place the hot pastrami on the slice of bread with cheese and cover with other slice of bread.
TIP: Turkey pastrami can be used in place of the regular Hillshire Farms Pastrami. Any type of your favorite mustard can be used. Cheese can be omitted or substituted for your favorite type.
Hot Pastrami and Salami Sandwich
Ingredients
5 slices each of turkey pastrami and salami
2 squirts yellow mustard
2 slices wheat bread
Directions
Place the 10 slices of pastrami and salami in a skillet over low to medium heat. Warm the pastrami and salami until the edges begin to shrivel. Turning occasionally.
Squirt to blobs of yellow mustard onto one slice of the wheat bread. Place the hot pastrami and salami on the slice of bread with cheese and cover with other slice of bread.
TIP: Sliced cheese can be added. Any type of your favorite mustard can be used.
Source
Sunset; Hot Pastrami Sandwiches; Myrecipes.com
