Brooklyn Avenue Sandwich

Time :2 20

Yield :6 servings

Recipe Background

Craving that big taste that you can't get just anywhere? Bring the taste of an authentic New York deli into your own home with this Brooklyn Avenue Sandwich. A couple slices of tasty, nutty, and earthy rye bread, slathered with sweet and savory Russian dressing, stacked with hearty, robust pastrami, and creamy, crunchy coleslaw and you have a literal masterpiece right in the palm of your hand! Nothing takes you back to the Northeast like the tantalizing taste-trip of Brooklyn Avenue Sandwich. Take a bite out of the big apple with a bite of the best pastrami sandwich you will ever make in your own home! Now, that's what I'm talking about!

Ingredients

For the coleslaw:

1/3 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
4 scallions white and light green portions only, thinly sliced
3 cups coleslaw mix

For the sandwiches:

Russian dressing store-bought or homemade, to taste
12 slices rye bread
1 1/2 pounds pastrami thinly sliced
potato salad optional, store-bought or homemade, to taste, for serving

Directions

In a large bowl with an airtight lid, add the mayonnaise, the apple cider vinegar, the granulated sugar, the Dijon mustard, and the celery seed and whisk to combine.
Add the scallions and the coleslaw mix to the mayonnaise mixture and toss until well-combined.
Cover and transfer the coleslaw mixture to the refrigerator to marinate until ready to use, about 1 hour.
On a flat surface with a butter knife, evenly spread the Russian dressing on each of the 12 slices of rye bread.
Add 4 ounces of the pastrami to each of the 6 bottom slices of the rye bread.
Evenly add about 1/2 cup of the coleslaw mixture on top of the pastrami layer.
Add the remaining 6 slices of rye bread to the top of the coleslaw mixture.
Plate with the potato salad and serve, using toothpicks to hold the sandwiches together if needed.