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Easy Oven Sandwich Recipe – Perfect for Freezer Cooking
I’ve been making oven sandwiches for a long time, not only because they’re easy and delicious, but also because they are perfect for the freezer and come in really handy when I need a quick, homemade meal on the double! I used to use rolls and make single-serve sized sandwiches. Recently, I decided to quit making individual sandwiches {the process isn’t hard, but CAN be streamlined…} and instead make ONE BIG sandwich that serves the entire family! It takes the meal prep to about FIVE MINUTES!! How awesome is that? This easy oven sandwich recipe is a family favorite and sure to be a keeper in your freezer-friendly recipe file too!
Let’s get started!
To make your own easy oven sandwich, gather ingredients. You can use any lunch meat and cheese you like, but I picked up my favorite food from ALDI:
- Never Any! Uncured Black Forest Ham ($3.29 package)
- Never Any! Oven Roasted Turkey Breast ($3.29 package)
- Hard Salami ($2.99 package)
- Organic Colby Jack Cheese ($2.99 package)
- 2 loaves Ciabatta Bread ($1.69 each)
I love the Never Any! lunch meat at ALDI because there are no added nitrates, hormones, or antibiotics. We quit eating lunch meat for a long time, but you guys. I just like it. I’m glad to find a reasonable alternative at ALDI that I don’t feel too guilty about eating.
Then, all you have to do is split the bread so it opens like a sandwich, butter with homemade herbed butter {I like to add 1 tsp Italian Seasoning to a softened stick of real butter}, add meat and cheese.
If you want to bake it right away, loosely wrap it in aluminum foil, and bake in a preheated oven (400 degrees) on a cookie sheet for 15-20 minutes. The bread should be nice and crunchy and the meat and cheese bubbly and gooey.
To save one for the freezer, pack it tightly in aluminum foil and then place it in a 2 gallon freezer bag. On serving day, bake the thawed sandwich in the oven (400 degrees) for 15-20 minutes. Or, you can bake a frozen sandwich in the 400 degree oven for 40-50 minutes.
Easy Oven Sandwich Recipe – Perfect for Freezer Cooking
Ingredients
- 1 loaf ciabatta bread, or baguette
- 6 slices Never Any! ham
- 6 slices Never Any! turkey breast
- 6 slices salami
- 3 slices organic cheese, provolone, Monterrey jack, or whatever you want
- 1 stick herbed better, softened
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Split bread or baguette and butter both sides.
- Spread out the meat - 6 slices ham, 6 slices salami, 6 slices turkey - on the bread. Or add more meat, if you'd like.
- Top with cheese and close up the sandwich.
- To eat right away, loosely wrap sandwich in aluminum foil and bake 15-20 minutes, until the bread is crunchy and the cheese is melty.
- To freezer and enjoy at a later date, wrap tightly in aluminum foil and then place it in a 2 gallon bag. On serving day, let the sandwich thaw in the fridge all day long. Then back for 15-20 minutes in a 400 degree oven.
- Alternatively, you can bake the frozen sandwich - just be prepared for a long bake time, 40-50 minutes. 🙂
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I never thought of this. Great idea! My husband could even us the microwave at work to heat it up.
Yes! It’s a very versatile recipe, Michelle! You could make it in a toaster oven, microwave, however you want!
Oh my goodness–this is brilliant! So simple and yet it looks like a delicious way to have a quick meal. Definitely saving this one and pinning it! Thanks! Gotta love Aldi’s !
It’s really good, Beth Ann! Hope you make and love it. 🙂
I never thought about baking my sandwich and now that’s what I want for lunch! It looks so delicious!
Thanks, Donna! Hope you make one because I know you will LOVE it!
What a yummy and time saving idea!
I love the fact that you can make them in advance and freeze them!
We love oven sandwiches at our house, our usual version includes a hamburger meat mixture and cheese, your version with the deli meat sounds delicious, I will have to give it at try!
This would be very convenient for busy evenings. Hot sandwiches are the best!
Love this recipe Michelle! I have never tried to freeze sandwiches. I will now! Thanks so much!
I’ve never frozen a sandwich before. Will try this since I like to have quick meals to prep on busy days.
If your meat package Ingredients say celery extract or celery powder there are nitrates in the processed meat.