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Club Sandwich with Avocado and a Quick Aioli

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Cook Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 1 sandwich

Ingredients

  • 3 slices of sandwich bread you can pick your favorite, including farmhouse bread, multigrain, or seeded.
  • 4 streaky smoked bacon slices
  • 3 deli turkey slices about 2.5 oz for 3 slices or chicken
  • 3-4 large tomato slices
  • 1/2 large avocado
  • 3 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1/4 large garlic clove
  • a squeeze of lemon juice just under 1 tsp and zest from a quarter of a lemon
  • 3-4 iceberg lettuce leaves to taste
  • salt to taste
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Cook the bacon.

  • For oven-baked bacon, preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Add the bacon to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper/baking paper for easier cleanup. Cook the bacon in the oven until crispy (about 15-16 minutes). As all ovens are different, start checking after about 10 minutes and take it out when it’s done to your desired crispiness.
  • For the stovetop skillet method, add the bacon to a cold skillet. Put the pan on medium-low heat and cook, flipping it every 3-4 minutes until it’s cooked to your desired crispiness. You may need to use a splatter guard. If using a lid, set it slightly leaning on one side so the steam can escape.

While the bacon is cooking, prep everything else.

  • Aioli: To the mayo, add the minced garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, and a pinch of salt & pepper. Mix until combined.
  • Tomato: Slice the tomato and season the slices with a pinch of salt and pepper.
  • Iceberg Lettuce: Separate the leaves, wash them, and pat them dry or use a salad spinner to dry them.
  • Avocado: Scoop up the avocado flesh and mash the avocado with a pinch of salt and pepper and a tiny squeeze of lemon juice (to keep the avocado vibrant green).
  • Bread: Toast the bread slices.

Assemble the sandwich (in this order)

  • To a toasted bread slice, add about a tablespoon of the aioli (lemon-garlic mayo).
  • Cover that with 2 iceberg lettuce leaves (more or less to taste)
  • Top the lettuce with the tomato slices.
  • Add the crispy bacon on top of the tomato slices.
  • Take the second toasted slice of bread and spread 1 tbsp of the aioli (half on each side), and place the bread slice on top of the bacon.
  • Top the bread slice with the turkey (or chicken).
  • Add the mashed avocado.
  • Top with iceberg lettuce leaves.
  • And finally, take the third slice of toasted bread, and spread a tablespoon of aioli, and place it on top of the lettuce.

Serve it immediately.

    Notes

    For 4 sandwiches, you’ll need 12 slices of bread, 16 streaky smoked bacon slices, 12 deli turkey (or chicken) slices (about 10 oz), 2 large tomatoes, 2 large avocados, 3/4 cup mayo, 1 large garlic clove, 1 tbsp lemon juice, zest from one lemon, iceberg lettuce leaves, salt & pepper to taste.