How do you know you’re a foodie? Do you literally dance for joy when you pull out a freshly baked loaf of bread from the oven? You might be a foodie. Do you pour over cookbooks, just for fun? You might be a foodie. Do you lie in bed late at night thinking about recipes and combining different ingredients to create new recipes? You might be a foodie. Does every event you plan or attend center around the food? You might be a foodie. Do you cook your family’s favorite foods to show them that you love them? Yep, you’re probably a foodie just like me.
I’m so blessed to have several foodie girlfriends in my life. Let me tell you, foodie brains are definitely wired differently from everyone else’s. How often do you get a phone call where the main topic of discussion is centered around food? Not just what we’ve cooked and enjoyed lately but also the exchange of ideas for creating even more delicious foods?
Let me start by saying, you’re in for a real treat today! This delectable combination of ingredients using leftover roast beef from the holidays to make this delectable steak sandwich is my girlfriend Cindy’s brainchild. She is definitely a foodie like me. I love how her mind works and once you try this sandwich, you’re going to wish Cindy was your friend too!
Heat olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
Once the oil is hot, add the sliced onions. Sauté until soft and a rich golden brown, about 10-15 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add sliced beef and cook until it’s heated through.
While the onions are cooking, cut rolls in half and spread with garlic butter.
Use a sturdy roll like a good crusty Sourdough roll or Ciabatta roll. A softer sweet French bread or Bolillo roll may fall apart when you add all the ingredients. You need a sturdy vessel to hold together all the delicious ingredients.
Learn how to make the Best Ever Garlic Butter in just a few minutes. A delicious, ridiculously easy to make garlic butter using just a few basic ingredients to spread on just about anything and everything! It’s absolutely delicious on this sandwich!
Place buttered rolls in the oven and toast, cut side up, under the broiler until toasted to a golden brown.
Top half of each sandwich with sliced Cambazola cheese and return to the oven until the cheese is melted, about 1-2 minutes.
Cambazola cheese is a velvety, creamy cheese with a texture like Brie cheese, with blue cheese bits in it. It’s a smooth and creamy cheese with a lovely mild blue cheese flavor that melts beautifully! It’s worth searching for this cheese because it adds loads of flavor to this sandwich. You can find it at most major supermarkets that have a specialty cheese deli case. Trader Joe’s carries it as well.
Remove toasted rolls from the oven and top half of each sandwich with the grilled onion and beef mixture.
Drizzle grilled onion beef mixture with balsamic glaze.
Add lettuce and sprouts to each sandwich if using.
Serve sandwiches right away while the beef and onions are hot and the cheese is warm and melty. Be sure to set out a big stack of napkins, you’re going to need them.
What makes life worth living? Having a circle of friends to share life with, good wine, and great food. Not just regular, run-of-the-mill food, but really good, get-your-mouth-watering, stomach rumbling, delicious food like this sandwich. When you have great friends, coupled with great food, you’re guaranteed good times filled with loads of laughter! Cindy, I love your wonderful foodie mind and I love sharing this crazy journey of life with you. Thanks for dreaming up this delectable sandwich! Promise me you’ll never stop dreaming, because we’re all going to be hungry again tomorrow…LOL!
Steak Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 12 oz leftover cooked roast beef, sliced
- 4 Ciabatta rolls
- 4 tbsp garlic butter
- 4 oz Cambazola or Brie cheese, sliced
- 4 tsp balsamic glaze
- lettuce, optional
- sprouts, optional
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
- Once oil is hot add sliced onions. Sauté until soft and golden brown, about 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add sliced beef and cook until heated through.
- While onions are cooking, cut rolls in half and spread with garlic butter.
- Place buttered rolls in the oven and toast, cut side up, under the broiler until toasted to a golden brown.
- Top half of each sandwich with sliced Cambazola cheese and continue to broil in the oven until the cheese is melted, about 1-2 minutes.
- Remove toasted rolls from the oven and top half of each sandwich with the grilled onion and beef mixture.
- Drizzle grilled onion beef mixture with balsamic glaze.
- Add lettuce and sprouts to each sandwich if using.
- Serve right away while beef and onions are hot and cheese is warm and melty with a stack of napkins.
If you loved this sandwich, you’ll love some of the other recipes that Cindy has shared and have been featured here on the blog. You might want to give Cindy’s Famous, Crazy Good, Homemade Cookies a try. They’re easy to make and utterly delicious! Bet you can’t eat just one, or two, or three…
Looking for a comfort food classic? Give Cindy’s Old Fashioned Chicken & Dumplings; The Ultimate Comfort Food a try. It’s just like the one your grandma made. It’s tasty and delicious and it’s an economical meal to make too.
If you’ve had less than stellar results making pizza at home, give Cindy’s Crispy Crust Perfect Pizza a try. Her easy method produces the perfect pizza crust in your home oven using refrigerated pizza dough from the supermarket. Add your favorite toppings and you’ll be enjoying the best pizza at home and never have to spend $30+ on a pizza ever again.
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Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
John 6:35