Chipotle Garlic Grilled Turkey & Cheese Sandwich

(Note: This is Part 3 of a three-week series which features recipes using hot sauces from All Spice Cafe.  For Part 1, click here.  For Part 2, click here.)

Still wondering what to do with that leftover turkey from Thanksgiving?  I used my trusted bottle of All Spice Café Chipotle Garlic Hot Sauce to spice up some shredded turkey.  I toasted two pieces of unflavored ciabatta flatbread and added two contrasting cheeses – a slice of Kraft American and a couple of dollops of Cowgirl Creamery Mt. Tam.  Nothing like pairing high and low end!  You’ve GOT to try this!

this is one fantastic sandwich!

This was by far and away one of the easiest and tastiest sandwiches I’ve surmised in quite a while.  Given that I’m home this week and that our oven caught fire on Thanksgiving morning, I couldn’t prepare anything too elaborate.  Fortunately, the electric griddle and some basics came to the rescue!

getting by on leftovers and a pinch of creativity...

Chipotle Garlic Grilled Turkey & Cheese Sandwich

1. Sliced ciabatta bread
2. Shredded turkey (leftovers are ideal!)
3. American Cheese
4. Cowgirl Creamery Mt. Tam Cheese (or substitute brie)
5. All Spice Café Chipotle Garlic Hot Sauce
6. Butter

Butter the inside face of the ciabatta bread.  Place buttered side down on a hot grill top or frying pan until browned and crispy.  Add ½ a slice of American cheese and a small amount of Mt. Tam cheese on each side of the bread.  Allow the crust side of the bread to toast as the cheese begin to melt together.

easy as 1-2-3!

In a small bowl, add 1/3 c. shredded turkey to 1 or 2 tbsp of Chipotle Garlic Hot Sauce.  When cheeses have melted (approximately 2-4 minutes, depending on temperature of heat source), add the turkey to the sandwich and slice.  Serves 1.  Recipe could easily be doubled, tripled, or quadrupled.  Other substitutions include chicken or pork instead of turkey.

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As this concludes my recipe series with All Spice Café, I have to send one final thanks to JD Cowles for supplying the sauces!  Want to order some hot sauce for your next culinary endeavor?  Head over to his online store.  From now until 12/31/09 enter code “flavorface” at the checkout to receive 20% off your purchase.  You can also find All Spice Café on twitter and facebook.