Baked bean sandwich: Encyclopedia II - Baked bean sandwich - Alternative recipe

Baked bean sandwich - Alternative recipe

Another method that is gaining in popularity due to its ease, simplicity and minimal clean-up involves the use of a sandwich-maker.

1. Open sandwich maker, turn on to pre-heat.
2. Open a can of baked beans, or using a pre-opened can, ensure that as much sauce as possible has been drained.
3. Place one slice of bread on the bottom tray of the sandwich-maker, push the bread down into the cavities to create pockets in which to place the baked beans.
4. Fill the previously created pockets in the bread with a suitable amount of baked beans, overfilling may prevent the two slices of bread from "bonding" properly.
5. Place another slice of bread ontop of the bean-filled slice already in the sandwich-maker, align, then close the sandwich-maker, ensuring a tight closure.
6. Allow to heat for five minutes or until sandwich-maker indicates completion.
7. Serve with glass of milk or other cold beverage.
8. Warning! Baked beans will retain heat and become very hot. Sandwich-makers tend to seal in the bread pockets, which may contain high-pressure, high temperature sauce and steam. It is recommended that a small corner of each sandwich slice be bitten/cut off before eating properly, in order to allow the steam to escape and the contents to cool to an edible temperature.

Baked bean sandwiches made with electric sandwich makers are not true baked bean sandwiches as the addition of the technology to the process takes away from its inherent simplicity. There is, however, no mainstream term to distinguish the sandwiches from one another.

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