Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Rapping About Reuben Wraps

Another post already? Don't go getting spoiled on me now but, yes, I'm posting again! What I failed to mention in my previous post is that the reason I didn't serve my soup with any sort of bread product (what you'll learn about me soon enough is that I love me some bread. Any kind of carbs are, and will always be, necessary with EVERYTHING.) is because I made these that night, as well.

A strange but true fact about me that I didn't come to the realization of until I went shopping for the ingredients of this dish, is that I hadn't ever tried corned beef before. I love sauerkraut and usually opt for anything that contains it but I guess if there's a "Rachel" on a menu next to a "Reuben", I go with the turkey version. This was the perfect dish to introduce me to this formerly foreign food and from now I plan to be more adventurous. "Bring on the beef!"

 Original Inspiration:

My Finished Product:

Things To Note:
-Look at my wrapping job! I was pretty proud. I've never worked with egg roll wrappers before and it most definitely could have been worse. That's for sure.

-I used corned beef from a can... I have nothing to base what it tasted like on, so I liked it! You can also use beef from the deli if you're a corned beef connoisseur. The choice is yours! It was easy to open that can up and roughly chop up the meat. I liked that about it -- but go crazy!

-I couldn't get a good picture of the Thousand Island side-sauce to save my life. It was delicious but very unattractive looking. I think the lady who created this recipe had a similar issue since she doesn't have any photos on her site either. Oh well. It's AWESOME and totally made the dish. Trust.

-I cut the recipe in half since I was only feeding two people. I was able to get 8 nice size rolls out of it. We both had plenty to eat by each having two with our soup starter. Having leftovers was nice and they heat up tasting just as good as fresh from the oven!

-I baked these instead of frying. It made me feel a little bit better about eating them and the soup on the same night. I baked them at 400 for about 25 minutes. They were still crunchy and ooey-gooey. I don't think i missed out on anything by not frying them.  

Overall Impression:
YUM. So good. So simple. Make these and enjoy the crap outta them! They would be awesome for a football game or as a little appetizer at a party.

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