Hot and Hearty Southern Banjo Pickers
This Banjo Picker sandwich is a hot, flavorful meal that brings the best of North Alabama deli flavors right to your kitchen. With smoky kielbasa and tangy sauerkraut on toasted French bread, it's a hearty 30-minute dinner that the whole family will love.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 large loaf French Bread from grocery bakery
- 1 package Polish keilbasa sausage
- 1 1/2 cups Sauerkraut that's one and a half, not eleven ;
- Swiss Cheese Slices
- 1/4 cup hot banana pepper slices or jalapeno slices
- 2 tablespoons spicy brown mustard more if you want
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise more if you want
Instructions
- Cut your sausage into two inch segments and cut each segment in half lengthwise. Place these in a large skillet over medium high heat and cook, turning as needed, until lightly browned on both sides.
- Slice bread open lengthwise and lay open on baking sheet. Spread one side with mayo and one side with mustard. Arrange 5 cheese slices over bread. Top one side of bread with sauerkraut and pepper slices. Place browned keilbasa slices on bottom half of bread loaf.
- Place in oven at 350 for 10-15 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bread is toasted. Remove from oven. Close sandwich and cut into four smaller sandwiches. Serve warm with kettle potato chips or a nice bowl of white beans.