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If you’ve ever watched the movie Spanglish, you’ll remember this sandwich. It’s a famous sandwich Adam Sandler’s character makes after returning from work one late night. It has crispy pieces of bacon, lettuce, tomato, a runny egg and melty cheese. Absolutely delicious!
I watched Spanglish probably twenty times my senior year in high school. I have no idea why but I loved this movie. My favorite part was the relationship between Adam Sandler and Paz Vega. My second favorite part of the movie was the sandwich.
Turns out Thomas Keller (famous chef of French Laundry and Surfside Club) create this sandwich for Adam Sandler’s character to make. It’s a chef sandwich, you could say.
It’s no surprise I love sandwiches. I love everything from a BLT to the famous Grinder Sandwich. So there should be no surprise that I wanted to make this sandwich.
Ingredients You’ll Need to Make the Spanglish Sandwich
- Sourdough bread – I like the pre-sliced kind.
- Egg – A fried, runny egg is a must!
- Cheese – I used Monterey Jack here but use whatever kind you like.
- Lettuce – I prefer butter lettuce for this sandwich.
- Tomato – We love a good heirloom tomato or steak tomato for this sandwich.
- Bacon – Crispy bacon is best.
For the rest of the ingredients, please refer to the recipe index card below.
How to Make the Spanglish Sandwich
- Bake the bacon until crispy. I like to bake bacon in the oven for a fuss-free hands off experience.
- Toast your bread lightly. I like to do this in the toaster. I like it only lightly toasted.
- Add cheese to one half of bread. Transfer to the oven to bake until the cheese is melty, about 5 minutes.
- Fry up the egg! I like a runny egg so I do sunnyside up.
- Add mayonnaise to the second piece of bread.
- Add the lettuce, tomato, egg and pieces of bacon. Top with the second half of bread and slice in half.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, absolutely. You can use veggie bacon or turkey bacon if you want.
A cold beer. I think it goes well with a cup of coffee, a beer or a glass of wine.
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Spanglish Sandwich
Equipment
- 1 Baking Sheet
Ingredients
- 3 slices bacon
- 2 slices country white bread, (or of your choice)
- 2 slices Monterey jack cheese
- 1/2 tsp mayonnaise
- 2 pieces butter lettuce
- 2 slices tomato
- 1 large egg
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
To Make the Bacon:
- Preheat your oven to 375F. Place the bacon slices side by side and cook until crispy, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a bed of paper towels.
To Assemble the Sandwich
- Lightly toast your bread in a toaster. Place your cheese on one slice of bread and place it under the broiler until melted (I did it in a conventional oven). Take the other slice of bread and spread the 1/2 tsp of mayonnaise (you can obviously add more if you like).
- If you have a non-stick pan, melt butter over medium heat and fry your egg.If you’re using a skillet like I have pictured above, drizzle a tablespoon of olive oil in the pan. When it’s hot, crack your egg and fry until done.
- Add the lettuce on top of the slice of bread with the mayonnaise. Then add the slices of tomato, egg and piece of bacon. Slice the sandwich and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
*This post was originally published on August 20th, 2010.
My best friend and I have lived at least 5 hours from each other for a few years now, and this is the sandwich we reunite with every time we get together. It is delicious and messy. This post made me smile from ear to ear!
Yuumyy great brunch item
Looks divine and scrumptious! Where is that bowl from holding the eggs from? gorgeous!
I got it from Anthropolgie a bit ago, but I actually found it on their website. I seriously use these bowls daily–they’re great. Here’s a link!
http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?subCategoryId=&id=78710&catId=HOME-TABLETOP-DINNERWARE&pushId=HOME-TABLETOP-DINNERWARE&popId=HOME-TABLETOP&sortProperties=&navCount=100&navAction=middle&fromCategoryPage=true&selectedProductSize=&selectedProductSize1=&color=blu&colorName=BLUE&isSubcategory=&isProduct=true&isBigImage=&templateType=E
I’ve never seen the movie (I’m not much of a movie watcher) but the sandwich sounds delicious!
This arcltie went ahead and made my day.
Yum, there’s nothing better than an egg sandwich. I just discovered your blog and all of your recipes have been making my mouth water. I’m not following you!
http://fromdenimtodessert.blogspot.com/
I remember this sandwich from the movie!! I want one x 10,000! 🙂
I actually hated the movie, because I thought it seemed to have a subtext of women being less annoying when they couldn’t actually communicate (the maid cannot speak English at first, whereas the shrew of a wife is always talking 90 miles a minute). But I tend to get huffy about that sort of thing. I’m sure it wasn’t intended. Ahem.
I used to make it in college. my favorite sandwich, and one of my favorite movies of all time…
Ok, I saw this movie once a looong time ago, but I barely remember this part. I’m not sure I can call myself a food lover after not remembering this all-important detail of the movie 🙂 Spanglish makes me think of talking to my husband’s grandma and she told me that this movie had a “sexual situation” in it that she did not care for. My husband and I really had to think about which part she was talking about and we eventually remembered that one small scene, ha. I like your memory of Spanglish better 🙂
Ha! I saw the movie last night and have no idea what sexual situation she’s referring to. That’s hilarious! For anyone that wants to watch, here is a link for the special feature with Thomas Keller:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXAJAyLdUXU
This is amazing! Every time I watch Spanglish (which is rather-often… I really like it) I end up desperately wanting to eat the sandwich. I didn’t realize that they had an extra about how to make it! Awesome.
I watch it when I’m curling my hair. It’s a good “in the background” movie and I always want that dang sandwich.
This is pretty close to my idea of heaven. I wish I had more than just ketchup and juice in my fridge so I could go make this right now.