Le Grand Jerk Chicken & Ham Sandwich

Recently, I just chanced upon McDonald new burger release - Le Grand Beef Sandwich retail only in selected McDonalds restaurant (Lido Ground Floor & Bras Brasah). It is big Ciabatta bread sandwich serve with oversized beef patty top with mayo, onion, tomato slices and 2 slice of cheese. The sandwich didn't left much impression on me solely because it was serve cold despite it was freshly made by the McD's staff.

However, the sheer size of the Ciabatta did impress me and I decided to do a ala-home version of Le Grand Sandwich with the leftover ingredients (honey baked ham, sliced jamaican jerk chicken, mozzarella & hormel's chili) I had left from previous cooking expedition. Upon chance, I manage to find cheap Ciabatta (6 for $1.95) at Giant Megamart and I decide to go all out making my Le Grand Sandwich.

Le Grand Jerk Chicken & Ham Sandwich

• 1/2 Jamaican Jerk Chicken Thigh Sliced
• 2 slices of Honey Baked Ham
• 1 loaf of Ciabatta
• 3 Tablespoon of Hormel's Turkey Bean Chili
• Mozzarella Cheese or Cheddar Cheese Slice

There is no strict rule in making this sandwich and you are free to substitute with leftover ingredients like sausages, bacon, egg you conveniently find in your fridge. As for how to make Jamaican Jerk Chicken I will post the recipe at a later date. On to making the Le Grand Sandwich, slit the Ciabatta lengthwise and unfold it as you fliping open a book.


Add the sliced Jamaican Jerk Chicken slice first onto the Ciabatta and top it with 3 tablespoons of Hormmel's Turkey Bean Chili. Next slice Honey Baked Ham in the middle and lace it on top of the Chili. Then, top it with lot of mozzarella or cheddar cheese slice close the Ciabatta and grill it using Kenwood Griller or alternatively at the toaster oven for 5 minutes till the cheese melts and you have a nice tasty Le Grand Sandwich that even supersede the original.

East Meets West - Pork Satay/Kutupat Vs Hot Chili Chicken Chipolata HotDog

It is very fortunate to live in a heartland whereby you have 5 different supermarkets located pretty close to each other as you will be spoiled for choice with different exclusive offers given. After rummaging through the offers this week I decide to whip up a East Meets West Saturday lunch today with the offer items I gathered on Friday. Hot Chili Chicken Chipolatas HotDog not exactly a True West (LOL) as I don't have hot chili at moment and substitute it with beef keema that I had cooked in excess.

Pork Satay/Kutupat Vs Hot Chili Chicken Chipolatas HotDog

• 1 Gardenia Hotdog Bun (Hotdog Bun free from NTUC with Purchase 1 Loaf of Bread)
• 1 Chicken Chipolata ($4.95 10 Pcs Chicken Chipolatas Promotion from Carrefour)
• 1/2 Cup Mozzarella 
  
• 5 Sticks City Pork Satay ($7.00 Promotion from Sheng Siong)
• 2 Kutupat ($3.20 Promotion from Sheng Siong)
• 1 Beef Keema (substitute for Hot Chili)
  

City Pork Satay are sold in a pack of 20 stick with peanut sauce. Empty the peanut sauce in microwave bowl and heat it under high settings for 11/2 minutes. Heat up the electric grill and coat it with oil for 5 minutes then grill the satay each side for 5 minutes and ready to serve. For cooking the Kutupat, boil a pot of water with salt added add in the kutupat rice pack sure it is fully submerge into the bowling water and boil it for 45 mins or more, turning it at times until it is fully bloated up. You can do it the day before as the kutupat need to cool down adequately so that you can cut it without the rice sticking to the knife.

Heat a frying pan with a drizzle of oil, fried the chipolata until the skin start to turn crisp. Slit the the hotdog bun length wise and insert the chipolatas into the hotdog bun. Drizzle the hot dog bun with Beef Keema and top it with mozzarella cheese. Microwave it under high setting for 1 mins till the cheese melts.

Smoked Black Pepper Duck Toasted Sandwich

Rice & noodles dishes are the common dinner choice for average Singaporean in heartland heavily populated by food court or hawker centre. I personally don't like to eat the same kind of food that you can commonly find in food court or hawker centre.

One can say fast food can offer alternative economical dinner option, but the fast food serving have shrunk considerable over the years and their menu still stagnate with the same offering. Even new fast food item are rehash from their current menu without any novelty, so you left with not much choice or option.

Smoked Black Pepper Duck Toasted Sandwich is one of the few unique sandwiches I created so far for my dinner and managed to capture on my PSP camera. As most of them tend disappear into my stomach way before they get a chance to be photograph. LOL     

Smoked Black Pepper Duck Toasted Sandwich

• 12 Pcs of KSP Smoked Black Pepper Duck (no longer retail in Sheng Siong try contact KSP)
• 1/2 Tomato Sliced Thinly
• 4 Pcs Bread
• 1 Hard Boiled Egg Sliced
• 2 Slice of Cheddar Cheese
• Sandwich Maker (Any Brand)
  

For those who frequent Saizeriya (an economical italian/western restaurant located at Liang Court) will notice there is a smoked duck in their menu. The smoked duck offer in Saizeriya is source from KSP. By sheer luck, I manage to purchase it from Sheng Siong during the CNY period. As it's no longer retail in Sheng Siong, I take great care not to deplete the smoked duck too fast and keep some even until now.


Boil the egg with Burton Egg Timer until it hit Medium indicator and chill it with cold water and peel it. Use the egg slicer to get equal portion of egg slices. For the smoked duck, you need 6 slice with 2-3mm thickness as too thick, one will find the smoke duck too overwhelming in the sandwich.

With sandwich maker, place in the following order bread, smoked duck, slice tomato, slice egg, cheese and finally the bread. Close the sandwich maker cover and power it and toast until slight brown. There you have a hot tasty sandwich as alternative meal for your dinner with just 15 mins cooking time.