Best Corned Beef On Rye With Caramelized Onions And Sauerkraut Recipes

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Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Lunch

Time 20m

Yield 15 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 8

3/4 cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons chili sauce
1 can (14 ounces) sauerkraut, rinsed and well drained
12 ounces shredded deli corned beef
2 cups shredded Swiss cheese
30 sliced rye bread
1/2 cup butter, softened
Thousand Island salad dressing, optional

Steps:

In a large bowl, combine the mayonnaise, chili sauce, sauerkraut, corned beef and Swiss cheese. Spread over 15 slices of bread, about 1/3 cup on each; top with remaining bread. Lightly butter the outside of sandwiches. Toast on a hot griddle for 4-5 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Serve with Thousand Island dressing if desired.

Nutrition Facts :

Corned Beef on Rye with Caramelized Onions and Sauerkraut image

Yield Makes 4 sandwiches

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 cups thinly sliced onion
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3/4 cup drained sauerkraut
1/2 Granny Smith apple, grated coarse
3 tablespoons water
unsalted butter, softened, for buttering bread
8 large 1/2-inch-thick slices rye bread
1 large garlic clove, halved
1 large dill pickle, sliced paper-thin
3/4 pound thinly sliced chilled cooked corned beef (about half a cooked 3 1/2-pound corned beef; recipe follows)
1 cup coarsely grated Swiss cheese
mustard as an accompaniment
Corned beef:
a 3-to 4-pound corned beef brisket

Steps:

To prepare onions and sandwich:
In a large heavy skillet cook onion in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until golden. Stir in sauerkraut and apple and cook, stirring, 5 minutes. Stir in water and salt and pepper to taste and transfer to a bowl. Mixture keeps, covered and chilled, 1 week.
Preheat broiler.
Butter one side of bread slices. On a baking sheet set 4 inches from heat broil both side of bread until toasted lightly. Rub buttered side of each toast with garlic. Arrange 4 toasts, garlic side up, on a baking sheet and divide pickle and corned beef among them. Top beef with onion mixture and cheese and broil under broiler about 4 inches from heat until cheese is melted. Top sandwiches with remaining toasts, garlic side down, and halve.
Serve sandwiches with mustard.
To prepare the corned beef:
In a kettle combine beef with cold water to cover by 2 inches and bring water just to a boil, skimming froth. Simmer beef, covered, 3 hours, or until tender. Remove kettle from heat and let beef stand in cooking liquid 20 minutes. Transfer beef to work surface and trim fat. Use beef as part of a boiled dinner and/or for making corned beef on rye and/or corned beef hash. Corned beef keeps, covered and chilled, 4 days.