STUFFING WAFFLE OPEN-FACED LEFTOVER TURKEY SANDWICH (AKA THE GREATEST LEFTOVER THANKSGIVING SANDWICH IN THE WORLD OF ALL TIME)

Stuffing Waffle Open-Faced Leftover Turkey Sandwich (aka the greatest leftover Thanksgiving sandwich in the world of all time) image

Provided by Jeff Mauro, host of Sandwich King

Categories main-dish

Time 25m

Yield 1 to 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 to 3 cups chicken stock
4 cups leftover stuffing
Vegetable oil or nonstick cooking spray
Leftover gravy
Leftover turkey slices
Leftover cranberry sauce
6 slices bacon lardons, crisped up in a pan
Fresh sage, chiffonade and fried in oil until crispy
1 egg, cooked sunny-side up
Sea salt and cracked black pepper

Steps:

Preheat a waffle iron. I use a mini, round waffle maker, that works best for stacking.
In a large mixing bowl, add 1/2 cup of the stock to the stuffing at a time until the mixture is wet but not liquid; it should have the consistency of meatball mix and should be able to be rolled into a ball.
Lightly oil or spray a waffle iron and, depending on shape/size of mold, place a nice-size disc of wet stuffing onto the hot waffle iron. Cook until golden brown and crispy, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove and repeat if leftover stuffing mix remains.
Heat the gravy in a small saucepot. Take off the heat and place slices of the cold turkey in the hot gravy to reheat and rehydrate.
Make a tower with a layer of the stuffing waffle schmeared with cranberry sauce. Top with a couple slices of warm gravy-kissed turkey, then a nice sprinkling of crispy bacon. Top with a single sunny-side up egg and garnish with the crispy sage, sea salt and cracked black pepper.