Chelsea Market Sandwich & Chips

fresh from the farm

 

For me, one of the best places we visited was Chelsea Market. Home to the Food Network NY headquarters. I know many people are upset about how they dropped Paula Deen recently, but I'm not going to get into that here. I still have respect for both the network and Paula. On with the visit! Steven and I milled around Chelsea Market for the good part our Tuesday morning. We bought some great spice blends, a wasabi snack mix, a jute bag, and of course lunch.

We went to the iconic Friedman's Lunch and each enjoyed a sandwich and chips. I had the most delicious vegetable sandwich! It was piled high with cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, tomato, bell pepper, avocado, and more. My version is very similar and packs on veggies from our local farmers market in Hyde Park. Visit yours and make this yummy sandwich for lunch or dinner. Here's how...

Recipe - Serves 2 (easily double, triple, you get the idea)
1 Red Bell Pepper, roasted
Cucumber, thinly sliced
Red Onion, thinly sliced
Large Tomato, sliced
Alfalfa Sprouts
1/2 Avocado, sliced
Hummus, any variety
4 Slices Bakery Bread (suggest Blue Oven)

Directions
Begin by making the roasted red pepper. You can purchase jarred peppers, but they are never as good and it takes no time to roast a fresh one. Preheat the broiler to high and move your oven rack up to the top spot. Remove the top and bottom portions of the pepper, cut out the seeds/ribs, and then slice the pepper in half.

 

On a foil lined baking sheet press the pepper down so that it is flat (the inside of the pepper should be on the baking sheet). Broil the pepper for 5-8 minutes or until charred. Remove the pepper to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow the pepper to steam for 10 minutes. Remove the pepper from the bowl and peel off the charred skin, discard. Slice the pepper to fit the bread.

Assemble the sandwiches: building from the bottom up, put about 2T hummus on the bottom slice of bread, top with half the roasted red pepper, cucumber, red onion, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, half the avocado, and finally the top slice of bread. The sandwich should be piled high with veggies. Serve with your favorite chips and enjoy!