Sourdough Club Sandwich Recipe | Turkey, Bacon & Tomato
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Sourdough Club Sandwich
Layers of tender turkey, crispy bacon, juicy tomato, fresh lettuce, cheese, and creamy mayo stacked between golden toasted sourdough. The classic club just got a sourdough upgrade.
The club sandwich has never been interested in subtlety.
It takes turkey, bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and several layers of bread and stacks them into the kind of lunch that requires both hands and a little confidence.
Using toasted sourdough makes the whole thing even better. You get crisp edges, chewy bread, plenty of tang, and enough structure to hold all those layers together without the sandwich becoming a mid-lunch engineering failure.
🥓 Sourdough Club Sandwich
Turkey, crispy bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, creamy mayo, and golden toasted sourdough.
🥪 Ingredients
- 6 slices sourdough bread
- 8 ounces sliced turkey
- 6 slices bacon
- 4 slices cheddar, Swiss, or provolone cheese
- 6 leaves crisp lettuce
- 6 slices ripe tomato
- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, optional
- 1 tablespoon softened butter or olive oil for toasting the bread
- Kosher salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
🔥 How to Make It
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Cook the bacon.
Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside. -
Toast the sourdough.
Lightly butter or brush all six slices with olive oil and toast until golden and crisp around the edges. -
Make the spread.
Stir the mayonnaise with Dijon mustard if using. This is not complicated, but it does make the mayonnaise feel accomplished. -
Build the first layer.
Spread mayo on two slices of toasted sourdough. Add lettuce, tomato, half the turkey, and one slice of cheese to each. Season the tomato lightly with salt and pepper. -
Add the middle bread.
Place another toasted sourdough slice over each sandwich and spread a little mayonnaise on top. -
Build the second layer.
Add the remaining turkey, crispy bacon, another slice of cheese, lettuce, and tomato. -
Finish the stack.
Top each sandwich with the final toasted sourdough slice and press down gently enough to stabilize the situation. -
Slice and serve.
Secure with sandwich picks if needed, cut each club diagonally, and serve immediately.
🍅 Season the Tomato
A tiny pinch of salt and black pepper directly on the tomato makes a surprisingly big difference.
Club sandwiches have a lot of ingredients competing for attention, so the tomato needs a little help showing up to the meeting.
🍞 Why Sourdough Makes a Better Club Sandwich
A proper club sandwich contains an unreasonable number of layers, which means the bread has actual responsibilities.
Toasted sourdough gives you enough structure to support turkey, bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayo without compressing into one soft stack.
Its tang also balances the salty bacon, creamy mayonnaise, and rich cheese, keeping the sandwich from tasting too heavy.
Basically, the club sandwich brings the chaos and sourdough provides management.
🏆 Four Ways to Make It Better
🥓 Crisp the Bacon
Bacon is one of the main textural contrasts in a club sandwich. Let it get properly crisp before building.
🍞 Toast All Three Layers
The middle slice matters too. Toasting every layer helps the sandwich stay structured and adds crunch throughout.
🍅 Use Good Tomatoes
Juicy ripe tomatoes bring freshness to an otherwise rich stack. Pale, watery tomatoes are mostly just taking up vertical space.
🥬 Keep the Lettuce Crisp
Add lettuce at the last minute so it stays fresh and crunchy instead of getting flattened into submission.
🤤 Club Sandwich Variations
The classic turkey-and-bacon version is hard to beat, but the club format welcomes experimentation.
- Add sliced avocado
- Swap turkey for roasted chicken
- Add ham for an even bigger deli-style club
- Use pepper jack cheese for a little heat
- Add honey mustard instead of Dijon mayo
- Add pickled red onions
- Add a fried egg and turn it into breakfast
- Add sliced jalapeños or hot sauce
🐿️ Squirrelly Girl Warning
This sandwich has three pieces of bread and absolutely no interest in fitting politely into one hand.
Use sandwich picks. Lean over the plate. Accept that the tomato may attempt an escape.
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🐿️ Want to Make the Sourdough Too?
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