How to store hot sandwiches?
I am a student that recently moved to a student apartment, I have been making grilled sandwiches and storing them in aluminium foil to eat at uni. However, this causes the sandwiches to steam themselves inside the aluminium foil and the bread becomes mushy. How can I prevent this? Is there any way to store it and be able to carry it in the backpack without it steaming itself?
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No, you can't make a grilled sandwich, seal it and expect it to still be crispy later. You can reduce the mushiness quite a bit by letting the sandwich cool completely on a wire rack before you package it up. If you don't have a wire rack you can make a lattice out of chopsticks or skewers, the important thing is that the bottom of the sandwich can air cool.
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To store your sandwich without leaving it soggy, wrap it in parchment paper or waxed paper. You can also tightly wrap the sandwich in plastic wrap to keep loose ingredients together. If you're packing a hot sandwich, use tin foil instead of parchment paper to keep it warm or to heat it up in the oven later.How do you keep a sandwich hot for hours?
Pack hot or grilled sandwiches inside aluminum foil to keep them warm, or if you have access to an oven come lunch/snack time, you can toss it directly in the oven to warm it back up. For cold sandwiches, try wrapping then in parchment paper, which can also act as a place mat when you unfold it.How do you wrap a hot sandwich?
Fold the edges down by half an inch, crease sharply, and then continue folding in half-inch turns, creasing each time, until the fold is flush with the surface of the sandwich. Depending on the size of your sandwich and the length of your paper, the number of folds will vary. Try not to squish the sandwich!How do you store a toasted sandwich?
For longer storage, place cooled toast into an airtight container and store in the refrigerator up to 24 hours. Store a toasted sandwich by wrapping the cooled toast in a paper towel and place it into an airtight container.How do you store sandwiches for the next day?
Wrap it up: To seal in all the flavor and keep the sandwich together, wrap the sandwich tightly in plastic wrap before refrigerating. The bread will soften slightly overnight, but the crusty exterior will keep everything contained when you're ready to unwrap and eat.Proper Storage of Sandwich
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If you cool your sandwich completely on a rack, as was suggested, it will help eliminate some of the sogginess problem.
I’d also take the extra measure of wrapping your sandwich (after it’s cooled completely) in parchment paper, or at least a paper towel. This will help a bit to wick away residual moisture and soak up some excess fat that may cause even more sogginess. That said, as the previous answerer stated, the only thing that’ll bring your sandwich back to crispness would be a re-heat.
The other answer would be to make a calzone instead of a grilled cheese. You can use pre-made pizza dough, even that “little doughboy” (you know who I mean) pressure packed pizza dough in a tube. It’s baked, not fried, so you’ll get something that has a longer crunch life, if you don’t use any very wet ingredients to stuff it.
Last suggestion: if you’ve got a toaster oven where you’re planning on lunching, assemble the sandwich but don’t cook it. Wait til you get to school, or work, or wherever, and grill the sammie on site!
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