Vegan Rubin Sandwich

Technically this is probably not like a traditional Rubin but it is a great meal!  Not to mention easy to prep.  This recipe also incorporates one of my favorite sauces of all time! Its great as a sandwich topper, on fries or tots, and thinned down makes a great salad dressing!  The recipe below is for four sandwiches but all ingredients refrigerate  nicely so leftovers are super tasty as well!

Ingredients:

For rubin pieces

• one brick of Tempeh

• 16 oz apple cider

• 1 clove garlic minced

• 16 oz water

• 3 tbsp soy sauce

• 1/2 tsp pepper

For super secret vegan sauce

• 1 small onion finely chopped

• 2 tbsp stone ground mustard

• 3 tbsp ketchup

• 1/3 cup vegan mayo (I use vegenaise)

• salt and peper

• sauerkraut for sandwich topper (fresh is great but if you prefer canned that works too)

Tempeh ready for the oven

Preparation:

Cut tempeh in half (so you have two thin rectangle slices) and then cut each half in quarters, you will end up with eight pieces each sandwich gets two.  Put the pieces in a 8 by 8 baking dish then add the apple cider, water, minced garlic, soy sauce and pepper. Place in the oven at 350 for about 30 minutes, is the pan gets dry add a bit more cider and water.

When that is cooking make the super secret vegan sauce, combine all sauce ingredients and stir well.  Before adding any salt and pepper taste the mixture, then add salt and pepper to taste.  If mixture seems a bit soupy add more mayo if mixture seems a little to thick add more ketchup!  Put in the fridge until you are ready to build the Rubins.  You can also make this sauce in advance as the flavors mingle it gets better and better so feel free to make it earlier in the day!

super secret vegan sauce!

You will want your sauerkraut to cook covered on the stove top for at least 15 minutes, keep in on low heat stirring occasionally. 

When the Tempeh is finished take it out of the oven and let it sit for about ten minutes

Toast bread, and put a generous amount of super secret vegan sauce on one or both sides, I do both but I am seriously in love with this sauce, place sauerkraut on one side of bread and put two tempeh pieces on.  If you want to place vegan cheese on do that as well, it does fine without it but doesn't mind the addition of a bit of cheese!

Enjoy!

open rubin

finished with cheese