Why is it that I can remember every single morsel of food from a great restaurant that I visited 5-10 years ago, but can’t for the life of me remember to bring my wallet/cell phone/lunch/book to work? We have a wonderful bread store right across the street from us, and I was immediately reminded of a sandwich I had over 4 years ago at Disney World when I saw a gorgeous loaf of spinach, garlic, and onion ciabatta. I love Disney and I’m already looking forward to using our (future!) kiddos as an excuse to go back. My hubby and I had lunch in Cinderella’s castle in the Magic Kingdom and I ordered a sandwich called the The Mariner. It was basically an amazing salmon BLT that I could have eaten everyday!
I buy frozen salmon in bulk from Costco (well, not really in bulk, one package has 7 filets), and usually throw a marinade on it while it defrosts overnight. This time I decided to keep things simple, and just used a bit of balsamic vinegar and olive oil. After searing the salmon in a pan, I assembled all the other sandwich ingredients while I waited for the salmon to finish cooking in the oven. Instead of mayonnaise, I added sliced avocado for some creaminess. I gobbled the whole thing up and will definitely be making this simple dish again!
Salmon Sandwiches with Avocado, Bacon, and Tomato
Printable Recipe
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
2 salmon filets
4 slices turkey bacon
1/2 avocado, sliced
1/2 tomato, sliced
4 slices ciabatta
Directions:
Whisk together olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and salt and marinade frozen salmon overnight.
The next day, preheat the oven to 350ºF. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and sear the salmon filets on both sides. Bake salmon for 10 min at 350ºF or until no longer pink in the center. Meanwhile, place bacon in a skillet and cook over medium-high heat until crispy.
Assemble the sandwiches by placing half the avocado on a slice of bread, followed by the salmon, tomato slices, and bacon. Top with the remaining slice of bread. Makes 2 servings.
Nutrition: 689 calories, 28.8g fat, 3.3g fiber, 50.4g protein per serving
Cost: $2.85 per serving
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I love avocados and tomatoes in a sandwich – sounds perfect with salmon and of course everything is better with bacon! Yum!
Great sandwich!! To answer your question about pizza dough…look at our blog under pizza, we have a whole wheat crust posted that is SO good and SO easy, give it a try!
BLT’s are my very favorite sandwich – especially with avocado. Adding the salmon is a great idea.
mmm. avocado and bacon! you have my heart racing! these sound delicious! (also, i really like the name of your blog! it made me smile
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That spinach, garlic, and onion ciabatta sounds great! Haven’t seen any around these parts
And you reminded me that I’ve been wanting to try making BLT’s with turkey bacon!
Kerstin, I just love those combinations!!!! Yum Yum Yum!!!!
These sound like a nice combo of flavors. Nice sandwich!
OHH, avocado with the bacon, and salmon, what a winning sandwich you created, looks so delicious!!
Wow! That sandwich looks amazing.
Salmon! in a sandwich! awesome! though I dont care much for avocadoes…I might sub it with cheese spread?
What a great sandwich!
Heather – I brainstormed for weeks to come up with a name, so thank you!
Sophia – That’s a good substituation idea – I bet a spicy cream cheese spread would be really good!
how about these for lunch?
lovely sammie!!
Oh I need to get some salmon at Costco so I always have it on hand! These sandwiches look awesome!! What a great sandwich….and I’m the same way with memory of food vs. just day to day memory!
YUM!!! I so want this NOW!