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Halal club sandwich

A triple-decker toasted club sandwich with Halal chicken or turkey, egg, tomato and lettuce, and turkey or Halal beef bacon instead of streaky pork bacon.

  • Cuisine American
  • Meal Main
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Yield 1 sandwich, cut into quarters
  • Time 20 min
  • Last updated

Each method follows published technique for the dish, and every Halal substitution is checked against the ingredient pages we cite. Photographs come from our ingredient library rather than the finished dish.

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Club sandwich triangles with chips on a plate
Photograph from our ingredient library: a club sandwich, not the finished dish.

Photo: Happy Tummy · CC BY 2.0

Why Halal checks matter here

A club sandwich is built around streaky pork bacon, and the sliced chicken or turkey is only Halal from Halal slaughter.

A club sandwich is three slices of toast stacked with chicken or turkey, egg, tomato, lettuce, mayonnaise and crisp bacon, cut into quarters. The bacon is the usual problem: BBC Good Food's version uses four rashers of streaky bacon, which is pork.

This version uses turkey bacon or Halal beef bacon, grilled until crisp in the same way. The chicken or turkey needs to be Halal too (see chicken); cooking a breast at home and slicing it is the simplest way to know. Mayonnaise is egg, oil and vinegar.

Toast the bread just before you build the sandwich, so it stays crisp, and use cocktail sticks to hold each quarter together while you cut.

Halal-critical ingredients

  • Streaky bacon It is pork, and the original uses four rashers in two layers. Use turkey bacon from a Halal source, or Halal beef bacon. See Turkey bacon and Bacon.
  • Chicken or turkey slices Sliced poultry is Halal only from Halal slaughter. Use Halal chicken or turkey, cooked at home or from a certified pack. See Chicken.

Safe substitutes

  • Streaky pork bacon → Turkey bacon or Halal beef bacon

Allergens

gluten (bread), egg (egg, mayonnaise)

Ingredients

Sandwich

  • 4 rashers turkey bacon or Halal beef bacon, in place of streaky pork bacon
  • 3 slices white bread
  • 1 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 hard-boiled egg, sliced
  • 1 tomato, sliced
  • a few slices Halal chicken or turkey breast, thickly sliced
  • a small handful salad leaves
  • a handful crisps, to serve (optional)

Method

  1. Grill the bacon. Heat the grill to high and cook the turkey or Halal beef bacon, turning halfway, until crisp.
  2. Toast the bread. Toast the bread and spread one slice with the mayonnaise.
  3. Build the first layer. Layer the egg, tomato and half the bacon on the mayonnaise, then top with a second slice of toast.
  4. Finish and cut. Add the chicken or turkey, the rest of the bacon and the lettuce, then the last slice of toast. Cut into quarters, secure each with a cocktail stick and serve with crisps if you like.

How this recipe was researched

Method adapted from BBC Good Food's 'Club sandwich' (4 rashers of streaky bacon grilled crisp; 3 slices of toast, one spread with mayonnaise; layered with egg, tomato and bacon, then chicken or turkey, more bacon and lettuce; cut into quarters). We replaced the bacon with turkey bacon or Halal beef bacon and specified Halal chicken or turkey. Timings follow the published technique rather than a kitchen test.

Technique and ingredient sources

  1. Club sandwich — BBC Good Food Retrieved:

    Serves 1: 4 rashers streaky bacon, 3 slices white bread, mayonnaise, hard-boiled egg, tomato, chicken or turkey breast, salad leaves, crisps. We replaced the bacon.

  2. Turkey bacon analysis — isithalal.food Retrieved:

    Why turkey bacon contains no pork, and what to check on the pack.

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