Cooking with Ayeh: Why hundreds of foodies say this is the BEST sandwich you’ll ever eat

A home cook has shared how to make the trending Grinder Salad sandwich that is sweeping social media foodie feeds. 

Sydney-based foodie, Ayeh Manfre, better known as Cooking With Ayeh, created the sandwich with fresh vegetables, cheeses and plant-based chicken. 

Ayeh made the salad dressing by adding mayonnaise, red wine vinegar, oregano, chilli, salt and minced garlic into a bowl. 

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Ayeh Manfre (pictured) has shared how to make the trending Grinder Salad sandwich that is sweeping across social media

Next she added sliced iceberg lettuce and chopped banana peppers into the bowl then mixed them in with the homemade dressing. 

The home cook sliced a thick bread roll in half and placed a square of cheese onto each slice before she put the roll into the oven to toast.

Once the cheese had melted Ayeh added marinated red peppers and a cooked plant-based chicken schnitzel on top. 

The home cook sliced a thick bread roll in half, placed a square of cheese onto each slice before toasting in the oven, then added peppers, vegan chicken, parmesan and salad on top

How to make Ayeh’s Grinder Salad sandwich

Ingredients: 

• Mayonnaise  
• Red wine vinegar 
• Oregano
• Chilli flakes
• Salt
• Minced Garlic
• Iceberg lettuce, sliced
• Banana peppers
• Bread roll, sliced
• 2 Cheese slices
• Marinated red peppers
• Plant-based chicken schnitzel
• Parmesan, grated
• Tomato, sliced

Method: 

• Add mayonnaise, red wine vinegar, oregano, chilli, salt and minced garlic into a bowl.
• Add sliced iceberg lettuce and chopped banana peppers into the bowl then mix them in with the homemade dressing. 
• Slice a thick bread roll in half and place a square of cheese onto each slice before putting it into the oven to toast. 
• Place marinated red peppers and a cooked plant-based chicken schnitzel on top of the melted cheese. 
• Pile the Grinder Salad on top of the vegan chicken and add grated parmesan cheese on top. 
• Sit tomato slices on top and place the top bread slice on to enjoy.

The home cook has confirmed to her huge following that the sandwich is indeed ‘really good’ and posted the recipe video to TikTok that has since received more than 60,000 views

To finish, she piled the Grinder Salad on top, followed by grated parmesan cheese and tomato slices, then placed the top bread slice on to finish. 

Ayeh’s recipe has since received more than 60,000 views and many comments from impressed foodies who can’t wait to make the trending sandwich themselves.

‘Wow I cannot wait to make this! Yum,’ one wrote. 

‘I’ve never seen or heard of a grinder salad before but it looks good,’ another wrote. 

‘Grinder salads are my all time favourite. SO good,’ a third wrote.