In Progress: Replicating A Bird to the Wise from Jason's Deli

[colonel00]

For those that have had one, I assume I do not need to explain my intentions. For those that have not had one, A Bird to the Wise is a sandwich from Jason's Deli which is basically just turkey and pastrami with a slice of swiss cheese on a bun with your choice of mayo or mustard. It is absolutely delicious but as the nutritional stats show, it can be deadly too

Picture from the internet, not mine.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 sandwich = 466 g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1491 Calories from Fat 1017
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 113 g 174%
Saturated Fat 49 g 245%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 263 mg 88%
Sodium 2053 mg 86%
Total Carbohydrate 49 g 16%
Dietary Fiber 0 g 0%
Sugars 7 g 15%
Protein 71 g 142%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs

So, I have a pastrami and a turkey breast rolling along on the UDS. Nothing too fancy. The pastrami is a store bought corned brisket point that I soaked for 24 hours to reduce the salt content. I got a point this time because it was $1/lb cheaper than the corned flats. However, after trimming off some of the excess fat, I am wondering if it was really a better deal in the end. Anyway, after the soak I made up a simple rub based off of Third Eye's recipe found here. For the turkey, I used a little bit of the left over pastrami rub along with my general purpose rub. Since I plan to slice thin, I wanted to get a good flavor on the outside.





Almost done cooking

[Gore]

Eagerly awaiting mine.

[colonel00]

Coming along nicely. Will let them cook a bit longer then pull to rest and cool for slicing.

[Lazybones]

That's my favorite sandwich from Jason's. I'm anxious to see how this turns out.

[Smokin Mike]

That looks awesome Brad!

I can't wait to see the progress of this cook

[colonel00]

Getting closer. After the meat rested for a bit I had to run to my buddy's house since I was watching his dog while he was out of town. Conveniently he had the meat slicer...

[colonel00]

Alright, I finally finished scarfing down my delicious sandwich and got the pics up loaded.

The only thing I was missing from the original sandwich was an onion roll but I did not feel like picking up a package of them just for this sandwich as I am not the biggest fan. So, I grabbed a sub roll, split it down the middle and then applied a decent layer of mayo.




Then the swiss cheese.



Next was a good layer of pastrami on both sides.



Then a good helping of turkey.



Then off to the toaster to warm everything up (lazy mod). Sliced and ready to eat. I didn't go as heavy on the pastrami as they do at the deli but I figured that might help keep the fat content under 100g





Yeah, it was delicious. Now what to do with the leftovers

[BigBobBQ]

looks really good I think you did a great job!

[colonel00]

One thing I did want to add was that the corned beef and turkey breast only cost me about $10 a piece for the meat. For taking the lazy approach, that isn't too bad and well worth $20 in deli meat. I will definitely be doing this more instead of paying $5/lb+ at the store for deli meat.

[Lazybones]

Looks awesome, I'll definitely be trying this out.

[colonel00]

Thanks. It came out quite well.

[Phrasty]

I'll take one thanks!

Cheers

[Terry The Toad]

Great post! I just had lunch and that is STILL making me hungry. Thanks for the ideas and the great pron.

[Al Czervik]

Looks mighty tasty to me colonel...

[gtr]

I would hit that hard and even call it the next day - very nicely done!