My Ortega Roast Beef Sandwich

This is my home-made version of Carl’s Jr’s, California Roast Beef Star, and I want to say thank you to the late Carl Karcher, (January 16, 1917 – January 11, 2008) for creating one of my favorite sandwiches..

Browning the meat & chile

Ready for the broiler

My Ortega Roast Beef Sandwich

Ingredients

• 1 potato bun split
• 3 ounces thinly sliced deli roast beef
• 1 whole Ortega chile
• 1 slice swiss cheese
• 1 Tbl olive oil

Directions

1. add olive oil to hot pan
2. add roast beef and chile   
3. heat raost beef  and chile till the chile browned
4. toast the bun
5. pile roast beef on one half of the bun
6. place chile on roast beef
7. place slice of swiss cheese on other half of bun
8. place under broiler for 1 minute or till cheese melts