Hook and Ladder Firehouse Subs Copycat Recipe + Video

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Hook and Ladder Firehouse Subs Copycat Recipe + Video

Hook and Ladder Firehouse subs combine Monterey Jack cheese melted over turkey and ham with all the classic fixings.

Author: Donna Elick

Servings: 6-inch Subs

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Ingredients

1 loaf French bread 12 inch
10 ounces smoked turkey breast divided
10 ounces Virginia honey ham divided
6 ounce block Monterey Jack cheese melted
2 cups iceberg lettuce chopped
1 large tomato thinly sliced
1 medium white onion sliced
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
3 tablespoons deli mustard

Instructions

Preheat your air fryer at 400°F for 3-5 minutes.
Meanwhile: slice the loaf of French bread in half. Then divide the loaf in two pieces cutting it diagonally just like they do at Firehouse Subs.
Once the air fryer is preheated (about 3 minutes), take the top and bottom of one half of the loaf and place them in the air fryer cut side UP.
Toast the bread for 2 minutes then remove from the air fryer. Leave the air fryer on when you take the bread out.
Meanwhile, measure out 5 ounces of Virginia ham and 5 ounces of smoked turkey breast for each half of the sub (10 ounces of each, total).
On a piece of parchment paper (just long enough to pick the meat up out of the air fryer), roll the ham into tubes so that they equal the length of the 6-inch sub you are working on. If you have more ham than the length of the sub, just put the remaining ham on top of the bottom layer.
Simply repeat the same thing with the turkey. Roll the turkey into tubes and place it on top of the Virginia ham. Once again, if you have more than the length of the sub, just add it on top of the layer of turkey.
Having laid a foundation of ham and turkey, next top the meat with a layer of Monterey Jack cheese, use about 1/2. Lightly press down.
Place the parchment paper with the ham, turkey and cheese in the air fryer and cook for 4-5 minutes or until the cheese is nice and melted. IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE THAT THE PARCHMENT PAPER IS JUST LONG ENOUGH TO PICK THE MEAT UP OUT OF THE AIR FRYER, BUT NOT TOO LONG SO THAT IT HITS THE HEATING ELEMENT. IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE!
While the meat and cheese are cooking, it’s time to prepare the sub buns. On the piece that is the bottom bun, add mayonnaise and spread it evenly.
Next add a bed of the chopped iceberg lettuce.
Follow that with a layer of the thinly sliced tomatoes and then top the tomatoes with a layer of white onion.
On the top bun, evenly spread deli mustard.
Once the cheese has melted and the meat has cooked in the air fryer, remove the parchment paper from the air fryer basket.
Using a long spatula, remove the meat and cheese from the parchment paper and place it on top of the lettuce, tomato and onion.
Place the top bun on top of the cheese!
Repeat the same process with the other half of the sub!
Enjoy your own Firehouse Subs: Hook-and-Ladder fully involved sub!!!

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