Why have soup and a sandwich when your soup can be your sandwich? I had all the ingredients to make a Reuben sandwich. But I wanted soup. So I made Reuben Seup…I mean Soup!
Think French onion soup, but using Reuben ingredients…
Rye bread slices
Sauerkraut, drained and rinsed
Chicken stock
Pastrami, sliced thinly
Swiss cheese, sliced thinly
I like to take the sauerkraut, rinse it under cold water, then toss it in a pot that already has some finely chopped bacon and onions cooking in it. Once the ingredients have cooked down, set it aside. (If you prefer not to use bacon and onions, that’s fine, too.)
Find a source for great pastrami, like a good deli in your neighborhood. I make a stop at the Forest Pork Store in Huntington, NY, every time I visit my Mom, and they have incredible pastrami you only dream about.
Heat the chicken stock in a pot. Take the thinly sliced pastrami and chop it up into bite-sized pieces. Place the pastrami in the chicken stock to warm through. Keep the stock warm on low heat.
Now you’re ready to assemble…
Take an oven-proof soup bowl. Line the bottom with some rye bread.
On top of that, place a nice helping of the sauerkraut.
Pour the warm chicken stock with the pastrami over the sauerkraut.
Layer slices of Swiss cheese over the top of the bowl. Place it under the broiler until melted.
Eat!
It satisfied my soup and sandwich craving!
Live the Live ™ 
Love a Reuben sandwich and used to know a place, unfortunately closed now that made yummy ones. Now that the cafes are closed and we are heading towards winter I’ll have to try your soup. It’s not usually possible to translate a sandwich into some other dish. I think you should patent the idea🤭
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