We suggest either using Liscio’s round dinner rolls or long dinner rolls for the best sandwich.  The great thing about this recipe is that it takes only 30 minutes to complete, and most of the ingredients can be found in your kitchen easily (if you keep a neat kitchen, that is)!

Warning: These rolls are imposters! NOT Liscio's

Mini Meatball Sandwiches

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup finely crushed corn cereal (recommended: Corn Flakes)
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon ketchup, plus more for serving
• 2 tablespoons grated Romano cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 pound (4 ounces) 96 percent lean ground beef

Directions

Through our love for Mexican cuisine and deliciously leavened, carb-packed rolls, we’ve found a recipe fit for the fifth of May — the Mexican Chicken and Bean Sandwich.

Credit: Abigail Donnelly, Huffington Post

Celebrate the holiday and enjoy this delicious sandwich while rooting for the Phillies at 1:05 pm on Saturday!
You’ll feel like you’re in Mexico with these ingredients: Pickled jalapeños, onions, juicy chicken, fresh romaine lettuce, refried beans, avocado, and cilantro. Add in sour cream and vinegar for some extra bite, or more jalapeños to “kick it up a notch.” All of these flavors sandwiched together between a fresh Liscio’s kaiser roll give you a mouth-watering delight with a spicy kick!
It’s the perfect addition to your Cinco de Mayo festivities. It’s easy to make, and easy to enjoy.

Ingredients

1 small white or red onion, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced lengthwise
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
4 pickled jalapeños, chopped
4 small Liscio Kaiser rolls, split in half horizontally
2 cups shredded chicken
3/4 cup refried beans
3 tablespoons sour cream
1/4 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
1 avocado, quartered, peeled and sliced
2 cups shredded romaine lettuce

Directions

Stir together onion, vinegar and jalapeños in a small bowl and let stand at least 10 minutes.
Hollow out rolls slightly, removing some of the crumb with your fingers and discard. Toast rolls until warm.
Heat shredded chicken in microwave until warm, about 1 minute, and toss with onion mixture.
Stir together refried beans and sour cream and spread both halves of rolls with mixture. Mound bottom halves with chicken mixture, cilantro, avocado, and shredded lettuce, then cover with top halves. Cut sandwiches in half.

Sunny California may be known for its beaches and Hollywood antics, but the state is also the leading producer of a certain ingredient that takes this triple decker to a whole other level. We’re talking avocados, people! California is home to about 90 percent of the nation’s avocados, and they know how to use them.

While people have been making Club sandwiches the classic way since the 1800’s, there’s nothing wrong with shaking things up! Avocado fits in perfectly with the smoked turkey, juicy tomatoes, and crispy bacon. While the club would traditionally be on three slices of toasted bread, we prefer this sandwich on Liscio’s french bread (so technically it’s no club at all). Let us know how you make it!

The California Club is easy to make, healthy and absolutely delicious. The perfect sandwich to accompany you outside at cook outs, poolside, or even at the tailgate for a Phillies game! Lets Go Eat!

California Club Sandwich

Ingredients

3 Liscio’s Bakery French bread, split, halved and toasted

¼ cup Mayonnaise

1/2 lb Oven Roasted Turkey Breast

1 avocado, peeled, thinly sliced

8 slices Bacon, crisply cooked

1 large tomato, thinly sliced

Instructions

Umm…make the sandwich. This one’s so easy, Hunter can do it without setting his apartment on fire.

Our Phillies are ready to travel West. As @HunterPence3 tweeted Sunday, “Cole picked us up big time today, now we ride this momentum to the west coast!”

This week’s featured sandwich shop has one thing in common with the Phils for sure — they travel, ALOT. Fink’s Hoagies delivers their food all over the Philadelphia metropolitan area (it’s not San Francisco, but still).

Dennis Fink started up Fink’s in Northeast Philadelphia seven years ago, when he saw the need for a gourmet hoagie place in that area of the city. Since, he’s been crowned “The King of Gourmet Hoagies.” By whom, we’re not sure, but after trying a few of his hoagies we willing accept his sovereignty.

Fink’s certainly qualifies as gourmet, with choices like The Torresdale, with roast pork, fresh spinach, provolone, roasted garlic, homemade Long Hots, onions, and creamy garlic sauce. Try one of their classics or create your own mouth-watering hoagie. Odds are they deliver to your neighborhood!

Despite the Phillies being out of town, the Soul are playing at home this week! You’ll find us all over Wells Fargo Center on Friday. It’s a great month for Philly Sports!

This isn't the recipe, but just look at that grilled gooeyness. Photo from fatgirltrappedinaskinnybody.com

If you’re like us, you’ve probably been celebrating all day! If you didn’t know, today, April 12th, is National Grilled Cheese Day. A staple of the American diet, grilled cheese is all about two things — the cheese and the bread (but mainly the latter).

The American grilled cheese sandwich fully emerged in the 1920′s when cheese and bread became readily available at a reasonable cost.  Today, it is one of the most popular and delicious sandwiches around! Americans consume more than 2.2 billion grilled cheese sandwiches a year.   You can visit one of our 3 delis and pick up one of our signature grilled cheese sandwiches, or just grab some Liscio’s bread and make your own creation!

The beauty of the grilled cheese lies in its adaptability. Add anything from ham to tomatoes, it’s amazing. Or try this recipe from Beantown Baker, for a Jalapeño Popper-inspired Grilled Cheese. It’ll get you sweatin’ a little bit, if you add enough peppers!

Jalapeno-Bacon Grilled Cheese

Well, it’s officially the start of Phillies season, so on Monday’s home opener we debuted the commercial (which you can watch below). Since it first aired, we’ve been overwhelmed with positive responses to the ad.

In it’s rundown of the Home Opener, Metro Philly said ”the Liscio’s Bakery ad featuring Hunter Pence, with his catchphrase, ‘Let’s Go Eat!’ is priceless, also a TV commercial that is equally hilarious.”

Phillies’ blog PhillyBurbs wrote, “Something tells me the guys in the clubhouse are going to have some fun with this. Might I suggest a kayak and a crate of delicious Liscio’s torpedo rolls waiting at Pence’s locker in time for his arrival Monday morning?”

And in the review that takes the cake, Philly Mag’s Dan McQuade declared, “This might be the greatest commercial in TV history. …How does he keep such a physique by lifting Liscio’s rolls?!”

Now we’re blushing. Sitting Hunter Pence into a bread box on the Schulykill River was a little risky (especially without a life jacket!), so we’re relieved a few people like it. What do you think of it?

Watch the video and let us know what you think on Facebook. While you’re there, enter to win FREE Phillies Tickets!

Ever since he arrived in Philadelphia, Hunter Pence has captured our attention. His hustle and hard work fit in to the fabric of Philadelphians.

A recent cover story in Philadelphia Magazine said just as much.

That Pence could so easily win over so many people makes sense, if only because that’s precisely what he did upon arriving in Philly. How he did it, on the other hand, is much harder to figure. It can be difficult to determine who’s a Philly guy and who isn’t. Hustle and grit and talent help, but aren’t guarantees of approval. There’s no pattern or formula to who is and isn’t rejected here. Just know, as you almost certainly do, that Pence was accepted so quickly and completely that he might have set some sort of record for a town that makes it a point of pride not to swoon for a player until a proper vetting process—which usually includes a few swift kicks to the ego—is complete.

As a companion piece, Comcast SportsNet posted an interesting video: “6 Things You Don’t Know: Hunter Pence.” As John Gonzalez wrote:

It was a random weekday not long ago. I was driving on Pattison Avenue toward the stadiums when I looked to my right. Hunter Pence was staring back at me. He was on the side of a SEPTA bus. There was a giant grin on his face and a sandwich in his hands. It was an ad for Liscio’s Bakery. Not surprisingly, the ballplayer turned pitch man was featured along with his now ubiquitous catchphrase: “Let’s Go Eat.”

So we were happy to read a recent post on a great local food blog, Philly Phoodie, that raved about Tony Roni’s cheesesteaks, of all things.

“This was a healthy portion, and they really tucked quite a bit of meat into this roll. I must admit, this is a pretty near-perfect cheesesteak. Well-seasoned meat, ample amounts of cheese, and a fantastic roll for the job – it soaked up what little excess grease was around, all while holding up (with a good chew) nicely.”

 

Check the article out. There’s a slew of pictures there, too. Be warned – while delicious, chicken cheesesteaks aren’t very good at getting their picture taken. Even if you say “cheese.”

While you’re there, Philly Phoodie just recently reviewed Hot Diggity, who was our Weekly Bites feature two weeks ago. Glad to see locals enjoying great Liscio’s Bakery vendors!

Pizza may not be our specialty, but we know an extraordinary pie when we see one. Don’t take our word for it, though. Ask the City of Brotherly Love! Just six months after opening their first store on City Avenue, Tony Roni’s tomato pie was named the Best of Philly in 2008.

“Why, then,” you might be wondering, “did Liscio’s Bakery choose Tony Roni’s as this week’s featured sandwich shop?” Great question! There’s more to Tony Roni’s than their award-winning pizza. Grab a menu, and take a look at the awe-inspiring selection of sandwiches, hoagies, and Philly-approved cheesesteaks. Although you’ll enjoy the familiarity of our rolls, you may be surprised by their creative renditions of classic recipes. Tony Roni’s makes Liscio’s rolls feel complete – literally.

So come hungry and walk with a swagger, because “Great Food with Great Attitude” is what Tony Roni’s is all about.

Also, feel free to drool over our past Weekly Bites.