Marinated Tomato Sandwiches

Name: Marinated Tomato Sandwiches
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: ⅓ cup, cider vinegar; ¼ cup, water; 2½ teaspoons, sugar; ½–1 teaspoon, sriracha; 1/8 teaspoon, table salt; 2 , vine-ripened tomatoes (4 ounces each), cored and sliced ¼ inch thick; ½ , avocado, sliced thin; 2 , English muffins, split and lightly toasted; ½ ounce (¼ cup), alfalfa sprouts; ½ cup, watercress

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2022

Any tomato can star in a sandwich— if you know how to play to its strengths.

SERVES2

TIME30 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Heating the tomatoes in a seasoned vinegar-sriracha mixture tenderized them and punched up their flavor. A toasted English muffin provided a craggy, grippy base that could absorb the tomato juices. Adding mashed avocado before layering on t...

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