With a few flavorful upgrades, the classic Southern fried bologna sandwich goes to an all-new level.

It’s the throw in of humble dish that always satisfies.

And it’s worlds apart from acold bologna sandwich.

Fried Bologna Sandwich

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We have a few more tricks up our sleeve.

Read on for our best fried bologna sandwich secrets.

Fried Bologna Sandwich Ingredients

Several ingredients are very important to how good your fried bologna sandwich is.

ingredients for fried bologna sandwich

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We tried both methods and had a favorite waynotching the slices.

There’s nothing wrong with that, but we prefer shorter notches about 1/2 inch long.

Ingredients

16slices bologna

1/4cup mayonnaise

3Tbsp.

cutting bologna rounds for fried bologna sandwiches

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Creole mustard (such as Zatarain’s)

4Tbsp.

Line a sheet pan with foil.

Toast bread:

Spread butter evenly over one side of each bread slice.

mixing sauce for fried bologna sandwich

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Heat a large skillet or griddle over medium heat.

Arrange bread in pan, buttered side down.

Cook until toasted on the bottom, 2 to 3 minutes.

buttered texas toast in a skillet

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Flip bread over and toast on unbuttered side until lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes.

Remove bread to a wire rack (so it doesn’t get soggy).

Fry bologna:

Increase heat to medium-high.

pieces of fried bologna in a skillet

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Arrange the bologna slices in a single layer on the prepared pan and place it in the oven.

Build sandwiches:

Spread mayonnaise mixture over the unbuttered sides of toast.

Place 4 toast slices, mayo mixture side up, on a work surface.

fried bologna with cheese on top

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Top each with 12 cup lettuce, 1 tomato slice, 4 pickle slices, and 1 bologna stack.

Top each sandwich with 12 cup chips and top bread slice.

assembling fried bologna sandwiches

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