The Best Fried Bologna Sandwich | SAM THE COOKING GUY 

I have never seen somebody have such a hard time cooking bologna in my life🤦🏻‍♂️

Sam has clearly never been poor.

You know you are living good when you get more than one slice at a time

I love watching Sam make amazing food but a bologna sandwich here in the South consists of two slices of cheap bread like Wonder bread, 1 or 2 slices of crispy fried bologna and Duke's mayo or Miracle Whip. The cheese is a bonus. 😅🤣😂🤣

I've loved fried bologna ever since I was a kid (I'm 46 now), so I don't need to add this to my recipe playlist, but I always love seeing someone sharing the love of fried bologna. A couple pointers for future efforts in the frying of bologna. You seemed to figure out near the end that the bologna needed to be split pretty far to keep it from bubbling up in the center; I recommend four cuts leaving a space about one inch in diameter in the center (preferably making the cuts BEFORE you start cooking it). Second, it's even better with the thick cut bologna; the thicker slices let you get a better sear on the outside while still having enough bologna inside that you can actually taste bologna rather than just tasting char (if I buy thick cut, it is specifically for fried bologna; thin cut is for regular sandwiches). The only other suggestion I might add is dill pickles; the flavor of some nice dill pickle slices is a perfect compliment to the smokiness of the fried bologna with just the right sear and the creamy tanginess of the mayo--I guarantee it will make it better! If you try it, I'd love to hear what you think of the difference made by my suggestions. As for recommending something different for you to try, I'm sure it wouldn't be worthy of a video, but you should definitely try this if you never have. Peanut butter and bacon sandwich. I know it sounds weird, if not horrible, but literally everyone I have convinced to try it has loved it! Toast up your bread and slather it up with peanut butter, then put on a few strips of nice fatty bacon, hot from the frying pan and still dripping with a little grease. The heat of the bacon softens the peanut butter so it mixes with that excess bacon grease and it all melds into an amazing symphony of flavor! Like I said, probably not worth doing a video about, but you have got to try it!

"Back up......everybody knows that!" 😵

You don't need to put so many cuts in it. Just one good size cut down to the center will do it just fine and keep it from breaking apart. Also the normal original Bologna is better than the beef version 10x.

I grew up on these... But the best thing I have done was get good quality bologna cut thick, 1/4 inch or so. They are also good with a overeasy egg with a nice runny yolk.

Only a Canadian would put bologna on a bun 😂 Someone didn’t tell Sam that bologna should taste like poverty.

In West Virginia ca. 1970 we had fried bologna on a bun, dipped in BBQ sauce, raw onions, dill pickles and a ton of napkins served from the local A&W drive in.

Next time all you have to do is cut a small "X" in the center of the bologna to keep it to blooming up.

Now, I really wanted to say I made these after school growing up. Glad to know others appreciate hot, crispy bologna and cheese. No onion for me. Just toast, lettuce, cheese, tomato and mayo. Just as good or better than it's bacon counterpart.

Only Sam could make a bologna sandwich look amazingly good. I had a lot of bologna, salami and Ramen noodles in college. I thought adding lettuce and tomato slices were gourmet.

aka - "Poor man's steak and cheese."

This guy literally puts Japanese mayo and onions on everything

There are so many complaints in the comments. Personally, I love how raw and uncut this is. There are tons of cooking channels that have all the ingredients put out and they act so fake. This is real cooking. If you don't like him or his camera guy, DONT WATCH! and don't waste your time commenting negative things. no one cares

He clearly doesn't know how to fry bologna

I don't know why this was recommended to me now but the high anxiety I got from watching the struggle to cut the edges instead of making a hole in the middle 🤦🤦🤦🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The only thing he didn’t mess up was those onions

Oscar Mayer should definitely start advertising the “porkiness” of their beef bologna.... underrated trait

you need to add a runny egg on that!

Sam and family..love your show. Another idea with bologna sandwich is how my dad made em. You grill onions and tomato slices cut in half. Put the bologna on flat top do NOT cut bologna. It will rise up and make a cup so you flip over making a bowl. Crack open an egg and drop into bologna cup. Cook till egg is finished then top egg with cheese. Texas toast heated on flat top then construct bologna egg cup with cheese,tomatoes onions,jar hot Italian peppers on top of that the Mao & mustard to taste. This for lunch then Goulash for dinner great to feed da kids on Saturdays.

5:54 You when realize what you been missing all your life! Sometimes its the simple things in life!

He said back up everybody knows that lmao this fool be treating his son on the stremf

to make the best fried baloney sandwich ever use some smoky BBQ sauce instead of mayo/mustard and add pickles. it may sound strange but its delicious!

I've never seen someone freak out over bologna before!

I'm not a bologna fan, but I gotta admit, this looks good. On another note: these early episodes make me appreciate the newer ones, where Sam is more organized and not yelling "BACKUPBACKUP!" every two seconds 😂

Add pickles to it and replace the mustard with smokey bbq sauce. Might sound strange trust me its delicious!

For all the negative comments, I thought the sandwich looked great! That is exactly how I make my hamburgers but next time I'm going to switch out bologna. WAY cheaper now that hamburger is $6 a pound in my area!! I would use cheap bologna though, or you might as well use hamburger. There are lots of good cheap meals to be had. I tried salmon patties with jack mackerel from the dollar store. We loved them, thought they were better than salmon patties.

"You fucked that one up" love the honesty

Thick cut bologna works great!!

Four cuts on each slice elemenates the center puffing

Damnit Sam! Im from the south. This is it. Cut the bologna like a Pac man. One cut from the middle to the outside. It does the rest 4 you. Love the channel bro

Watched Sam the cooking guy on pbs when his son was little. Never thought to check RU-vid. I love this show! People, he's not mean, just sarcastic and funny. He's just chill,a normal guy who likes to eat. His family gets him. He's not trying to be anything but who he is. He's always been the same,not a whole lot has changed. Don't be so sensitive!

The addition of fritos and a mustard based bbq sauce takes a bologna sandwich over the top.

My mother taught me how to make them in the 60s, but we put a fried egg and cheese on, not onions or mustard, and used miracle whip instead. You always make 3 cuts around the outsides or cut an x in the center so they don't puff up while frying the bologna.

My Mother made those all the time when I was a kid back in the 60's

Even if the camera guy is his son, he does treat him bad.

Plus, how you elevate this sammich is to use a good cheese like gouda slices and to actually let your onions cook longer and get major color on them, so they get sweet.

This is someone who lived with his mother for 50 years and his mom did all the cooking for him...

I'll need to try this fancy version. Growing up, we kept it simple: fresh white bread, mustard and very crispy fried baloney (yes, in the South it's baloney, not Bologna). So delicious!

I grew up eating fried bologna sandwiches. And occasionally a fried egg on top. But know this, not all bologna is created equally. Some of this "mystery meat", i.e. Bar S brand is not fit for human consumption. Boars Head, Sugardale and Oscar Mayer brands are among my favorites.

I used to always have peppered fried bologna all the time as a child. It was my favorite

Sam, water turns to steam on a hot plate so the water vapor pushes up the bologna. Just cut a hole in the center. No need for all the surgery. Jack

How could u call that a porky delight when the package clearly says....all beef.

Oh my god! I love your channel, I love you, and I love this!! You brought back some good memories. I used to prepare this for myself after school when I was 9 yrs. old. (I knew to cut slits in the bologna when it was cooking...lol) It's been quite a while since I've had one, so I'm heading to the store for some fried bologna sammich fixin's!

Ok. I’ve watched him make a sardine sandwich. Now bologna. What’s next? Grilled cheese? The intriguing part is that he makes the simplest preparations appear difficult.

We used to have a "fried bologna cup with mashed potato" with a scoop of discussing veg on the side. It was the second most popular meal after cheese pizza. Sam should watch some RU-vid videos that show how to get all of the ingredients ready before he starts to cook, LOL, Wait, this was 6years ago, maybe he has done that now. We all love you Sam.

“Back up, that’s obvious everybody knows that”

"You want this gorgeous color on here." Says the guy who didn't know to slice the bologna before frying.

I love that you used “beef”! And I agree that a master chef had too much issue width cooking basic bologna. LOL.

You guys need to look up Wilensky's in Montreal. Their bologna special has been unchanged since 1932. Folks rave over it.

Thick cut Bologna from the deli is the way to go for this sandwich. Not my thing but, for my husband once in a while...childhood memories.

i can't believe they're coming for the fried baloney too. is there anything these people won't subvert?

He’s like a doctor. “Mustard Stat!”

My brother loved fired bologna sandwiches. Rest In Peace my brother.

I saw this episode before, except you did exactly the same thing just with ham and titled the video different.

Here I am, licking my computer screen, but I still can't taste the bologna. I'm pissed.

In the south where I am we use a half inch thick slice of bologna and we use peppers and onions with Sharp cheddar cheese either way is good

Oh my F'ing God!! I'm 63 and I made them as a kid with only ketchup. I add balsamic vinegar to the onions and used swiss cheese. YEAH!

Sam, be nicer to the cameraman. He doesn't have the glamorous job.

Make an X in the middle of the bologna instead of cutting around the edges

I've been working 16 hour days in school transportation. At the deli this weekend I had 3 very thick slices cut and fried them up tonight. I needed a fast dinner cause I'm dang tired. It hit the spot and my husband was beyond thrilled. Our 14 year old never had a fried bologna sandwich but LOVED it. Sometimes easy things are great. Better than McDonald's for sure.

Fried bologna is legit. It’s the only way to do it!

Imma say it one more time CUT THE DAMN BOLOGNA IN THE MIDDLE TO LET THE DAMN STEAM VENT

It's not Oscar Meyer. It's Oscar Mayer. Always has been. MANDALA EFFECT BISH!!!

I have eaten fried bologna since I was a small child, we always had it on toast with the mustard

Gwaltney brand bologna(if you're in the south you know), garlic cheese Texas toast, velveeta cheese, fried egg, and topped off with a bit of plain lays potato chips on top.

Give lebanon bologna a try

How do you become an adult w/o making fried balogna! :) Good stuff.

2:13 Camera guy knew exactly what to do instead of all that extra scissor work 🤣 Ask him for advice lol

Yeah, Oscar Meyer is going to make a so so sandwich. The South uses actual butcher shop bologna in their sandwiches, and it makes a real difference.

I looks like it could use pickles.. but it's a "deff must try" ...

Dude! You never had pork roll? Come to Jersey, Sam.

My southern grandma would make fried bologna sandwiches for me. The meat was not pre-sliced. She'd cut thick slices and fry them; mustard, Miracle Whip, diced white onion, pickle relish...all on Wonder Bread. Can't eat that stuff now...HBP.

A good go to recipe I like to make is putting a piece of cheddar on bologna, rolling it up and microwave for 20 seconds

Someone didn't take their meds

This is Sam at his douchiest lol. The food is good but man treat the people around you better!

Fried bologna and mustard on white bread! All you need

The deli section of your grocery store will cut you slices of all beef bologna 3/8 to 1/2 of an inch thick. Cut a small hole out of the center of each slice before frying them. Substitute swiss cheese for the boring American cheese. Add slices of tomatoes and lettuce. Slather toasted wheat bread with real mayo and yellow mustard. Your instantly transformed back to when minimum wage was $1.25/hour and gas prices were under 50 cents per gallon.

yeah he's pretending like he invented something new every time and in the end its just something which everyone could come up with.

He was a mess in this

I was laughing and saying in my head, "fried bologna rookie"! Never tried fried onions on mine, looks good. Like other have said, use the thick bologna, and always slice the sides. I use Swiss cheese on white Wonder bread, with ketchup and mayo.

Max was right. Cut it from the middle to the edge. It creates a pac man shape. So at least 2 pieces are required so you don't have just a bite of bread.

Seriously you're the cooking guy and you didn't think to use a knife instead of scissors first???? Crazy shit

You call yourself the cooking guy and can't even make a bologna sandwich

Bologna & mayo? Not so sure. Mustard - Yes!

Another common use of bologna. Fried egg and fried bologna sandwich is a common staple in my family. He is trying the bolagn perfect. Onions is a nice touch. Fried spam , melted cheese , and tomato with mayo is a good one

Anyone else get the feeling that this wasn’t rehearsed? But it looks tasty!

No mayonnaise on baloney....just mustard.

I fry my bolonga in butter I put in on bread mayo with provolone cheese and mozzarella cheese then I fry it up in butter like a grilled cheese sandwich..this look good I'll have to try this way

All that sandwich needs is a fried egg on top. Then I can call my cardiologist.

Ever heard of prepping ahead?

Hey Sam great show man !! And these people calling you a douche, are over opinionated douche-bags . Love the show even though your from California haha keep it up man

There's something about the bologna and American cheese that is just delicious!

The first thing mom's thought us how to cook back in the day...

fried bologna always gets ketchup. add a fried egg next time ;-)

If you are going to use balogna, please go to the deli counter and get a decent German Bolgna, not that fake oscar myers crap.

Frying baloney (not bologna) comes as second nature here in the south. One slit from the center out is mandatory.

I love me a toasted balogna sandwiche with a thick slice with melted cheese, mayo, and mustard or honey dijon mustard. Don't really need that many slices, just one thick slice. Sometime i like to fry up an egg to put on there if i decide to have one for breakfast.