Mitraillette

A typical mitraillette consists of:^{[2][3][4][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

• Half a baguette (or sometimes a smaller version of a baguette).
• Fries.
• Fried meat (such as sausage, burger, or steak). The type of meat available varies with the friterie.^[18]
• Sauce, such as mayonnaise, ketchup, sauce andalouse, garlic sauce, or bearnaise sauce.

Crudités may be included (grated carrot, fresh lettuce, tomato slices), as well as cheese^[19] and cabbage.^[20][21]

Originally mitraillettes contained only a sausage or sliced meat. Alternatives quickly became available.

After the Brussels bombings in March 2016, images of the sandwich were shared across social media in Belgium and abroad as a sign of friendship and humour.^[22]

In December 2020, former Top Chef (France) contestant Jean-Philippe Watteyne opened a pop-up mitraillette restaurant in Mons.^[23]

In November 2021, DH Les Sports + reported that a friterie in Etterbeek sells Belgium's longest mitraillette, measuring 130 centimetres (51 in).^[24]

In 2025, BetUS.com reported extended queues for a AUS$27 (€16.32) steak mitraillette at the Australian Open.^[25]

• List of sandwiches
• Chip butty, the English equivalent
• Gatsby (sandwich), a South African equivalent to the mitraillette
• French tacos, a French fast-food item containing similar ingredients wrapped in a flour tortilla
• Horseshoe sandwich, a ground beef and fries sandwich from the U.S. state of Illinois
• Chopped cheese, sloppy joe, and roti john, select examples of ground beef sandwiches