How to Make the Best Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
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There's nothing like a grilled cheese sandwich and a cup of tomato soup for comfort food. Warm, creamy soup paired with hot, chewy sandwich. Ahh.
Technically, there's no wrong way to make a grilled cheese sandwich, but I'd argue that point. Using fake cheese for example. Yeach! Here are my tips for making THE best grilled cheese sandwich. Enjoy!
Technically, there's no wrong way to make a grilled cheese sandwich, but I'd argue that point. Using fake cheese for example. Yeach! Here are my tips for making THE best grilled cheese sandwich. Enjoy!
Latest Craze
I recently had a grilled cheese sandwich on a light sourdough sliced bread. The bread was just heavy enough to taste it was sourdough, but very light so as not to be a brick wall between you and the cheese. Very good with tomato!
Our Readers' Favorite and Unique Recipes
Some of these recipes sound absolutely delicious! How many ways can you think of to make a grilled cheese sandwich?
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theveggieguy
Pepperjack cheese, thinly sliced portabella mushrooms, Annie's Goddess Dressing, more pepperjack. Grill as normal, enjoy tremendously, and prepare to slip into an afternoon food coma. -
Heatheray
I prefer mine with cheddar cheese, tomato slices, and jalepeno slices. I prefer everything with cheese, tomatoes, and jalepenos! -
smartchoice
Use whole wheat bread with Hellman's mayonaise on both slices... add dijon mustard to one slice. I recommend both American and Swiss cheese... mmm. Optional: slice of tomato. -
starbaby
Use 3 or 4 cheeses...swiss, cheddar, provolone, muenster, what every you like...on thick slices of White Mountain bread(round white bread w/flour on top from bakery at the grocery store). Secretly put lots of fresh garlic slices in the middle. Fabulous served with chunky homemade tomato soup. -
Chrispa
Technically, the best cheese sandwiches involve a piece of toast with butter and dijon mustard spread on one side, tomato slices on top, and shredded cheese (colby, cheddar etc) and a good dash of worsteshire sauce. Place under a griller to melt cheese.
How to make a Grilled Cheese Sandwich
The basic idea of grilled cheese sandwiches is simple. Bread, cheese, bread. If you are making your sandwich in a frying pan, butter the OUTSIDES of each piece of bread and cook the sandwich on medium heat to make sure the cheese melts and you don't burn your bread.
For other recipes, (in case you think I'm making stuff up), check out the links below.
For other recipes, (in case you think I'm making stuff up), check out the links below.
- Cooks.com
- Your basic recipe for making a grilled cheese sandwich.
- Epicurious.com
- Includes variations on a grilled cheese sandwich with meats and veggies.
- Greatest Grilled Cheese Sandwich in America Contest
- Get great grilled cheese sandwich ideas here with dozens of unique and tasty, award winning, recipes.
- Homecooking.About.com
- Neat ideas for bread, cheese, and meat combos, such as the bacon and bleu on rye.
- RecipeLink.com
- Some of these are even a bit weird for me...garbanzo beans??
- Taquitos.net
- They are SERIOUS about grilled cheese sandwiches.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Makers
You can use a frying pan, but these handy devices also make great grilled cheese sandwiches.
My Favorite Grilled Cheese Variations
I suppose that once you start adding things it's no longer a grilled cheese sandwich, but it still tastes so goooooooood!
- Colby, cheddar, or pepperjack with bacon and/or tomato.
- Mozzarella on onion roll with sliced canned mushrooms and sliced canned black olives.
- Deli turkey or real chicken strips and tomato on wheat.
- Fresh spinach (great way to sneak in some greens - you can't even taste it).
- A thick sandwich on sturdy bread with sour cream and salsa in the middle.
Guide to the Best Cheeses
Of course everyone will have their own opinion about which cheeses make the best grilled cheese sandwich, depending on how they grew up and what they are used to. Here are the ones I like the best. AND of course I always use REAL cheese - none of this processed stuff you have to peel out of a wrapper.
American
You can't go wrong with American cheese. If you get a grilled cheese sandwich in a restaurant, this is most likely the type of cheese you will get one your sandwich. It melts easily and has a soft, melty, cheesy taste.
Cheddar
This is the favorite of many, however I believe cheddar is best saved for macaroni and nachos. I use sharp cheddar when I can't find what else I'm looking for.
Monterey Jack
Adds a unique flavor when you mix up your sandwich with some fillers (see list below.) Not quite strong enough to stand on its own unless you use thick slices.
Pepperjack
Pepperjack is a great, spicy cheese to use with crusty rolls and thinly sliced veggie fillers.
Medium Sharp Colby
This is my personal favorite for grilled cheese sandwiches, and not just because it was first developed 16 miles south of where I live! Buy it fresh in round, wax coated bricks and use it right away. Never freeze it (unless you want crumbles).
American
You can't go wrong with American cheese. If you get a grilled cheese sandwich in a restaurant, this is most likely the type of cheese you will get one your sandwich. It melts easily and has a soft, melty, cheesy taste.
Cheddar
This is the favorite of many, however I believe cheddar is best saved for macaroni and nachos. I use sharp cheddar when I can't find what else I'm looking for.
Monterey Jack
Adds a unique flavor when you mix up your sandwich with some fillers (see list below.) Not quite strong enough to stand on its own unless you use thick slices.
Pepperjack
Pepperjack is a great, spicy cheese to use with crusty rolls and thinly sliced veggie fillers.
Medium Sharp Colby
This is my personal favorite for grilled cheese sandwiches, and not just because it was first developed 16 miles south of where I live! Buy it fresh in round, wax coated bricks and use it right away. Never freeze it (unless you want crumbles).
Cheese Slicers
Most knives aren't made to slice cheese. The cheese sticks to the knife and breaks when you try to peel it off. For serious grilled cheese sandwich making, get a good quality cheese slicer and cutting board.
Cheese by Mail
Great stores that offer delivery on cheese and other products for gift-giving or gourmet sandwich making.
- Hawkeye Dairy
- Located in the heart of cheese-making land, this small cheese, sausage, and ice cream shop does excellent gift boxes.
- Bedford Cheese Shop
- Can't get enough of cheese? Join the Cheese of the Month club and get three cheese delivered to your doorstep.
- CheeseMaker.com
- The basic variety pack or holiday pack will get you five great grilled cheese flavors.
Grilled Cheese Trivia
- Grilled Cheese: Did You Know?
- Neat facts about the grilled cheese sandwich that I bet you didn't know. (I didn't!)
How do you eat your grilled cheese sandwich?
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In November 2004, a woman who owned a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich which looked like it had the face of the Virgin Mary imprinted on it, sold it on eBay for $28,000.
My question is who wants a ten-year-old grilled cheese sandwich? And how does she know it's not an image of Eleanor Roosevelt?
My question is who wants a ten-year-old grilled cheese sandwich? And how does she know it's not an image of Eleanor Roosevelt?
- BBC News
- 'Virgin Mary' toast fetches $28,000
- MSNBC.com
- Online casino wins eBay auction for 10-year-old 'holy' snack
- Wikipedia
- This thing made Wikipedia? You're kidding...
- Golden Palace
- Find out what the auction winner has to say about their new religious meal.
- Grilled Cheese Tattoo
- Diana Duyser of Florida, discoverer(??) and keeper of the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich, gets the image tattooed on her chest. Only in America.
- goyablog
- This blogger has some good ideas of what to do with a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich.
The Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Blog
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christopherwell
Oct 5, 2011 @ 7:02 am | delete
- I've recently started adding stuff (which, as you mention above, makes it less a "grilled cheese sandwich"). But with all the panini sandwiches offered these days, it's hard not to think ... "Hmm, maybe if I added some bacon. Or some roast beef. Wait -- bacon AND roast beef. And peppers." Etc. Maybe I should get back to the basics ...
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PeterStreep
Oct 2, 2011 @ 9:39 am | delete
- mmm, yes, a sandwich with rocket, tomato and sheep cheese, delicious.
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SavvyMama
Sep 15, 2011 @ 4:02 pm | delete
- This lens makes me so hungry. There is nothing more comforting than a grilled cheese sandwich.
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cocktailsexaminer Aug 26, 2011 @ 8:17 am | delete
- I like to use Habenero cheese to make spicy grilled cheese sandwiches.
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CanAnybodySing
Aug 11, 2011 @ 9:51 pm | delete
- lol, nice lens. I never thought there could be so much to say about a piece of bread and a slice of cheese, but thats the point - its not JUST a piece of bread and slice of cheese!
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