What's your favorite grilled cheese recipe?
 

Bob Dole was having a discussion with a couple of friends and it got Bob Dole all curious. This eclectic bunch is bound to have something better than just Velveeta on white...

Let's see 'em! (Please)

butter, bread, american, grill

:shrug:

And this is another cool thread.

Bacon

Fayetteville has a pretty killer grilled cheese restaurant now. These might give you some inspiration:

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Soup and something tasty to drink

As long as it is served with a bowl of tomato soup, i'm good.

I like the Chupacabre and the Ozark Monte Cristo (though they need to serve the Monte Cristo with jam).

There are recipes for this?

Butter two slices of wife's gluten-free bread, put slice of cheddar and a slice of provolone inside and grill until browned (but not dark brown/burnt). Even better with a slice of ham with the cheese.

Once and a while I'll use provolone put a thin slice of apple in there, or some pickle. But generally I just use American and heat it on a pretty low temp and eat with tomato soup.

When I was a kid we called it toasted cheese, but when I said that to my coworkers in KC they said they never heard of that.

Doesn't it cease to become a grilled cheese sandwich if you put anything else on it?

Simply Red hijacked Bob Dole's account.

I thought when you added meat it was no longer a grilled cheese, ex. adding a slice of ham makes it a grilled or melted ham and cheese.

From the Westside Local (Farm to Table) here in KC:

Brie, emmental, local white Cheddar, sourdough with a tomato fennel soup.

Its $9 so I can't vouch for it.

This. No frills and no crap.

If you have ripe tomatoes......

Usual grilled cheese with sliced tomato and bacon.

Grill it open faced so you can add the tomato right at the end before shutting her up.

Kind of a variation of the BLT.

Nope. It becomes grilled cheese, with ham. :D

BTW, people who put mayo on their grilled cheese are weird.

there are other ways? **** that.

I cook some bacon or Ham, butter one side of each slice of bread, throw some more butter down on the skillet, throw two slices of cheese and the meat of choice between the bread and grill.

And you can never have too much butter....or cheese.

You have to be sure to put the meat in between the slices of cheese, of course.

Here are some more from a great food blog I follow:

http://closetcooking.blogspot.com/20...andwiches.html

WTF man.

There is nothing "Boring" about a grilled cheese sandwich. The simplicity is part of what makes them so awesome.

And putting mushrooms on a grilled cheese sandwich? That's blasphemis.

Butter the outsides of the bread and roll it in crushed up potato chips. Unbelievable.

Ok that's a new one I've never heard of.

Mango and Cardamom jam on a GCS......jesus....

That sounds pretty damn good.

It's a mango cardamom jam, not actual slices of mango and cardamom pods. Basically a chutney.

The whole ethnic fusion shit is big now.

I'll tell you what, I love me a good grilled cheese. Here is what I do when I feel like making a fantastic one.

Bread: White is probably the most common, but Sourdough or artisan bread is better IMO.
cheeses: you can go with just about any cheese you like that melts well. I like to spread the bread with cream cheese first on both sides (YUM!), then slices of cheddar, provolone and swiss. I like a nice 4 cheese all melting goodness into each other.

butter the bread on the outside and grill until it's melted!

For me, tomato soup with plenty of Sriracha mixed in with some basil and black pepper is the perfect addition to your grilled cheese sammich.

This, this this. I always add Sriracha to my bowls of tomato soup now. Even better with a grilled cheese... also keeps my little kids from eating my soup... though it's funny as hell when they want a bite and won't take, "no, it's spicy" for an answer.

I was raised on Campbell's soups, so Campbell's Tomato Soup is tomato soup to me (comfort food type of thing). One of my favorite lunches used to be grilled cheese, a bowl of tomato soup (with a crap ton of saltines, of course) and big glass of milk.

Since Campbell's insists on putting wheat in their soups, I can't eat that any more and haven't been able to find a decent replacement. All of the other ones that I have tried have tasted like Spaghetti-O's. :Lin:

I miss that.

I don't know about canned, but Mark Bittman has a couple of really easy tomato soup recipes. I especially like his roasted winter tomato soup:

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2008/...mato-soup.html

I used to like it too, but instead of water, I would use milk. Made the soup creamy.

Thanks. Looks interesting.

To be honest, though, if I have to make something from scratch, I would probably go a different direction. I was just lamenting the loss of a childhood comfort food, I guess.

Quite good.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich made with Pepper Jack cheese.....and a bowl of Chili.

****ing awesome....

It was good with milk, though, you had to be more careful so it wouldn't burn.

I usually made it with a half can of water instead of a full can. Too watery otherwise.

Sorry for the hijack, Bob Dole.

I actually make a killer grilled cheese sandwich. Typically I put some sort of meat on it, but that's not necessary.

I use all sorts of bread and cheeses. Pick some you like.

So I usually take some white bread, put a little pepper jack and swiss in it. The magic happens on what I do on the out side. I butter it like everyone else, but I press some grated parmesan on both sides. As the cheese melts on the inside, I also get a tasty cheese crust on the outside. Yum! I call it my Grilled Double Cheese.

Fymunda cheese

just add some pepperoni...the bread is most important, imo...and copious amounts of butter

Bless you

I like texas toast for the bread, colby jack for the cheese, and either bacon or panchetta slices on the cheese. A quick spread of hot sauce on the inside of the bun, then onto the grill. Serve these with some tomato basil soup. Yummmm.

I do the standard grilled cheese with dill pickle slices on it.

Butter the outside, mayo the inside. And pick your cheese. Pepper Jack is my fav.

I thought everybody had theirs like that but I guess the mayo thing is a little different. :shrug:

Instead of mayo, grape jelly.

Sourdough and extra sharp cheddar.

Grilled Peanut Butter and Cheese! Yummy

Tuna Salad w/Sharp Cheddar, on cracked wheat bread. The tuna salad has to be pretty dry, and includes pickle relish and diced hard boiled egg. With a cup of tomato soup, it'll eat.

I know meat violates the rules, but damn, it's good stuff! Take out the tuna salad and put on a slice of swiss, if you want, and serve it with chicken noodle soup.

Grilled banana and peanut butter sangwitch, add a slice of "American" cheese, and voila:
http://gastrologica.com/elvis.jpg

This is good and the addition of a piece of ham is great.

That's good !:clap:

Canadian peameal back baccon inbetween both Swiss and American

I love some sliced avocado in a grilled cheese too, and of course bacon.

Here's a great sangwitch from top to bottom:

Bread
Poutine
Regular Bacon
"American" Cheese
Canadian Bacon
Cheddar
Bread

Eh?

Heating up some leftover chili, and will grill Mom and me some sandwiches, with colby jack, white cheddar, and Velveeta, with a sprinkling of marjoram and garlic powder.

Good idea for dinner tonite, Mr. Bob Dole and Mr. Pestilence.

Bread
Butter
Crisp bacon crumpled
Sharp chedder
Egg
Mircle Whip

That's a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich.

Jesus people. Grilled cheese isn't that hard. Good bread, good cheese, and lots of butter.

bread,cheese,butter and a little mayo

bread,butter,cheese open faced on grill then when cheese starts to melt and you get ready to flip it, add the other piece of bread with a little mayo on inside of it.

mayo adds a little zing to sammich. :shrug:

Mine is pretty simple. I cut thin slices of sweet vidalia onion and soften them in a pan with some oilive oil, seasoned with sea salt, peppper, and some minced garlic. While they are softening, I get the bottom bread buttered and started in the pan with a slice of american cheese. Once the onion slices are soft but with a slight crunch to them I move a slice to each sandwich on top of the cheese. Then I cover it with the top piece of bread (buttered) and toast each side to a medium brown in the skillet. Yum!!! If you like onions that is. The only downfall is that it gives me the smelly toots- as my 3 yr old would say... :D

I love making mine with an iron and some ramen

Wonder bread, buttered (real butter), american cheese (not processed cheese food, real cheese) slice in half diagonally, Grilled on a flat top griddle until golden brown on both sides. Campbell's tomato soup in a bowl with goldfish crackers.

Oh YEAH.

Sourdough bread, real butter, swiss cheese & throw in a bowl of tomato soup for good measure.

When I was little, grilled cheese always came with a sliced of bologna, grilled right along.

I was going to laugh at you for calling American Cheese "real cheese" but it turns out that if you buy it in the block or from a deli, it's just a mix of colby and cheddar. It's only the stuff that comes in the individually wrapped slices that's plastic cheese.

Who knew? :shrug:

Yep. Just avoid "pasteurized cheese food." It's "plastic cheese" not the real stuff.

I've been to Wisconsin several times and love good cheese.

Did this last night. Was pretty good.

Take to pieces of bread, doesn’t matter what kind. Put in a piece of cheese, doesn’t matter what kind.Put some butter looking yellow stuff on both sides. Heat up the sandwich, put on a plate and had it to someone else. Then eat a Steak

Is Velveeta cheese?

For many any white cheese is fine or a mix of them with tomato. White sharp cheddar I like most. Never any fake crap with orange dye in it. Yuks!

O.M.G. That's child abuse. ;) :D

I have to use pre-sliced cause my wife gets mad whenever I cut the cheese.

Well, she usually threw a tomato slice on there, so that made it healthy. It's kinda like dumping salsa on chili cheese fries. Instant healthy meal!

Do you mean Annatto? It doesn't impart much flavor (if any). Most people wouldn't be able to tell white american or cheddar cheese from the regular cheese if they were blindfolded.

From here: http://thelondontearoom.com/Eat_Me.html

Greatest Grilled Cheese Sandwich I've ever had. Especially with Tomato Soup.

Buy good steak. Grill good steak. Eat good steak. Afterward, say, "Damn, that was a good grilled cheese sandwich".

I've had a French Dip sandwich with the grated parmesan grilled on the outside of the bread. It was outstanding.

Do you know what makes some cheese orange, and some white?












They add food coloring to the white cheese to make it orange.

My favorite is Texas toast, chipotle mayo, tomato, avacado, bacon, and cheddar and provolone cheeses.

Agreed, but it's not "fake orange dye crap".

UUUUUUUUUUUHMMMM. TY. :D

Must be grilled with a propane grill now.

grilled cheese sammys is lame.