Best Cheese for Grilled Cheese
Grilled cheese done right — bacon grilled cheese, sloppy joe grilled cheese, pesto, French onion, and jalapeño popper — for easy weeknight suppers.
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I had to fast until 3pm and this was all I could think about making when I was able to eat
Jessica KohnIngredients
Instructions
- 1Start by cooking bacon in skillet to your liking.
- 2Once the bacon is done, butter one side of each slice of bread.
- 3Heat pan and put butter side down. Add Mexican cheese, queso and bacon and the other slice of bread.
- 4Cover the pan with a lid and cook on low until the cheese melts (low so bread doesn’t burn)
- 5When the cheese is melted to your desire it’s ready!
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A grilled cheese lives or dies by what's between the bread. Sharp cheddar bites back, American melts smooth and even, and a shredded blend gives you those long pulls everybody wants.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on the nights nobody agrees on dinner, when soup is on the stove, or when lunch has to happen in ten minutes with what's in the fridge.
Every recipe here is a real sandwich somebody makes at home: Bacon Grilled Cheese, Easy Sloppy Joe Grilled Cheese, Pesto Grilled Cheese with sharp cheddar, Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese, French Onion Grilled Cheese, and a Sheet Pan Grilled Cheese on Hawaiian buns for a crowd.
Quick Tips
- 1
Shred your own cheese
Blocks melt smoother than pre-shredded, which is coated to keep it from clumping. Grate about 1/2 cup per sandwich.
- 2
Cook it low and slow
Medium-low heat for 4 to 5 minutes a side lets the cheese melt before the bread burns.
- 3
Butter the bread, not the pan
Spread 1 tablespoon softened butter or mayonnaise edge to edge so the whole slice browns evenly.
- 4
Press it with a lid
Set a pan lid or another skillet on top for the first 2 minutes to push the bread into the cheese.
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