Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Created by ellie on March 14, 2024
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #42526
Ingredients
- 8 slices bread, sliced in half (suggested bread: sourdough, cracked wheat or rye)
- 1 stick butter, softened (1/2 cup)
- Coarse mustard or horseradish
- 2 cups grated Swiss cheese (or your favorite cheese or combination of cheeses)
- 4 slices ham or turkey
- 1/4 cup roasted green chilies, canned and chopped
- 4 slices tomato, cut in half
- 8 strips roasted red peppers, cut 1 inch wide
- 1 onion, sliced and sautéed
- 1/4 cup mushrooms, sliced and sautéed
How to Make
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Step 1: Over low heat, heat a cast iron skillet or griddle.
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Step 2: Butter one side of bread and then on the other side spread with mustard or horseradish.
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Step 3: Layer on the mustard side of bread, the cheese and the next 6 ingredients (-mushrooms) and then top with another side of bread, buttered side out.
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Step 4: Repeat with remaining bread making 4 sandwiches.
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Step 5: Place 2 sandwiches at a time onto the skillet, cheese side down and cook slowly until crisp and golden, pressing occasionally, turning once.
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Step 6: Allow sandwiches to rest 5 minutes before cutting.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (247.4 g)
- Calories 474.7
- Total Fat - 36.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 22 g
- Cholesterol - 113.3 mg
- Sodium - 1164 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 15.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.4 g
- Sugars - 10.1 g
- Protein - 23.3 g
- Calcium - 531.6 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 57.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg