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Pan-Grilled Cheese Sandwich
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Pan-Grilled Cheese Sandwich

A cheese sandwich grilled in a skillet over medium heat in butter, until the bread is golden and crisp and the cheese inside has melted: bread slices buttered on the outside, or a tortilla folded into a half-moon around the cheese (quesadilla).

⏱ 13 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Spread the butter on the outside of slice the bread.
    💡The butter goes on the outside, the side that meets the pan: it's what gives the bread its golden, crisp crust.
  2. 2
    Place the yellow cheese on half of slice the bread and cover each one with another slice, buttered side out.
  3. 3
    Heat a heavy pan over medium heat.
    StoveFrying pan
  4. 4
    Grill the sandwiches 2–3 minutes per side, until the bread is golden and crisp and the cheese has melted completely.
    StoveFrying panSilicone spatula
    💡Medium heat, not high: the bread browns at the same pace the cheese melts, while over high heat it burns outside before the cheese inside melts.
  5. 5
    Cut on the diagonal.
    KnifeCutting board
267calories
11 gprotein
16 gcarbs
17 gfat
● protein 17%● carbs 24%● fat 58%

Per serving (74 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)

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🧩 Parts

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Mozzarella · Green onion · Paprika · Cumin · Mustard · Salt and pepper · Rest before carving (1 minute) · Olive oil instead of butter · Mayonnaise in the sauce · Tomato paste in the sauce · Sliced beef · Sauerkraut · Cooked shredded chicken · Corn · Avocado · Roasted red pepper · Roasted green pepper · Cherry tomatoes · Oregano · Sour cream for serving · Served with a sauce (the sauce)
  • The pan: heavy
  • Roasting time: 2–3 minutes per side
  • The cut: on the diagonal
  • The bread in the steps: slice the bread
  • One bread in the steps: slice
  • The folded bread in the steps: Tortilla
  • The folded breads in the steps: the tortillas

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