How to Assemble the Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich 17 Aug 2023
In my time as a cook, I have developed a process to make high-quality grilled cheese sandwiches. Each step enhances an aspect of flavor, texture and consistency of the melt by applying different forms of direct and indirect heat.
Equipment
- Grill
- Air-fryer
- Knife
- Cutting Board
Ingredients
- Bread
- Butter
- Cheese
Process
- Chop cheese into small cubes to increase surface area
- Warm butter slightly before spreading
- Apply butter on the entire surface of one side of bread
- Place buttered bread on grill or frying pan preheated at 490F
- Let butter melt into bread for about 30 seconds
- Flip bread over and soak up the excess butter with the unbuttered side
- Fry for ~1 minute until bottom of bread is hard enough to scratch with your spatula
- Flip bread over again and layer chopped cheese on the crispy side of the bread
- Fry for ~2 minutes, checking occasionally for overcooking
- Remove toast with cheese from grill and place in air-fryer for 2 minutes to melt cheese, keeping the other piece of bread on the grill
- Remove toast with cheese from air-fryer and place on top of the toasted bread on the grill
- Flip sandwich upside down and fry for 30 seconds
- Remove from grill and cut grilled cheese sandwich diagonally
- Enjoy
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