Want to know, exactly how to style your grilled cheese into a stunning success? Renovate the typical meal with these innovative recipe thoughts.
1. Lasagna Grilled Cheese
A blend of Ricotta and Mozzarella surely creates magic and when combined with tomatoes and basil leaves, and with a pinch of pepper and salt on the top makes it ultra-delicious.
Ingredients:
- Bread – 4 slices
- Butter – Two tablespoonOlive Oil – One Tablespoon
- Ricotta Cheese – ½ cup
- Basil – Two Tablespoons (chopped)
- Salt & Pepper – One Tablespoon each
- Tomato – 4 ounces
- Mozzarella Cheese – ½ cup
Instructions:
- Heat the butter in a frying pan over moderately low temperature. Meanwhile, stir chopped basil leaves, ricotta cheese, pepper, and salt in a medium sized container to prepare a seasoning.
- Lay the bread slices on a platter and top any two bread slices with mozzarella cheese. Chop the tomatoes and top the mozzarella cheese with them. Scatter a bit of pepper and salt on the top of the tomatoes.
- While pouring the ricotta cheese mixture over the other two bread slices and evenly spread the mixture on the bread layer. Top these bread slices over the other two bread slices and place them on the warm grill.
- Grill on both the sides until lightly scorch marks are visible. Remove from the grill and rest it at room temperature for a few minutes. Serve warm!
2. French Onion Soup Grilled Cheese
Scorched onions are way much yummier than anything and when combined with cheese, taste heavenly.
Ingredients:
- Olive Oil – Two Tablespoon
- Butter – Three Tablespoons
- Bread – 2 slices
- Thyme – Two Tablespoons (chopped)
- Pepper – One Tablespoon
- Salt – One Tablespoon
- Garlic – 2 cloves (chopped)
- Bay Leaf – 1 piece
- Cheese – 1 cup
- Red/White Wine – 1 cup
- Onions – 2 pieces
Instructions:
- Grate the onions into small and thin pieces. In a large frying pan, pour about one tablespoon of olive oil and heat it over moderate temperature. Add one tablespoon of butter and allow melting and then add all the chopped garlic. Cook for some moments when the garlic starts softening and then add the chopped onions. Toss to coat the onions and garlic and then add bay leaf and thyme. Continue stirring for 30-40 minutes until the color changes to deep golden brown.
- Pour about one-fourth cup of red/white wine and sprinkle pepper and salt to taste in the frying pan and cook for some more 4-5 minutes. Remove from the heat and place the caramelized onion mixture sideways.
- In a medium sized frying pan pour some olive oil, butter and allow melting.
- Top each bread slice with butter and spread evenly. Grate cheese and top one of the bread slices with it. Top another bread slice with caramelized onion mixture. Sprinkle some thyme leaves, pepper and salt and grate rest of the cheese over the bread slice.
- Finally, top this caramelized onion bread slice with the other cheese bread slice and place it on a hot frying pan. Cook for few moments and allow the cheese to melt. Serve warm.
3. Taco Grilled Cheese
This dish tastes amazing due to its Mexican touch. From tacos to burritos and grilled cheese, all knotted up in bonds, just as if your heart.
Ingredients:
- Bread – 2 slices
- Butter – One Tablespoon
- Cheddar Cheese – 2 cups
- Cornitos Mild Chunky Salsa – Two Tablespoons
- Taco Seasoned Chicken – ½ cup
- Lettuce (chopped) – Two Tablespoons
- Tomato (chopped) – Two Tablespoons
- Cream – One Tablespoon
- Salt & Pepper – One Tablespoon each
Instructions:
- Heat a frying pan over moderately low temperature.
- On a slice of bread, apply some butter and spread evenly on one side. Place the butter side bread slice on the frying pan and top the other side of bread with grated cheddar cheese, taco seasoned chicken, apply some Cornitos mild chunky salsa, chopped tomatoes, chopped lettuce and pour the cream. Sprinkle some salt & pepper to taste.
- Finally, top with the other slice of bread and before that apply butter on this slice of bread too, so that while placing it on the top the butter side faces upwards.
- Heat the sandwich, until the cheese starts melting, for around 2-3 minutes.
- Serve warm with cheese/salsa/cream dipping.
4. Doughnut Grilled Cheese
Beholding for a sweet pampering? Slice a doughnut in half along the length, crush a portion of cheese in the mid and grill until golden.
Ingredients:
- Butter – One Tablespoon
- Doughnut – 1 piece
- Cheese – 2 slices
Instructions:
- Cut the doughnut into halves and apply butter on the cut off sides of the doughnut.
- Heat a frying pan over moderately low temperature. Place the buttered side of the doughnut on the pan facing downwards then add the cheese slices.
- Top with the remaining doughnut slice, facing the buttered sides upwards. Heat until the cheese starts melting. Serve warm!
5. Parmesan Crusted Pesto Grilled Cheese
With the right amount of herbs topped with parmesan cheese both inside and outside, is all kinds of amazing.
Ingredients:
- Bread – 2 slices
- Butter – One Tablespoon
- Mozzarella Cheese – 2 slices
- Basil Pesto – Two Tablespoons
- Parmesan Cheese – 1/3 cup
Instructions:
- Heat a frying pan over moderate temperature. Spread some butter on one side of each slice of bread. Apply basil pesto on the other side of each slice of bread.
- Place the mozzarella cheese slice on the top of the basil pesto of one piece of bread. Spread some grated parmesan cheese on outside of this bread slice.
- Place this slice of bread on the pan such that the parmesan cheese side faces downwards. Top with another piece of bread and sprinkle the rest of the grated parmesan cheese. Heat for few minutes until the cheese turns golden in color and melts. Serve warm!
6. Maple Chicken Jam Grilled Cheese
This recipe with lusciously creaming chicken jam will definitely hit your taste buds.
Ingredients:
- Chicken Breasts – 1 pound (boneless)
- Onion – 1 piece
- Garlic – One Tablespoon (chopped)
- Brown Sugar – ½ cup
- Coffee – 1 cup (prepared)
- Apple Juice – ½ cup
- Maple Syrup – ¼ cup
- Vinegar – 1 ½ tablespoon
- Butter – One Tablespoon
- Bread – 2 slices
- Cheddar Cheese – 1 cup
Instructions:
- Wash the chicken breasts thoroughly and chop them and then cook the shredded chicken pieces in a medium sized container until it turns golden brown in color. Store two tablespoons of chicken fat in a bowl and extract the rest of the chicken fat.
- In the remaining chicken fat cook the chopped onions over moderate temperature. Add the minced garlic cloves and cook for some more minutes until the mixture is fragrant.
- Add the chicken to the pan and stir-fry for few minutes. After some moments pour the apple juice, maple syrup, vinegar, brown sugar, and coffee. Cook the whole ingredients over medium heat for 30-40 minutes while stirring occasionally until thick and sugary. Set the chicken jam mixture aside.
- Preheat a pan over medium heat. Meanwhile, apply some butter on the two bread slices. Place the butter side slice of bread on the pan, top with cheddar cheese, the chicken jam mixture and again some more cheddar cheese.
- Finally, top with the other bread slice with the butter side facing upwards and heat the sandwich until the cheese starts melting. Flip when the bread sandwich turns golden brown and then flip again to cook from both sides. Serve warm with honey or maple syrup.
7. Grilled Cheese And Apple Sandwich with Sriracha Butter
This creamy and rich sandwich with a dash of spice, all of the stuff with grilled cheese filled in a sandwich, yes guys!
Ingredients:
- Butter – Three Tablespoons
- Sriracha – One Tablespoon
- Chili Flakes – ½ tablespoons
- Bread – 4 slices
- Parmesan Cheese – 1 cup
- Apple – 1 piece (sliced into small lattices)
Instructions:
- In a small sized bowl, pour some butter and Sriracha and mix them thoroughly.
- Apply some butter on one side of a bread slice and apply the Sriracha butter on the other side of that bread slice.
- Top the Sriracha butter side of the bread with shredded parmesan cheese place the apple lattices and then again pour some more shredded parmesan cheese.
- Apply butter on one side of another bread slice and apply Sriracha butter on the other sides of this bread slice. Top this bread slice over the shredded cheese keeping the buttered side up and Sriracha buttered side downwards.
- Place it on a preheated pan and heat the sandwich until the cheese starts melting and the bread slices are brown in color and crispy from both the sides. Serve warm.
8. White Pizza Grilled Cheese
You can’t have more cheese than this grilled cheese sandwich; mascarpone, mozzarella, parmesan and provolone in the filling complemented with thyme, oregano, basil, and rosemary leaves with parsley sprinkled over the top.
Ingredients:
- Olive Oil – One Tablespoon
- Garlic – 2 pieces
- Mascarpone Cheese 8 ounces
- Basil Leaves – ¼ cup (finely chopped)
- Rosemary – Two Tablespoons (finely chopped)
- Thyme Leaves – Two Tablespoons (finely chopped)
- Oregano Leaves – Two Tablespoons
- Parsley – One Tablespoon
- Mozzarella Cheese – 4 ounces
- Parmesan Cheese – 2 ounces
- Provolone Cheese – 8 ounces
- Bread – 8 slices
- Pepper and Salt – One Tablespoon each
Instructions:
- Heat up the oven to 350 degrees F. Remove the cover of garlic and wash all the garlic cloves thoroughly.
- Moisten the garlic cloves with olive oil and then wrap them in aluminum foil.
- Roast the cloves for at least one hour until the cloves turn golden in color and caramelize. Cool the garlic for a few moments.
- Crush the cloves in a medium sized bowl and mash them while adding a pinch of salt to taste. Pour the mascarpone cheese and stir the mixture and form a paste of cheese and garlic.
- Add finely chopped oregano leaves, basil leaves, rosemary, parsley and thyme leaves to the mixture and stir continuously.
- Finally, add mozzarella, parmesan and provolone cheeses and toss the mixture. Add pepper and salt to taste.
- Apply some butter only on the outsides of each slice of bread.
- Heat up a frying pan over moderate heat and place a bread slice keeping the buttered side down on the pan.
- Top with the cheese mixture and shred some cheese and then top it with another slice of bread keeping the buttered side of the bread slice upwards.
- Flip the sandwich on regular intervals so that both the sides turn brown in color and crispy and cook until the cheese starts melting.
- Garnish with chopped parsley leaves and season with pepper and salt to taste. Serve warm.
9. Jalapeno Popper Grilled Cheese
Easy to prepare and tastes nice, you’ll be pleased with delightful flavour of gooey cheddar cheese and gooey cream cheese blended with scorched jalapeno peppers.
Ingredients:
- Jalapeno Peppers – 4 large
- Cream Cheese – 4 ounces
- Green Onions – 5 pieces (chopped)
- Cheddar Cheese – 2 cups (shredded)
- Black Pepper Powder – ½ tablespoon
- Bread – 4 slices
Instructions:
- Wash the jalapenos thoroughly. Heat up the oven to 450 degrees F. Place the jalapeno peppers on a baking tray and scorch them until slightly browned.
- Now thoroughly place the scorched jalapenos in a steam bag and gently remove the skin after 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the top of the pepper and then slice one side of the pepper and get rid of the seeds and ribs.
- Heat up a frying pan to 375 degrees F. In the meantime, in a bowl, mix together cream cheese, chopped green onions, and black pepper powder. Apply some butter on one side of each slice of bread. Apply this mixture on one side of a slice of bread, top with jalapeno peppers and then again apply the cheese mixture. Top it with a bread slice keeping the buttered side of the slice facing upwards.
- Place the sandwich on the preheated pan and heat it until the cheese starts melting and the bread turns golden in color and crispy. Serve warm.
10. Chipotle Chicken Grilled Cheese
Oh, how appealing these are! And you’ll positively be amazed to discover that this grilled cheese sandwich tastes so good with tomato soup, all the nourishment in a single meal.
Ingredients:
- Olive Oil – Two Tablespoons
- Bread –4 slices
- Chicken morsels – 500 grams (cooked and shredded)
- Cheddar Cheese – 15 slices
- Chipotle Spread – Four Tablespoons
- Butter – Four Tablespoons
Instructions:
- Apply chipotle spread on one side and butter on the other side of the bread slices.
- Take a slice of bread, top the chipotle spread side with shredded chicken and three slices of cheddar cheese.
- Finally, top with another bread slice keeping the buttered side upwards.
- In a frying pan, pour olive oil and heat it.
- Place the sandwich on the pan and cook it until the cheese starts melting and the bread turns golden in color on both the sides and crispy.
- Serve it warm with tomato soup.
11. Grilled Mac And Cheese Sandwich
Rich and brilliant old-timey like mac and cheese! Quick, mushy and constantly a hit! Spicy and cheesy this grilled mac and cheese sandwich is filled with your favorite macaroni and cheddar cheese between crispy bread slices.
Ingredients:
- Bread – 4 slices
- Butter – Two Tablespoons
- Cheddar Cheese – 4 slices
- Macaroni – 1 bowl (prepared)
Instructions:
- Apply some butter on one side of each slice of bread. Heat up a frying pan to 375 degrees F. Place the bread slice keeping the buttered side downwards on the frying pan.
- Top it with a slice of cheddar cheese, pour some spoonful of macaroni and then again top it with another slice of cheddar cheese.
- Finally, top this with another slice of bread keeping the buttered side upwards and heat the sandwich until the cheese starts melting and the bread is slightly scorched from the surface and crispy. Serve warm.
12. Pumpkin Grilled Cheese With Apple And Cheddar
Plump fruit pumpkin, absolutely new and that too with apples, undeniably eccentric, so my advice is to prepare it and taste its wonders because you’ll not be disappointed and grilled cheese can never upset you.
Ingredients:
- Bread – 2 slices
- Pumpkin Puree – Two Tablespoons
- Apple – 4-5 slices
- White Cheddar Cheese – 1 slice
- Spinach Leaves – ¼ cup (chopped)
- Butter – One Tablespoon
Instructions:
- Spread some butter on one side of each slice of bread. Heat up a frying pan to 375 degrees F. Place the bread slice on it keeping the buttered side downwards.
- Apply pumpkin puree on the other side of the bread slice, top it with a cheddar cheese slice, line some apple slices and then pour some chopped spinach leaves. Finally, top it with another slice of bread keeping it buttered side upwards.
- Heat up the sandwich for a few moments until the cheese starts melting, the spinach leaves start getting tender and smooth and the bread turns golden from both the sides and crispy. Serve warm!
13. Creamed Spinach Grilled Cheese
All the essences of spinach and cream packed in a sandwich with profusely melting grilled cheese…yum!!
Ingredients:
- Spinach – 400 grams (approximately 8 cups fresh)
- Feta Cheese – 50 grams (approximately four tablespoons)
- Cream – 125 ml (approximately ½ cup)
- Lemon Juice – Two Tablespoons
- Salt – One Tablespoon
- Black Pepper Powder – One Tablespoon
- Bread – 6 slices
- Mozzarella Cheese – 150 gram (approximately 1 cup)
Instructions:
- Wash the spinach leaves thoroughly and boil and allow blanching of the spinach leaves in boiling water.
- Squeeze out excess water from the spinach leaves. Chop the leaves into small pieces and place them in a hot pan. Pour cream and feta cheese and allow boiling for a few minutes until the cream is thick and reduced.
- Add pepper and salt to taste and then pour the lemon juice. Simmer for a few minutes and then set aside to cool it at room temperature.
- Apply some butter on one side of each slice of bread. Heat up the griddle to 375 degrees F. Place the bread slice keeping the buttered side downwards. Top it with mozzarella cheese, spinach mixture and again some mozzarella cheese.
- Finally, top it with another slice of bread keeping the buttered sides upwards. Heat the sandwich for a few minutes until the cheese starts melting and the sandwich is crispy and golden brown in color. Serve warm.
14. Cauliflower Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Heard about cauliflower bread? I believe certainly not. Then this is the recipe you need to add in your supper list because it tastes fantastic and there is a lot of cheese in here.
Ingredients:
- Cauliflower Florets – 500 grams
- Egg – 3 pieces
- Parmesan Cheese – 2 cups
- Garlic Powder – One Tablespoon
- Cheddar Cheese – 4 slices
Instructions:
- In a food processor, pour all of the cauliflower florets and blend it until rice like consistency forms.
- Now transfer the cauliflower rice into a microwave bowl and microwave it for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally so that the moisture draws out. Cool it at room temperature.
- Whisk egg, garlic powder and parmesan cheese with the cauliflower rice and then divide the mixture into 4 parts. Meanwhile, heat up the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Line a parchment on a baking sheet and flatten out each part into a bread shape on the baking sheet.
- Place that baking sheet in the oven and bake it until the bread turns golden brown. Cool it at room temperature before removing the cauliflower bread pieces.
- Now place some cheddar cheese slices between two cauliflower bread slices. Heat up a griddle and place the sandwiches on it. Heat the sandwiches until the cheese starts melting in between and the cauliflower bread turns toasty.
15. Mascarpone, Nutella, and Banana on Grilled Ciabatta Bread
More the Nutella more is the pleasure and thus more is the desire and this time bonded with flowing cheese and banana slices, definitely in the meal list.
Ingredients:
- Mascarpone Cheese – 4 slices
- Ciabatta Bread – 4 slices
- Nutella – 2 cups
- Banana – 2 pieces
Instructions:
- Remove the peel of banana, wash it and then slice it into thin pieces and place it aside in a bowl.
- Heat up the griddle. In the meantime, slice off the Ciabatta bread into halves, apply Nutella on one-half of the slice only on one side and on the other half place the mascarpone cheese slices. Place banana slices in between and set the sandwich on the griddle.
- Grill until the cheese starts melting and the bread turns golden brown and crispy.
16. Barbeque Chicken Grilled Cheese
A grilled cheese sandwich filled with luscious barbecue chicken stuffed with molten cheese.
Ingredients:
- Butter – One Tablespoon
- Bread – 2 slices
- Cheddar Cheese – 2 slices
- Chicken Morsels – ½ cup (cooked)
- Barbeque Sauce – One Tablespoon
- Cabbage – 500 grams
Instructions:
- Wash the cabbage thoroughly and chop it into fine pieces. Wash it again so as to remove the dirt if left.
- Boil the shredded cabbage so that it turns tender. Set aside to use it later.
- Apply some butter on one side of each slice of bread.
- Heat up a frying-pan over moderate heat.
- Place a bread slice on the frying-pan keeping the buttered side downwards.
- Top it with a cheddar cheese slice some fried chicken morsels and then pour some barbecue sauce.
- Place some shredded cabbage and then top again with a cheddar cheese slice.
- Finally, place another bread slice keeping the buttered side upwards.
- Heat the sandwich for some minutes until the cheese starts melting and bread turns golden brown and crispy.
17. Baked Potato Grilled Cheese
Crunchy potato but still soft in the core, crowned with lightly scorched chicken morsels and perfected by green onions, all stuffed between two crispy slices of bread with slushy cheese and cream. So delicious!
Ingredients:
- Chicken Morsels – 500 grams
- Potato – 1 piece
- Cream – Two Tablespoons
- Cheddar Cheese – 4 slices
- Green Onions – 500 grams
- Bread – 4 slices
- Butter – Two Tablespoons
- Olive Oil – Two Tablespoons
- Garlic Powder – One Tablespoon
- Pepper & Salt – One Tablespoon each
Instructions:
- Heat up a frying pan on moderate heat. Pour some oil and let it warm for a few minutes.
- In the meantime, chop the potato into fine and thin slices and then fry them up in the frying pan until they turn brown and crunchy.
- Pour some pepper and salt to taste and fry them for a few minutes. Also, pour some garlic powder for seasoning purpose while frying. Set aside to cool down at room temperature.
- Fry the chicken morsels in moderate heat until they turn crunchy and tender and also pour some garlic powder, pepper and salt to taste. Set aside in another bowl.
- Apply some butter on the outsides and cream on the insides of each bread slice. Place a bread slice on a frying pan which is moderately warm. Top it with a cheddar cheese slice and fried potatoes.
- Chop some green onions into fine pieces. Pour some more cream over the fried potatoes and then top with green onions and fried chicken morsels. Finally, finish the sandwich by topping it with another cheddar cheese slice and a bread slice keeping the buttered side upwards.
- Heat up the sandwich until the cheese starts melting and bread turns brown and crunchy. Serve warm!
18. Vegetable Grilled Cheese
The honest appraisal of an outstanding sandwich is for how relentlessly you still savor it and yearn for it even after finishing it and trust me you’ll definitely desire for this one because of its melting cheese and cream. And then this sandwich is complemented with cabbage and lettuce leaves, accomplished with roasted sweet potatoes and thin slices of avocado giving it a tangy zest.
Ingredients:
- Olive Oil – Two Tablespoons
- Lettuce – 500 grams
- Red Cabbage – 500 grams
- Mozzarella Cheese – 4 slices
- Bread – 4 slices
- Sweet Potato – 500 grams
- Avocado – 250 grams
- Butter – Two Tablespoons
- Pepper & Salt – One Tablespoon each
- Parsley Leaves – ½ cup
- Garlic – 5 cloves
- Garlic Powder – ½ tablespoon
Instructions:
- Heat up the olive oil in a frying pan over moderately low temperature. Wash the cabbage and lettuce thoroughly and chop them into fine pieces. Set aside in separate bowls.
- Fry up the chopped cabbage leaves in the olive oil with a pinch of pepper and salt to taste.
- In a similar way lightly sauté the chopped lettuce leaves in the olive oil with a pinch of pepper and salt to taste.
- While roasting the sweet potatoes and then slice them into thin pieces. Fry them up in the olive oil until the slices turn crispy and golden. Season with garlic powder, pepper, and salt.
- Also, roast the garlic cloves and smash it into a paste in a small bowl then set aside for later use.
- Apply some butter on the outsides of each slice of bread. On the insides, apply the garlic paste evenly on the slice of bread and then top with two slices of mozzarella cheese.
- Place the bread slices keeping the buttered side downwards on the frying pan while heating it in moderately low temperature.
- Season with pepper and salt and grill the bread slices until the cheese starts melting and the bread slices turn brown and crispy.
- Place it on a platter and then top the melted cheese side with fried cabbage and lettuce leaves, roasted sweet potato slices, and thin avocado slices.
- Finally, top with another bread slice keeping its cheese side downwards and buttered side upwards.
- Press both the bread and the ingredients in between them firmly until a sandwich forms and the ingredients in the sandwich remain together.
- Season with chopped parsley leaves and some more pepper and salt to taste. Serve warm!
19. Dark Chocolate And Raspberry Grilled Cheese
Who doesn’t love dark chocolate? I mean it’s actually good for health and with the nourishment of raspberries fused with melting cheese, all united to make a mouth-watering and sweet-flavoured sandwich.
Ingredients:
- Bread – 4 slices
- Butter – Two Tablespoons
- Brie Cheese – 4 ounces
- Dark Chocolate – 2 ounces
- Raspberries – ½ cup (smashed)
Instructions:
- Apply some butter on the outsides of the bread slices. On the inside apply brie cheese evenly on the surface of the bread slice, top with crushed dark chocolate pieces and smashed raspberries.
- Finally, apply some more brie cheese on the top and then top with another bread slice keeping the buttered side upwards.
- Heat up a frying pan in moderately low temperature, pour some butter and allow melting. Spread whole butter on the frying pan evenly and place the sandwich on the pan. Fry it on low heat until the bread crust turns golden and the cheese and chocolate start melting. Serve warm!
20. Blueberry Waffle Grilled Cheese
The perfectly sweet grilled cheese sandwich for mealtime, crunchy on the exterior and soft in the interior full of juicy blueberries!
Ingredients:
- Blueberries – 1 ½ cup
- Lemon Zest – One Tablespoon
- Lemon Juice – Two Tablespoons
- Sugar – One Tablespoon
- Butter – Two Tablespoons
- Waffles – 8 pieces
- Brie Cheese – 4 ounces
Instructions:
- In a standard saucepan, add lemon juice, blueberries, sugar and lemon zest. Boil it for few minutes until thick sauce forms stirring occasionally. Set aside for later use.
- In the meantime, heat some butter in a waffle iron and place a piece of waffle in it. Pour brie cheese on the top and spread evenly, top with the blueberry syrup that was prepared earlier.
- Spread some more cheese on the top and then cover it with another waffle piece. Apply some butter on the top of the waffle piece and cover the iron lid.
- Heat for few moments until the cheese starts melting and the waffle turns golden brown and crispy.
- Repeat this procedure with rest of the waffle pieces and serve warm.
- Garnish with blueberry syrup if left over or garnish with one tablespoon of honey for extra sweetness and finally top with a scoop of ice-cream of your choice. (Optional)
