Garlic Bread Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Garlic Bread Grilled Cheese is ultimate recipe mashup of two classics - Garlic bread and grilled cheese sandwich. Use any bread you have around to take an ordinary grilled cheese sandwich to new heights.

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Keyword garlic bread grilled cheese, garlic bread grilled cheese recipe, garlic bread grilled cheese sandwich, garlic grilled cheese, grilled cheese garlic bread

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings Sandwiches

Calories 465kcal

Author Maria Doss

Ingredients

Garlic Butter

4 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
3 large garlic cloves minced
½ teaspoon dried parsley or 1 teaspoon minced fresh
¼ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon garlic powder

Additional ingredients

4 slices Italian or soft French bread any white bread will work
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Equipments used

12- inch Cast iron skillet

Instructions

Make Garlic Butter - Stir all garlic butter ingredients together in a small bowl.

Make Sandwich

Spread a thin coating of garlic butter on both sides of all 4 bread slices.
Heat a medium cast iron skillet over medium heat. When moderately hot, place 2 bread slices and cook until the bottom gets golden.
Turn slices over, place ½ cup mozzarella on one slice and close sandwich with the other slice ( golden side down). Cook until the bottom is golden brown.
Turn sandwich over (place a heavy pan on the sandwich, pressing gently --> this weighs it down and makes a crispier sandwich), cook until the bottom is golden brown.
Remove sandwich onto a plate and repeat process with remaining sandwiches.

Notes

Skillet – A good cast iron skillet maintains the heat and gives the bread a wonderful crust. However, a non-stick skillet will work just as fine.

Temperature – High heat will make the bread brown fast without melting the cheese fully, whereas very low heat might take forever. So, moderately hot heat is perfect for making the ultimate garlic bread grilled cheese recipe.

Cheese – This recipe has been tested with various cheese/cheese combinations – mozzarella & cheddar / cheddar / mozzarella & parmesan / cheddar and Monterey jack. We found that just the mozzarella paired extremely well with the garlic butter toasted bread. However, you could experiment with the above mentioned cheeses.

Weigh it down – This step is optional, but placing a heavy pan on top of the grilled cheese sandwich while cooking ensures-

gives a beautiful, even crust
helps in making the bread crispy
Melts cheese uniformly

Garlic – We LOTS of fresh garlic and garlic powder to amp up the garlic flavor. Can never go wrong with too much garlic, right?

Butter – Room temperature butter helps to mix everything well and makes it easier to spread.

Salted or unsalted butter? – Anything works. If using salted, then make sure to reduce salt.

Salt – Grilled cheese garlic bread tastes best when is a touch salty. But, season according to your taste.

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