This easy garlic bread grilled cheese sandwich is crusty garlic bread filled with ooey-gooey melted cheese, topped with herbs and butter and browned to perfection.
Serve it for breakfast or lunch with Roasted Green Beans and Carrots or Buttered Peas.
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This classic sandwich is a staple in American cuisine, a simple toasty sandwich that will be ready in less than 2 minutes and with basic ingredients. It is simple, quick and easy to make!
These easy sandwiches take the regular grilled cheese sandwich to the next level. The main four ingredients of these sandwiches are garlic, butter, Mozzarella and bread slices. Because these sandwiches are made with only a few ingredients, they make an easy lunch or dinner.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Quick and easy
- Delicious for quick lunch
- Budget friendly sandwich
- Can be made ahead of time
Ingredients
- Bread slices: Any kind you like.
- Fresh garlic: To add the garlic flavor to the bread.
- Butter: Must be softened.
- Dried basil: You may use fresh basil if you want.
- Dried parsley: You can use dried thyme instead.
- Mozzarella: The best cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches.
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Variations & Substitutions
- Use fresh parsley or any fresh herbs you like.
- Feel free to spice this sandwich with your favourite spices such as red chilli flakes, dried mint, basil, or any spices you like.
What Type Of Cheese To Use
It is important to use good quality cheese for making this sandwich. Here are suggestions for the best cheeses to use:
- American cheese
- Monterey jack
- Sharp cheddar
- Mozzarella
- Swiss cheese
Best Bread For Grilled Cheese
When you choose the bread for making grilled cheese, you may want to consider the thickness and the flavor of the bread.
Use medium-thickness bread slices because thin bread slices may crumble while cooking, and if you use too thick bread slices, the cheese won't melt, and the bread will get burned.
Regarding the bread flavor, this is a personal preference. You can use whatever you like. Here are some suggestions:
- Sourdough bread
- Plain white bread
- Brioche
- Baguette
How To Make Garlic Bread Grilled Cheese Sandwich?
One: In a small mixing bowl, mix softened butter with minced garlic, parsley, and basil.
Two: Spread a tablespoon of the butter mixture on one side of each bread slice.
Three: Heat a large nonstick skillet on medium heat and place two of the bread slices on the skillet, the buttered side down.
Four: Next, top each bread slice with 2-3 slices of mozzarella cheese. Then top the mozzarella cheese with the rest of bread slices, the buttered side up.
Five: Cook for 1-2 minutes or until the bread becomes a golden-brown colour. Then carefully flip the sandwich on the other side and cook for 1-2 minutes more.
Six: Turn off the heat and cut the sandwiches into halves then serve immediately.
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Expert tips!
- Make sure to cover the entire bread surface with the garlic butter mixture. Don't forget the edges.
- To help the cheese melt faster, you can cover the skillet with a lid or with a sheet of foil paper.
- I recommend cooking this sandwich on medium to low heat to give the cheese time to melt well and to avoid burning the bread.
- This recipe makes two sandwiches. Feel free to scale it down for one sandwich or scale it up for more than two sandwiches.
Grilled Cheese Vs Melt Cheese
Both are popular American sandwiches. However, they are different from each other in the following:
Ingredients: Grilled cheese usually has only cheese in it, while in Melt we usually add other ingredients such as chicken or veggies.
Cooking: Grilled cheese cooks on the stovetop on a frying pan or skillet, while the Melt is usually roasted in the oven.
Texture: Grilled cheese sandwich is usually crispy from the outside with a gooey centre, unlike the Melt, which can be soft or crispy.
Serving Suggestions
You can serve some lettuce, black olives (kalamata), tomato soup, some pickles, green salad, or even serve it with any sauce you prefer for dipping such as Cilantro Garlic Sauce, Bagel Dip, Haydari (Turkish Yogurt Dipping Sauce) or Mutabal.
Storage
To store: Wrap them in plastic wrap and keep in the fridge for 2-3 days.
To freeze: These Garlic Bread Grilled Cheese Sandwiches freeze so well. I use to make a big batch of these sandwiches and freeze them and when I needed one of them, I simply put it in the microwave straight from the freezer for 1 minute or in the oven for 10 minutes.
To freeze these sandwiches, wrap each sandwich in parchment paper then put in a well-sealed container in the freezer for two months.
Recipe FAQs
You can replace parsley with dried mint, thyme, or oregano.
Yes, you can, just use gluten-free bread to make the recipe.
Yes, you can use any kind of cheese that melts quickly, such as Cheddar, Gouda, Provolone, and Fontina. You can also use a combination of cheese such as a mixture of parmesan and mozzarella cheese.
Well, that totally depends on how you like your sandwich to taste. If you like it to have a strong garlic flavour you may need to use fresh garlic; however, you can use garlic powder if you like it to have a mild garlic flavour.
Yes, you definitely can. Bake them in the oven at 190C / 374F for 5-6 minutes or until becoming golden brown.
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Recipe Card
Garlic Bread Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Ingredients
- 4 bread slices
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 tablespoon butter, softened
- ¼ teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon dried parsley
- 4 slices mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, combine softened butter with minced garlic, parsley, and basil.2 cloves garlic, minced, 4 tablespoon butter, softened, ¼ teaspoon dried parsley, ¼ teaspoon dried basil
- Spread a tablespoon of the butter mixture on one side of each bread slice.4 bread slices
- Heat a non-stick skillet on medium heat and place two of the bread slices on the skillet, the buttered side down.
- Next, top each bread slice with 2-3 slices of mozzarella cheese. Then top the mozzarella cheese with the rest of bread slices, the buttered side up.4 slices mozzarella cheese
- Cook for 1-2 minutes or until the bread becomes a golden-brown colour. Then carefully flip the sandwich on the other side and cook for 1-2 minutes more.
- Turn off the heat and cut the sandwiches into halves then serve immediately.
Notes
- Make sure to cover the entire bread surface with the butter mixture. Don't forget the edges.
- To help the cheese melt faster, you can cover the skillet with a lid or with a sheet of foil paper.
- I recommend cooking this sandwich on medium to low heat to give the cheese time to melt well and to avoid burning the bread.
- This recipe makes two sandwiches. Feel free to scale it down for one sandwich or scale it up for more than two sandwiches.
- Feel free to spice this sandwich with your favourite spices, such as red chilli flakes, dried mint, basil, or any spices and herbs you like.
Alex
This was a hit; I loved it; It was so delicious and I made it in no time at all.
Maria
Fantastic garlic bread recipe, I loved it because it is so simple!
Beth
I made this easy grilled cheese sandwiches and it was amazing! All my family loved. Thanks for sharing the recipe.