French Onion Grilled Cheese (From the Sandwich King)
photo by Dantana
- Ready In:
- 1hr 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
4 sandiwches
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 yellow onions
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon dry sherry
- 1⁄2 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme
- 8 slices white American cheese
- 1 loaf of sliced sourdough bread
- butter, to butter the bread slices
directions
- Melt 1 T butter with 1 T olive oil in a heavy bottomed pot over medium high heat.
- Slice yellow onions 1/4" thick from root to tip and add to pot.
- Add salt and pepper.
- Spread onions in an even layer.
- Cover and turn heat to medium low.
- Sweat onions for 10 or 15 minutes.
- Uncover onions and cook until carmalized, 25 or 30 minutes while stirring frequently.
- Add sherry and scrape up bits on bottom of the pan.
- Stir in fresh thyme and salt and pepper.
- Preheat a griddle on medium heat.
- Butter both sides of bread.
- Put 1 slice of cheese on 4 pieces of bread.
- Add some carmalized onions to the sandwich.
- Close with other slice of bread.
- Place sandwich on griddle and cover with a metal bowl (or tent with tin foil). Get sandwiches cooking a nice golden brown (2 or 3 minutes).
- Flip, cover again and cook until the cheese is melted and sandwich is golden brown (2-3 minutes).
- Cut on a diagonal.
- Serve with Roasted Tomato Bisque!
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Reviews
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We really enjoyed these! Didn't serve them with your soup, but another that I had made. I used American one one side of the onion and shredded mozzarella and some parmesan on the other. I don't think you could go wrong using any easy to melt cheese. The onions were not overpowering, just fabulous. Perfect balance of cheese and onion. Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe.
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