Best Grilled Cheese Ever

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 25 min
  • Active: 25 min
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Ingredients

4 poblano or Anaheim chiles (or you may use canned whole green chiles)

1/4 cup white vinegar 

1/2 red onion, thinly sliced 

1/4 cup mayonnaise 

1/4 cup Dijon mustard 

8 slices rye bread 

12 slices provolone

2 ripe tomatoes, sliced

8 slices Cheddar

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened 

Directions

  1. Begin by roasting the chiles over the flame on your stovetop (or under the broiler) until the skin is totally blackened (if using fresh). When the chiles are totally charred, throw them into a plastic bag. Seal and allow them to steam and cool.
  2. Next, pour the white vinegar over the sliced red onion and let them sit awhile. This'll take away a little of the crazy onion flavor and leave them with a nice sweetness.
  3. Finally, make the special sauce: equal amounts of mayonnaise and Dijon. It's the simple things in life!
  4. When you're ready to make the sandwiches, scrape the blackened skin off the chiles. Scrape out the seeds, too, so you'll wind up with big pieces of roasted green chiles.
  5. For each sandwich, generously spread 2 pieces of rye bread with the special sauce. Lay on 2 slices of provolone, 2 slices of tomato, 2 slices of Cheddar... a nice layer of roasted green chiles... a few red onion slices... and one more slice of provolone just to hold it all together.
  6. Top with the other slice of bread and spread the outsides with a good amount of butter.
  7. Toast the sandwich in a skillet over medium-low heat until the cheese is thoroughly melted inside. Be careful not to burn the bread!

Let's Get Cooking!

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JANE W.

I should have trusted my instinct. I made it as read and it fell apart in the pan, I had to eat it with a knife and fork. What a mess. This was too much-melted fat for that bread. I always butter my bread on both sides to keep stuff from seeping through as it did, the mayo mustard spread just made it worse. Everything slid off the bread onto my plate and was a slimy mess. Then, I had a fat glob in my mouth. I needed the tomato, pepper, and onion to help get it down my throat. I know someone who works at the cafe she mentioned having this sandwich at, and they don't have this on the menu anymore. I can see why, although I am sure she changed it from what it was. They still have a grilled cheese, but this isn't it.<br />

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