The grilled cheese sandwich is a staple of modern life. It has long been a favorite. They are quick and easy to make at home, and they even show up on diner menus. Today people use all sorts of modern devices to attempt to make a great grilled cheese, but you don't need any of those things. I know that those selling the fancy sandwich making devices would beg to differ, but for my money there is no simpler way than to just use a hot non stick skillet and a spatula.
There are three basic variations that make a killer grilled cheese which will be addressed in this article. This is a bit of a double entendre, because the medical literature is full of warnings about high calorie combinations of fats and carbohydrates, but we will leave that unfortunate fact of life aside for now. The first way is the basic plain grilled cheese sandwich. What you want is a hot non stick skillet and spatula. Start with some sliced white or wheat bread which is your personal choice. You also need butter and American style sliced cheese. Please use as real a cheese as possible, not merely "processed cheese food". You need to lightly toast the bread in a toaster to make sure that it is a bit firm and won't get soft on the inside where the cheese cooks. This is crucial and the part that most people forget about. Put two slices of the cheese between the toasted bread slices and then lightly butter the outside on each side. Place the whole thing into the skillet and watch as the butter on the bottom slice sizzles. After roughly 4 minutes have passed, flip the sandwich to the other side for the same sizzling experience. Notice when the toasty outside looks nice and crispy, but not too dark. The cheese inside should be starting to melt nicely. Take it out and put it on a plate. Optionally slice it diagonally in half or even into 4 triangles for the kids. Voila, the perfect grilled cheese sandwich, and all without some fancy single tasking kitchen gadget.
The second option here is to embed some sliced tomato in between the cheese slices so that you have a totally different experience and texture to your grilled cheese sandwich. The process outlined above is identically followed, save for the addition of sliced tomato.
The third option would be using bacon - and a fourth would be bacon and tomato which I will just leave as a suggestion. (evil grin) Fire up your skillet and get it nice and hot. Fry up 2-4 slices of bacon until they are nice and crispy. You want it crispy for this application. When the bacon is crispy set it aside on another small plate. Now, you will use the bacon fat in the pan, but not too much. If it is polling all over the place pour some out until there is enough to fry the sandwich. You have to judge this for yourself as there is no measurement, but I think that common sense reveals my meaning here. Now, toast the bread slices and when you put the 2 slices of cheese inside, place one slice of cheese and then 2-4 slices of bacon over the first slice. Two slices is fine per sandwich, where 4 slices give you enough to make 2 sandwiches, but for the real bacon fanatics 4 can fit inside a single sandwich. I hope that makes sense. Now place the second cheese slice over the bacon, and the other toasted bread slice over that. You don't need to butter each slice on the outside since you will use the remaining bacon grease to fry the sandwich. As I mentioned earlier, you can also put a tomato slice in with the bacon if you wish for an even tastier treat. Simply fry it up the same way as the original grilled cheese and you have an amazing bacon/grilled cheese or bacon/tomato/grilled cheese sandwich that will rival the tastiest experience out there.
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