How to make the best grilled cheese?

IMHO, grilled cheese needs to be either the basic classic, or it needs to go all-out and over the top.

Basic: White bread, kraft single, cooked in butter.

Fancy: German rye bread, slow-cooked short rib meat, caramelized shallots, gastrique, St. Andre or another soft, funky French cheese.

Another good fancy one: Sourdough, goat cheese, bacon, caramelized slices of apple or pear

>>8434289
I'd like to stick to a strictly classic bread-cheese-butter setup, but there is no way that white + kraft singles is optimal.

Sourdough and good rye are definitely top tier.

>>8434289
Excuse me Sir, grilled cheese does not have meat

Grilled cheese is made up of 3, count them THREE things:

-Bread
-Spread
-Cheese

Anything else is a 'melt'

>>8434289
>Fancy: German rye bread, slow-cooked short rib meat, caramelized shallots, gastrique, St. Andre or another soft, funky French cheese.
So apparently everything is a grilled cheese.

>>8434311

I see you missed the part where I said "all out and over the top". Clearly it's not a standard "grilled cheese anymore. Call it a melt if it triggers you 'spergers less, doesn't bother me.

Wheat bread, Colby jack cheese, chopped tomatoes and/or grilled spinach and pesto.

Sometimes I add shredded chicken, but that's only even I need the protein.

>>8434311
As much as I hate redit; the most amazing grilled cheese rant ever was written there....

/r/grilledcheese/comments/2or1p3/you_people_make_me_sick/

Colby jack is good. I also like a sharp white.
Get some sourdough. Honestly most bread is fine as long as it's not too soft.
Slather in butter and throw it in a pan. (I've heard mayo is superior but I haven't tried it yet.) Add grill press. If you don't have a press, use a spatula to press it flat onto the pan.
Cook slowly in order to melt the cheese before burning the bread.
Cut diagonally. If you cut your sandwiches horizontally you're subhuman.

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let's get this over with

white bread, white cheddar, and a shitton of butter. that's it.
i'll sometimes put a couple of slices of bacon in there but i usually won't.

>kraft single

I have never seen anyone use these except to place one on top of a beefburger to make a cheeseburger.

>>8434821
I hate Jon Favreau so goddamn much

>>8434289
>kraft singles ever
>putting meat in a grilled cheese ever
Stop.

>>8434903
I like Jon Favreau playing a bro like in Iron Man and Couples Retreat, but I hate that fucking Chef webm so much. Looks like such a shitty unnecessary movie from the other parts I've seen of it. Fucking faggoty shit.

Whole wheat, cheddar, butter. Fried on medium-low heat.

Other bread and cheese combos are acceptable, except for kraft singles.

>>8434936

What's wrong with you?

>>8434821
that is waaaaayyy too much cheese, holy shit

Kraft singles is the only way to make a grilled cheese, any other cheese and your trying too hard.

>>8434282
On the stove, not in it. Usually I make mine on the burner but didn't feel like washing my only pan so I tried it in the oven, I don't recommend it.

Phew, lad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlTCkNkfmRY

- Rye bread
- Thick slices of cheddar

Toast the bread first and grill the sandwich on butter. Dip it in ketchup.

>>8434282
Very thin layer of dijon mustard on one slice of bread
Add rosemary to butter when cooking or use a bread with rosemary baked in
Colby jack cheese for melty goodness

If you want to get extra fancy, put some brie and aged cheddar in a food processor until you get a spread. Aged cheddar on its own doesn't melt that evenly because it is so dry.

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Deconstructed

>>8434821
Yeah let me just touch the cheese for no reason while it's cooking even though I have utensils to move the sandwich

Ugh

>>8434282
I make a regular grilled cheese with white bread and 1 or 2 slices of cheese but when I put butter on the sides I also add some onion powder on top of the butter

>>8434821

over 500 calories in cheese alone. ew

>>8434900
>beefburger
Kill yourself

>>8435411
Humm... Never thought of that. Gonna try

>>8434282
You wanna out a slice of ham in the middle, in between two layers ofcheese. It makes the cheese softer. Also, take your time toasting it so all the cheese is nice and melted.

>>8435411
I put shredded parmesan on the outside of the bread and sometimes use mozzarella and dip it in red sauce

The best most glass like crust I've ever gotten was from using vegetable shortening. (I know its shit for you) but damn was that a beautiful crust.

>>8435548
Is that what Crisco is?

Is pumpernickel acceptable, pals?

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My favorite grilled cheese to make is using sourdough bread and spreading mayonnaise on the outside of the bread and then put sliced havarti cheese and honey on the inside. It's god tier

>>8435548
Yeah it is

>>8434959
Nothing. Nothing is wrong is wrong with my approach to grilled cheeses because I know what they are.

>>8435574
Crisco is vegetable shortening. All you have to do is look and see if contains hydrogenated vegetable oil.

>>8435097
How did you come out to your parents?

>>8436107
Wet, bloody and screaming my head off. Why?

>>8435548
I can see that. I imagine lard would work too. I use a then layer of bacon grease myself.

I think one thing that is important is letting your cheese come up to room temp beforehand. The faster the cheese melts the crispier and less fat soaked bread you will have.

>>8434949
>>8434903
>>8434963
>>8435161
>>8435487

I fucking hate autists to fucking much holy fuck. I am not even a fan of that movie or actor but the whole scene is meant to provide depth into the type of character he is. He cares so much about his son that even something as basic as a grilled cheese sandwich is given tremendous effort on his part.

>>8434289
Done in one, although adding meat to a grilled cheese turns it into a melt.

>>8436373
I dunno if cared about my kid I wouldn't feed him that artery clogger.

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it's depressing, being an oldfag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydN2Co43jS0

by being a adult and not eating fuxxing children's food's

>>8436475

Let the poor little fucker live a little.

>>8436489
>open video
>craft singles
>close it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbdUGdxX7ww
this is how you do it. i did it and that cheese combo was amazing.
Gruyere,cheddar,Parmesan,sourdough,butter,patience RT @sexipuedo: I want the recipe for the grilled cheese made in #Chefmovie

>>8436637
Visiting from /pol/ here. What do you expect? A nigger doesn't know how to make a good sandwich.

>>8434311
tpbp

>>8434282
dont use american processed cheese...

NZ cheese is far superior and has creamier taste than processed cheese and properly melts...

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>>8435038
>buttering the pan