Crispy Chili Pepper Grilled Cheese Sandwich

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures

Grilled cheese sandwich is a wonderful thing.

In my world, it definitely is so.

 

Grilled cheese sandwich means comfort.

Grilled cheese sandwich means a piece of home that you can take wherever you go.

Grilled cheese sandwich means simple perfection.

 

The grilled cheese sandwich I am going to show you might be slightly different from a typical one, but man, is it good. There’s a chili pepper for a nice punch, there’s cream cheese for more creaminess and flavor, and there are crumbled tortilla chips inside for some special extra crunch.

And yes, you are guessing right, it tastes so good…

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, ingredients

To prepare one (1) sandwich,  you will need these ingredients.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, First, wash, dry, cut in half lengthwise, and seed one chili pepper

1. First, wash, dry, cut in half lengthwise, and seed one chili pepper.

The picture shows two peppers because I was preparing two sandwiches. (And I also wanted to have both red and green pepper in my sandwich. I am this mischievous.)

 

2. Place the pepper on a hot pan and roast it for about 8 minutes, until it gets softer.

If brown spots appear on the pepper as it roasts, that’s okay. Just remove the  spots with a knife before assembling the sandwich.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, grate the cheese, pale colored cheddar

3. Grate the cheese.

You can use any cheese you like. I am using a very pale colored kind of cheddar here.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, crumble the tortilla chips, barbecue flavored tortilla chips

4. Crumble the tortilla chips.

These are barbecue flavored. Yum!

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, assemble the sandwich, spread 1 tbsp butter on one of the bread slices

5. And now we can assemble the sandwich.

Spread 1 tbsp butter on one of the bread slices.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, ad half the amount of cheese

6. Add half the amount of cheese.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, add the pepper

7. Add the pepper.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, add the tortilla chips crumbs

8. Add the tortilla chips crumbs.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, then add the rest of the cheese

9. Then add the rest of the cheese.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, spread 1 tbsp cream cheese on the other slice of bread

10. Spread 1 tbsp cream cheese on the other slice of bread.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, put the slices together

11. And put the slices together.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, in a medium pan, melt 1 tbsp butter

12. In a medium pan, melt 1 tbsp butter.

 

13. Place the sandwich in the pan and grill until golden brown and the cheese has melted, about 2-3 minutes per side.

Gently move the sandwich around to allow the butter to soak into the bread.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures, serve warm with tortilla chips

Serve warm with tortilla chips.

 

crispy chili pepper grilled cheese sandwich recipe with step by step pictures

Enjoy, dear friends.

(This recipe was adapted from www.closetcooking.com. The recipe makes 1 sandwich.)

9 thoughts on “Crispy Chili Pepper Grilled Cheese Sandwich

  1. 1

    I dont think there is a single person that can argue against the very important moral of your post, grilled cheese sarnies = godly. This looks too tempting to be true! Just to let you know that I gave your gorgeous blog and you an award, if you would like to receive it just pop by mine and check out the latest post 🙂

  2. 2
    Michaela says:

    Uplne jednoduche, uplne mi sliny tecu, fotky prekrasne, idem chrumat salat, lebo naberem kilecka aj len z pozerania 😉

  3. 3

    That is the sexiest photo of peppers I have ever seen (or will probably ever see). Grilled cheese is one of my favorite standby meals, when I can’t think of anything else to make. Now I have the perfect way to doctor it up!

  4. 4
    GrilledShane says:

    As someone who has an unhealthy obsession with the grilled cheese sandwich, I must say that this particular grilled cheese looks absolutely delicious. The photos, especially the last one, are awesome. I will definitely have to try this.

  5. 5

    Tortilla chips is an interested crunchy twist to the sandwich. Nice addition! I might have to use pepperjack cheese for extra spice!

    The Dinner Belle for Kimberlybelle.com

  6. 6
    Cheryl and Adam @ pictureperfctmeals.com says:

    A grilled cheese is absolutely a wonderful thing, and yours is enticing with the peppers and crumbled tortilla chips. Thanks!

  7. 7
    Ana Fernández says:

    Hi everyone,

    I cooked this sandwich a few days ago at home using Spanish cheese as it was the only one I had at home, I have to say it was awesome, it really improved the taste, why don´t you give it a try?, just have a look at this website which I find very interesting.
    Kind regards
    Ana
    http://www.asturiascheese.com/spanish-cheese

  8. 8
    Sameera m says:

    Just made these for the family. Smash hit!!

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