A guacamole grilled cheese sandwich has been on my to try list for a while now and since I was making the bacon guacamole on the weekend I figured I would just pick up double the ingredients and make both. The basic idea behind this grilled cheese is quite simple and it started out with just adding guacamole to a grilled cheese but with the success of combining salty bacon-y magnificence with cool and creamy guacamole I could not resist adding a few slices of bacon to the sandwich. I also had some leftover corn tortilla chips from dipping on the weekend so I decided to crumble a few of them and add them to the sandwich for texture.
Like all grilled cheese sandwiches this one is pretty easy to make though you want to try to remember to pull the guacamole out of the fridge early so that it can come up to room temperature before adding it to the sandwich. Having all of the ingredients of the sandwich at room temperature is going to help ensure that the cheese melts into ooey gooey goodness so pull the cheese and butter out of the fridge at the same time as the guacamole. The only real problem with this guacamole grilled cheese sandwich is that it can be a bit messy to eat but I was not really thinking about that as I wolfed mine down. This sandwich is certainly one amazing way to enjoy any leftover guacamole and it is even worth making a fresh batch of guacamole just to make some grilled cheese!
Bacon Guacamole Grilled Cheese Sandwich
A buttery and toasty grilled cheese sandwich stuffed with cool and creamy guacamole, crispy bacon and melted jack and cheddar cheese. Crunchy crumbled tortilla chips in this grilled cheese pay tribute to the classic combination of tortilla chips and guacamole dip.
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon salted butter, room temperature
- 2 slices sour dough bread (gluten-free for gluten-free)
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded (or 2 slices), room temperature
- 2 tablespoons guacamole, room temperature
- 2 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled (optional)
- 1 tablespoon tortilla chips, crumbled (optional)
directions
- Butter one side of each slice of bread, sprinkle half of the cheese onto the unbuttered side of one slice of bread followed by the guacamole, bacon, tortilla chips, the remaining cheese and finally top with the remaining slice of bread with the buttered side up.
- Grill in a pan, preheated over medium heat, until golden brown on both sides and the cheese has melted, about 2-4 minutes per side.
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Just when I didn't think you could top bacon guacamole…WOW! This would be my ultimate comfort food
I agree this is one i know my family will go crazy for !
Heaven in a sandwich.
Seriously! You make the best grilled cheese sandwiches!
That looks super yummy!
That looks so delicious I started salivating right away, lol. I must make this, and soon!
Oh how I wish I wasn't allergic to wheat and dairy!! Our next challenge is to make an allergen-free version of this. I think we can do it! I promise it's gonna be insaaane.
I love your dedication to the Grilled Cheese!! I am enjoying all your variations on the standard sandwich we all know and love!
You captured the perfect mess that ooey gooey grilled cheese can be.
This is like a dream come true!
And I don't even eat bacon !!!
I am making this this week, to hell with my non-bacon eating beliefs !
I actually had a chicken/quacamole/tomato sandwich tonight but yours looks 100 times better.
besitos. C
Oh my goodness, this looks/sounds heavenly! Thank you!
Oh my goodness this looks/sounds heavenly!
OMG I almost went through my laptop screen to get to that wonderful sammy! It will be on my kitchen table this weekend. TFS
not fair to post such a thing..this looks and sounds incredible! i promised myself i'd make one tomorrow for lunch 🙂
sorry but I think I will gain weight just by looking at your latest posts, everything looks cheesy, delicious and perfect I might break my diet and make this sandwich
You are the king of grilled cheese sandwiches. This looks amazing Kevin!
Wow, this sandwich is just fabulous! Your grilled cheese are always so droolworthy.
Cheers,
Rosa
This looks sooo tasty!
gargle!
Unbelievable. I'm droooooling, looks unreal. YUM
I would expect nothing less with the leftover bacon guac! I'm not sure that I'd have leftovers, though…
look at that oozing cheese!!! creamy, crisp indulgence!!Nicely done!
That picture is the ultimate in food porn. Thank you.
THAT is over the top & I LOVE it!
Wow! Bacon AND guacamole together on an already perfect sandwich?! You're a genius! Our food lovers would LOVE to hear about this on our community page! Check it out! http://bit.ly/yI0sZU
Kevin…you just never cease to amaze me. I can't help but pin just about everything on your blog…including this grilled cheese masterpiece! Bacon and Guac…my fav!
This looks so good…so many ways to use avocado that are beyond just guacamole, aren't there. Yum on this!
Thanks for stopping by and saying hi earlier!
That's such a naughty recipe compared to your healthier fare of late. I LOVE it though! I will try it tonight.
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If I could afford you ..or convince you …. I would hire you to cook here everyday ….:o)
I am in Oakville, seriously when can I come for lunch!!
Awesome!!
Holy mother of god I want that.
I'm a vegetarian… so I'm using soy bacon… but I can't believe I actually have everything on hand to make that! I'm so having this for lunch, and I'm hungry so lunch must be now haha!
I just can't think of a single person who wouldn't want to chomp into this. I would have to run ten miles first, but what a sandwich to come to.
Melty, Creamy, Bacony! Delicious! What a great idea. This is coming from a former chef to let you know. OUTTA THE PARK! This will be a late night snack for sure! thanks!
Brian
Panna Days, Guinness Nights
kevin!! man.
you kill me.
grilled cheese truck, i'm telling you!
Holy moly! Best grilled cheese I have ever had. Saw the post, started to salivate, had to make it pronto. Mine was not as pretty as yours but it was definitely delicious. :)Thanks
This was delicious! Thank you for sharing 🙂 I love cooking… Probably my favorite passtime 😀
Made this tonight! Yummy! Used Applewood turkey bacon and four cheese mexican cheese instead..husband ate two!
This looks absolutely delish! I make grilled sandwiches all the time, but your bacon guacamole looks heavenly!
Yum! Yum! And YUUUUMMM! Are you kidding me with this?! Heaven!!!
I just stumbled upon your blog. I just have to say…Kudos. You have some wonderful ideas and recipes.
I made this tonight. It was, in a word, delightful.
I tried this last night. It was delicious and EASY–great combination.
Just wanted you to know that your sandwich was mentioned on my local radio station, in Little Rock, this morning. I love your blog, so I just wanted you to know.
that… that looks AAaaaAAMazinG!!!!
Man, this looks good. Might seem like an odd thing to say, but the toast looks awesome.
If I could only ever eat one grilled cheese sandwich for the rest of my life, it would be this one. Have I died and gone to sandwich heaven?
OMG i just saw this and I ran to the supermarket to get the ingredients…i'm making it later sounds amazing
YUM!!!
I really wish I was staying in tonight so I could make this. I guess I'll just have to save it for my inevitable post Super Bowl hangover.
i just found your site!
definitely going down your list for my meals to come 🙂
I think this might be your best grilled cheese yet, Kevin, and that is saying a lot.
Drooooooool…
Fantastic photos, too!
Thanks for an amazing recipe Kevin. I made a few swaps (minus the bacon and tortilla chips) and it turned out fabulous. I posted it on my site and gave you credit. 🙂
WOW. Just found this through Pinterest and now I have to spend my evening seeing what other delicious recipes you have to tempt me! Amazing!
Can you please open up a grilled cheese sandwich shop in Toronto? I would visit it all the time 😉
Even though it seems decadent, there's really no better foil for melted cheese than avocado–I agree. But adding bacon?! Damn! Can't wait to try.
This is a great variant of the Grilled Cheese… My first post and I love the your site. Keep the tastey things coming!!!
This sandwich sounds freakin' amazing! It's going on my to make list this week. I'm now hooked and following your blog now. Stopped by from That's What We Said.
Bacon and guacamole on a grilled cheese. GENIUS! My life is now complete.
Oh, my goodness! I am now following your blog. Patsy
Just wanted to point out that, in your written instructions, you forgot to put the bacon on the sandwich.
I'm going to have to try this and picky husband can have one with just cheese and bacon. 🙂
I love pesto grilled cheese but I never thought about guacamole. I will really have to try this!
How about adding a tomato in there too!
zasa42: There is already some tomato in the guacamole but adding some big fat juicy slices of tomato to the sandwich would also be good!
Why oh WHY did I look?? I'm vegetarian and this shouldn't look so appetizing to me! *Whimpers*
This looks amazing. I'm going to save this recipe to make. Do you know how many calories are in a half? I figured I will eat only half the sandwich.
Really good! I've just made this sandwich for dinner and I loved it! I totally recommend it!
Made these for dinner tonight. I also used your guacamole recipe. BEST grilled cheese sandwich EVER!
Anna
http://www.askannamoseley.com
From Italy. It looks like paradise!!! You're great ;o)
This looks sinfully delicious! I must make this as soon as possible! Thanks for the inspiration and the great post/tutorial!
– Molly
Yummy!!! These appears to be best grilled sandwich ever. I am delighted to know the possibility of such an item.
Omg I've been dreaming of a bacon avocado grilled cheese sandwich and this looks to die for! I'm going to make this this weekend!
I want to eat this now….it's 6:10 am! Wow that looks amazing!
How many marriage proposals have you received since you started this blog? :p
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UN SALUDO AMISTOSO!!!
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I know this will be good and also suggest trying Havarti … Havarti is also good with fried bologna 'o)
I'm also a grilled cheeser.
I saw this recipe on Pinterest and decided to give it a try yesterday but I added and subtracted a couple of ingredients. I used 3 strips of bacon, added thin sliced fresh tomatoes and used pepper jack cheese. Made 6 of the sandwiches and there wasn't a crumb left!! Fantastic fast lunch or supper idea. Thanks!
WOW. We just had this for dinner! Thanks again. You "cooked" for us last night too! This relationship is working out just fine! =)
Made it with all of the flavors, but lighter- no butter, turkey bacon, only a thin slice of cheddar cheese. So fantastic!
Lighter? no bacon? Less cheese ? why bother ?
Stupid lite crap!!!
hi Kevin
since I saw this sandwich on my blog, I knew I had to!
I hope you like my version!
Thanks for sharing!
http://complicacioneslasjustas.blogspot.com.es/2012/07/bacon-guacamole-grilled-cheese-sandwich.html
Wow! This looks so good! Can't wait to try this with some homemade smokey tomato soup!
Can't wait to try this
Just made this and it is the best sandwich I've ever eaten. Love avacados! This was perfect.
Made this a few weeks ago and absolutely loved it. I used veggie bacon instead, and it worked just as well. Such a delicious combination.
I just made this for myself and my sister for lunch and we loved it! I used french bread instead of sour dough because that's what I had at home and it was still delish! Thanks for posting this recipe up it was sooo good!
Just made this sandwich for myself and it was soo so good! I'll have to make it for my husband sometime without the bacon (cause he is a vegetarian), I'm sure it'll still be very good.
OMG! I think I'm "coming!"
LOL!!! YES YES YES!!!
soooooooooo good
sooooo good
I made this tonight for my BF and I. I did half pepper jack and half cheddar cheese. And on my bfs I added grilled onion. It was soooo good.
That sounds amazing!
I made this tonight and it was incredible! The flavor combo was perfect. I used pita chips instead of tortilla chips, but I wouldn't recommend leaving out chips altogether. This perfect sandwich demands that extra crunch. I will definitely make this again.
Hi, WOW! This recipe is great! I used it in a Roojoom track about sandwiches, what do you think?
http://tracks.roojoom.com/u/annabelkind999,345/5-awesome-sandwich-recipes,1600
allergic to avocado so guacamole is out of the question unless you want to kill me
is there an alternative?
Raven2099 : A black bean guacamole should work: https://www.closetcooking.com/2009/08/black-bean-guacamole.html
Great recipe, I'll surely try it! Thanks for sharing!
GOod stuff
Are we on a mission to kill each other with food? This sandwhich would be okay for you if you ate 1/4 of it.
Looks like another socialist. You can eat 1/4 !
Wow you put bacon and guacamole on a grilled cheese?!?!? I must be a complete moron because I think this is amazing and never could have done this without your help.
For goodness sake….this looks DELISH! Guac and Bacon are my favorite foods! (Not literally, I love all food way too much to have a favorite).
The gooier the better for me. Looks delicious.
ahh delicious post..
enjoyed eating it..
Great lunch – though I did burn the bread trying to get the melty cheese (maybe I shouldn't have done it all in the frying pan from the bacon?)
SarahN @ livetolist: I find that it helps to make sure that all of the ingredients are brought up to room temperature before grilling.
This sandwich was soooo yummy! I love avocado, makes everything that much better! Thank you for sharing the recipe 🙂
This was so amazing that I kept commenting on it all day! Thanks for the ooey, gooey, delicious idea!
Anonymous: Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi ,you post is yummy and I think tasty & healthy ,I must try it .Recipes.
Delicious flavours, I love this! Thanks for the idea and recipe.
This looks so amazing. I can't wait to give it a try!
The Trifecta! Bacon, avocados and cheese? Yes please!
The only thing that would make this better would be if you had grilled it in duck fat. Wait a minute….
Wow! That looks pretty darn amazing!
super yummy
i loved it!so yummy!!!my husband was moaning the whole time he was eating it!you made me very popular today!i had to use mature cheddar with classic cheddar because we don't have jack cheese in greece and i had no tortilla chips so i crumbled a taco shell instead.thank you for the amazing dinner!!
Anonymous: I'm glad that you and your husband enjoyed them!
How can this be low carb with bread and tortilla chips? It looks delicious but definitely NOT low carb.
CMC: I am not a dietician or a nutritionalist and I used an automated tool to get the low carb label for this recipe. When I checked it with another online tool I do get that only (approximately) 20% of the calories from this sandwich come from the carbs which meets the requirements of a low carb diet.
I think low carb is better measured by total carbs, not percentage, since most keto diets use that measure. To be really”low carb” you would use low carb bread and leave off the chips. For a special list of specifically low carb recipes, you should probably include carb count in the nutrition information.
While this may be lower carb as compared to some foods, it is not "low carb" by the standards of most people on a low carb eating plan.
Helpful hint – bread, especially white bread (as shown in many of your pics on the initial "low carb" recipes page (?) does not belong anywhere on a low carb menu.
Here is why I care: those of us on genuine low carb eating plans for health and weight loss purposes are constantly on the search for variety in our meal planning. This search led me here, and to some disappointment. This is not a collection of low carb menu ideas so much as a collection of very delicious looking recipes.
Perhaps before advertising your posts as low carb, you should do more research into low carb eating and meal planning.
Again, some of the items on your post do appear to be low carb, but you aren't going to eat them with several slices of white bread.
Is that a 1/2 cup of the 2 cheeses or 1/2 of each?
Gary: That's combined but extra cheese never hurts! 🙂
Bacon, cheese, and avocado? What else could you want?! Totally trying it.
This is a bottom of the 9th game 7 of the World Series Grand Slam Cubs Win the World Series Sandwich! Added Green Chile to the Guacamole (it's the law in Albuquerque) Great Sandwich!
This is a bottom of the 9th game 7 of the World Series Grand Slam Cubs Win the World Series Sandwich! Added Green Chile to the Guacamole (it's the law in Albuquerque) Great Sandwich!
"Wow, emmmm, thank you for the amazing dinner!!"
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I don't consider a grilled cheese sandwich with sourdough and corn chips "low carb". ☹️
You have this posted in your low carb section….how can two slices of sourdough bread be low carb?
Ohh my god those ooozing cheese!!!!! I am in love with it I think.
Bread and tortilla chips are not low carb. Corn doesn't figure in a low carb diet and neither do most types of bread. I suggest you find a better way to calculate carb values. It's not the percentage of carbs that low carbers count, it's the number of grams of carbs. I am pretty sure that sandwich contains way more than 20 grams of carbs, which is the total amount of carbs a serious low carber consumes in an entire day.
Hello Kevin,
I tried your bacon guacamole sandwich, OMG! It is delicious, actually, I was salivating while making it. Thank you for the recipe. Will come back for more great ideas.
WOW!! *O*M*G!!! It’s 9:15 in the morning and my mouth is watering at the thought of this sandwich!! This is the first time I have been on your blog and I have to say I’m glad I found it! 😀 Just looking at the pictures makes me happy. It looks like I have the same interest in types of food as you. I just wished my hubby liked cheese!!! However I will be making of the recipes you have, even though I will be making two dinners on some nights!!
Thanks Kevin for the terrific blog, I will be here often!!!
Yum! I mean, putting guacamole on anything is pretty much a guarantee. The flavors are great and it’s a satisfying sandwich.
Can you say Drool.. This sandwich looks amazing. For me I think I would just need to add a side of homemade ranch dressing to dip it into then I would be all set!
Thanks. I will definitely try it out.
Ohh my gosh those oozing cheese!!! I’m definitely gonna try it out this weekend.
Hello Kevin,
I tried your bacon guacamole sandwich, OMG! It is delicious, actually, I was salivating while making it. Thank you for the recipe. Will come back for more great ideas.
Thanks for share.
Hello Kevin,
I tried your bacon guacamole sandwich my husband and kids are mad about it. Thanks for the recipe, great share.
Looks great need to give this one a try!
Bacon makes everything tasted better. Avacados make everything taste better. Bacon AND avacados on a grilled cheese? I’ve found my new favorite sandwich!
This Bacon Guacamole Grilled Cheese Sandwich seems amazing and unique . excited to try this one. Will surely gonna try this recipe next week, thank you for sharing with us.
Awesome recipe! Definitely adding this to the permanent collection.