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Grilled Cheese Croutons

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Grilled Cheese Croutons

Grilled cheese sandwiches go so well with soups like tomato and chicken noodle. Instead of dipping your sandwich into your soup next time how about turning your crispy toasted grilled cheese into croutons?

Not too long ago I came across the wonderfully novel idea of grilled cheese croutons on Panini Happy and I just had to try it! Grilled cheese sandwiches and soup go hand in hand and dipping is a favourite past time so I just knew that grilled cheese croutons would be fabulous! Recently I made a bowl of roasted tomato soup to go along with some grilled cheese sandwiches and I took the opportunity to make the croutons. This ‘recipe’ is as easy as making a grilled cheese sandwich and cutting it up. You may want to use day old bread for the grilled cheese along with toasting it lightly before buttering it and then cook it a bit longer so that it is more resilient to getting soggy while sitting in the soup for that minute or two that it takes you to devour it all. 🙂

Grilled Cheese Croutons

Grilled Cheese Croutons

Grilled Cheese Croutons

Prep Time:5 minutes Cook Time:10 minutes Total Time:15 minutes Servings: 1

Grilled cheese sandwiches go so well with soups like tomato and chicken noodle. Instead of dipping your sandwich into your soup next time how about turning your crispy toasted grilled cheese into croutons?

ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon butter, room temperature
  • 2 slices bread, day old
  • 3 ounces cheese, grated/shredded, room temperature
directions
  1. Heat a pan over medium heat.
  2. Completely butter one side of each slice of bread.
  3. Place one slice of bread in the pan, buttered side down, sprinkle on the cheese and top with the remaining slice of bread, buttered side up
  4. Turn the heat down a notch and cook until golden brown, about 2-4 minutes.
  5. Flip and cook until golden brown on the other side, about 2-4 minutes.
  6. Cut the edges from the grilled cheese, cut int 1 inch squares and use to garnish your favourite soup.
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  29. Michelle says

    This is awesome, Cat Cora does this in her book Classics with a Twist. I've been wanting to try this for sometime now but my boyfriend doesn't like tomato soup, crazy I know.

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  30. Kelsey says

    I posted this yesterday on my blog's facebook page, and my mom commented that she already saw it through stumbleupon. Sounds like this recipe is getting around!

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  33. suzreh says

    I was just thinking that your cheese encrusted grilled cheese would make awesome croutons, maybe skip the sandwich part..

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