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Thanksgiving Grilled Cheese Sandwich

[heart_this] · Nov 28, 2015 · 11 Comments

Thanksgiving Grilled Cheese Sandwich

A Thanksgiving leftover ‘grilled cheese sandwich’ where the slices of bread are made with flattened stuffing and the sandwich is full of cheese, turkey and cranberry sauce! Yum!

Now that the Thanksgiving dinner is done with it’s time to get to the fun part, enjoying the leftovers in tasty new dishes! I am a big fan of grilled cheese sandwiches and I was thinking that it would be nice to make a Thanksgiving leftover grilled cheese sandwich except instead of using slices of bread, why now use the stuffing/dressing? The basic idea was to press the leftover stuffing/dressing down into the pan in the basic shape of a slice of bread, top it with cheese, leftover roast turkey, cranberry sauce etc. and grill it up until the cheese has melted and the outsides are nice and golden brown and slightly crispy! I was thinking that the whole idea was based on the stuffing/dressing as bread so it was not going to hold up that well so why not sprinkle even more cheese on the outside so that it would melt and caramelize and hold the ‘bread’ together a bit more. Even with all of the cheese holding this grilled cheese sandwich together it’s still going to be one monstrous sandwich that is eaten with a knife and a fork! I topped the Thanksgiving leftover grilled cheese sandwich off with some gravy and cranberry sauce and a side of garlic mashed potatoes making for one really tasty lunch for the day after Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Grilled Cheese Sandwich
The assembly!

Thanksgiving Grilled Cheese Sandwich
What a nice and tasty and satisfying grilled cheese sandwich!

Thanksgiving Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Thanksgiving leftovers never had it so good!

Thanksgiving Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Thanksgiving Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Thanksgiving Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Thanksgiving Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Thanksgiving Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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

A Thanksgiving leftover ‘grilled cheese sandwich’ where the slices of bread are made with flattened stuffing and the sandwich is full of cheese, turkey and cranberry sauce! Yum!

ingredients
  • 1 cup cheese, shredded
  • 2 cups stuffing
  • 4 ounces turkey breast, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons cranberry sauce
  • 2 tablespoons gravy
directions
  1. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese into a pan over medium heat followed by 1/2 of the stuffing, pat the stuffing down into something that loosely resembles the shape of a slice of bread, top with 1/4 cup cheese, the turkey, cranberry sauce, 1/4 cup cheese, the remaining stuffing and cheese and carefully press down until flat before cooking until both sides are lightly golden brown and the cheese has melted, about 2-4 minutes per side.
  2. Enjoy warm topped with the gravy!
Note: Flip carefully! I like to place a plate on top of the sandwich, hold stand flip the pan onto the plate and slide the sandwich from the plate back into the pan.
Note: The cheese on the outside of the sandwich helps hold it together.
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Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    November 28, 2015 at 4:56 pm

    OMG…this looks so yummy!!!!! am definitely going to make this

    Reply
  2. janezee says

    November 29, 2015 at 4:52 pm

    Have you seen the site "Can You Waffle It?" lol You might just love spreading a lot less of this on your waffle iron and pressing it altogether. I'm planning on trying it. Gotta get some more use from that appliance or lose it.

    Reply
    • Marie Goodson says

      December 18, 2018 at 1:50 am

      Great idea

      Reply
  3. Maria says

    November 30, 2015 at 3:17 pm

    Josh will go crazy for this!

    Reply
  4. Kendall says

    December 1, 2015 at 1:14 pm

    Omg man! This looks amazing! I am on a diet but December is a hard month for losing weight. Especially, when internet is full with cooking blogs like yours 😀 I am waiting for some Christmas recipes.

    xoxo,
    Kendall

    Reply
  5. NotesFromAbroad says

    December 1, 2015 at 3:48 pm

    Kevin, that is ridiculous … ridiculously delicious looking and brilliant. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Shelly says

    December 3, 2015 at 3:41 am

    Dang Kevin, that looks amazing!

    Reply
  7. Oscar Humphries says

    December 3, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    I think this has over 1000 calories in it. But anyway I would love to try it…twice 🙂

    Reply
  8. andi says

    December 3, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    I really like to eat, and it was certainly very good I want to eat all the menu is there anything you want to make food that was just for me?

    Reply
  9. Edmondson says

    November 29, 2019 at 8:50 am

    We have a friend who uses the waffle iron to make stuffing waffles. They made stuffing waffles last Thanksgiving. I am not a fan, but they love crispy stuffing. Each to his own

    Reply
  10. Laurie says

    November 27, 2020 at 7:25 pm

    Going to make this one tomorrow since we still have the whole dinner in leftovers for tonight and my back hurts from cleaning up from yesterday’s mess. The browned cheese just speaks to me with this. Mmmm. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving despite the quarantine and Happy Holidays in advance from Nine Mile Falls, WA.

    Reply

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