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Grilled Cheese and Onion Sandwiches
Sneha Paul

Grilled Cheese and Onion Sandwiches

Missing street food? Want to make a cheesy and comforting snack at home? Try these delicious grilled cheese and onion sandwiches. They are the best snack ever! It requires just a few ingredients and tastes absolutely divine.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 4 sandwiches
Course: Breakfast, Snack
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 8 white bread slices
  • 3-4 tbsp butter
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese grated
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
For the caramelized onions:
  • 1 cup onions chopped (approx 2 medium-sized onions)
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • Salt to taste

Method
 

To make the caramelized onions:
  1. Take a non-stick pan and heat it over a medium flame. Add butter and allow it to melt completely.
  2. Once it starts bubbling, add chopped onions. Give them a good stir. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
  3. Then reduce the flame to low. Add salt and mix well. Within a few minutes, the onions will become soft and turn translucent. Keep stirring it occasionally.
  4. Continue cooking over a low flame until they turn golden in colour. It may take approximately 20-25 minutes.
  5. Once the onions caramelize, turn the heat off and transfer them to a bowl. Keep it aside to cool down completely.
To make the onion and cheese filling:
  1. Take a small bowl, add grated mozzarella cheese, caramelized onions and black pepper powder. Mix well and keep it aside.
To make the grilled cheese and onion sandwiches:
  1. Take a bread slice, apply butter on both sides. Keep it aside. Repeat the same process for the rest of the bread slices.
  2. Add the onion and cheese filling over four bread slices. Top with the other slices of bread.
  3. Place the sandwiches over an electric grill or sandwich maker. Close the lid and cook them for 2-3 minutes or until they become golden in colour.
  4. If you don’t have an electric grill then you can also cook them over a grill pan ow tawa.
  5. Serve them hot with tomato ketchup.