-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
Grilled Cheese: Do you butter the bread, or the pan?
- Thread starter CorpseLight
- Start date
The only time I'd choose to butter the pan is if the butter is too hard to spread on the bread.
The only answer
And I'd put my grilled cheese up against anyone's
Butter is usually cold. Even if it weren't, I'd butter the pan, get the top buttery, put it aside, put in more butter, and put in the bottom. Build the sandwich, put on a lid, and cook on a relatively low temp. Else the meat stays cold and the cheese won't melt adequately before the bread is toasty.
I tried the mayo once, and while it was sufficiently crispy, what I learned most is that I eat grilled sandwiches instead of regular sandwiches because I like butter.
I tried the mayo once, and while it was sufficiently crispy, what I learned most is that I eat grilled sandwiches instead of regular sandwiches because I like butter.
The bread. But mayo works way better.
Higher fat content so it burns better, and since it's easier to spread evenly also - just all around comes out better.
Places that do deluxe/fancy grilled cheese use Mayo all the time. That's why their stuff looks/tastes better than what you make at home.
Higher fat content so it burns better, and since it's easier to spread evenly also - just all around comes out better.
Places that do deluxe/fancy grilled cheese use Mayo all the time. That's why their stuff looks/tastes better than what you make at home.
In the pan, though on the bread is okay if you have soft butter. I find it easy to end up with soggy bread that way though.
I don't like mayo at all but I'm kind of intrigued now. Might try it next time I make a grilled cheese.
I don't like mayo at all but I'm kind of intrigued now. Might try it next time I make a grilled cheese.
Pretty much my method, but here is an addition:
Making a bunch of sandwiches? Pan.
If you haven't tried it you can't knock it. It doesn't really taste like Mayo after you've grilled it. Honestly can't say whether I prefer butter or Mayo. It's pretty dang close to the same result.
I used to butter the pan because I was refrigerating the butter. I don't think I've made one since I've learned to keep half a stick in the pantry. I've since moved to the earth balance vegan butter which I keep refrigerated. So if I were to make a grilled cheese now it would go in the pan first to melt then the bread to absorb.
If you put it in the pan, you don't need to butter the bread and you can tell how hot the pan is based on how the butter behaves. You also get the benefit of being able to get some hot butter on the edges.
Buttering the bread is just an extra piece of unnecessary labor--especially if you keep your butter in the fridge.
Buttering the bread is just an extra piece of unnecessary labor--especially if you keep your butter in the fridge.
"I'm a man child who can't handle an oil emulsion and I will report you waaaaah"
Your self awareness is disarming. Live your best mayo-free life, my man. May it never accidentally bless your sandwiches.
🙏
to be honest, I don't hate Mayo in all cases. I like a slight dab of it on a burger bun on my burger or chicken sandwich. Any more than a teaspoon of it and I'll throw the entire sandwich out.
I hate mayo but I've come around on mayo instead of butter for grilled cheese. It's my default method now
1.) Butter in the pan
2.) Toast one side of each slice, remove from pan
3.) Cheese on toasted side, form cheese sammy
4.) More butter in pan
5.) Toast other side
That way, the cheese has already begun melting as the other side is toasting. Crunchy, melty and completely worth the extra effort.
2.) Toast one side of each slice, remove from pan
3.) Cheese on toasted side, form cheese sammy
4.) More butter in pan
5.) Toast other side
That way, the cheese has already begun melting as the other side is toasting. Crunchy, melty and completely worth the extra effort.