Panko Crusted Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
These grilled cheese sandwiches are coated in panko breadcrumbs, giving them a crunchy finish.
Last week I made Crunchy French Toast by coating the bread in panko breadcrumbs, which gave me the idea to do something similar for grilled cheese sandwiches. I loved how these turned out. Crunchy on the outside, with gooey melted cheese in the middle. I’ve also done a version adding pesto and one using tomatoes.
I’ve been on a grilled cheese kick lately. It’s fast, easy, comforting and doesn’t take a lot of effort. I’m going to keep this post short and simple because I’m writing it on a Monday. Okay it’s technically Tuesday since it’s past midnight, but I haven’t gone to sleep yet so I’m still in Monday mode.
I find myself so exhausted on Mondays. It doesn’t matter if I had a restful weekend or a busy weekend, Monday morning feels like I didn’t get enough sleep for days. I’m always careful to avoid doing tasks that could require a lot of thinking on Mondays. So I avoid signing important documents, writing complex letters or emails, etc. Otherwise, when I wake up on Tuesday I’ll usually cringe at what Monday me did.
Bottom line: these sandwiches were delicious and I definitely recommend giving them a try.
Panko Crusted Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 4 slices of bread
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs, I recommend Kikkoman brand
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tbsp nonfat milk
- 3 thick slices of cheese, I used white cheddar
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk eggs and milk and set aside. Pour panko crumbs into a separate medium bowl and set aside. Dip both sides of bread slice into egg batter. Roll into breadcrumbs a few times until both sides are evenly and fully coated in breadcrumbs. Repeat with remaining bread.
- Add butter to skillet and turn on the heat. After butter is melted, place bread onto skillet and cook until panko crumbs turn a golden brown. Flip over and repeat with the other side. Remove from pan and set aside. Repeat with remaining bread.
- Place 2 slices of finished bread back onto skillet. Place a slice of cheese on each one and then place remaining 2 bread slice on top of the cheeses, forming 2 sandwiches. Pressing down slightly onto sandwich, heat both sides until cheese in the center is melted. Remove from heat and serve immediately.
This was a very easy, simple, and delicious recipe!! For the breadcrumbs, I mixed half plain breadcrumbs with half italian style breadcrumbs, which made the bread have a hint of garlic powder and parsley flavor, which I very much liked!! I also used mozzarella string cheese strings (split one in half, and do that twice to make 4 pieces of cheese), put them on the bread, and covered the cheese sandwhich with a lid to keep the heat concentrated and melt the cheese. This made for a great cheese pull!! Great recipe!
That sounds great! So glad you loved the recipe!