Grilled Cheese with Bacon and Caramelized Onions

Who doesn’t love a good grilled cheese? This is definitely comfort food at it’s cheesiest. There’s buttery, crispy bread smothered on the inside with three melty, tasty cheeses; Gruyere, swiss and cheddar with smoky bacon and caramelized onions.

This one does take a little more prep work than your average grilled cheese, but it’s so easy and very worth it. Once you’ve tasted this, you’ll never want to go back to your regular standard one again. This pairs wonderfully with creamy tomato soup for those brisk winter days, or with a crisp salad for those warmer days. No matter the season or the reason, this will become your go to grilled cheese.

Here’s How To Make Your Own:

You’ll need

*2 slices of sturdy sliced bread per sandwich; I used Italian

*Butter

*sliced or shredded Gruyere cheese

*sliced or shredded swiss cheese

*sliced or shredded cheddar cheese

*2 strips of bacon per sandwich

*caramelized onions

For The Caramelized Onions:

*2 large onions, chopped: I prefer yellow onions, but it’s your preference

*1/2 TBS olive oil

*1 TBS butter

*salt to taste

*1 tsp red wine vinegar

Heat a medium size sauce pot to medium and add the olive oil and butter for the caramelized onions.

Toss in the chopped onions and a pinch of salt; stir to coat the onions.

Turn the heat down to medium low. Cook until the onions turn translucent and soft, about 20 minutes stirring occasionally; stir in the red wine vinegar. Add more salt if needed.

Continue to cook for about 5 to 10 minutes minutes or until the onions turn a deep golden brown.

Remove from the heat and set aside.

While the onions are caramelizing, cook the bacon. When I’m cooking a lot of bacon, I prefer to cook them in the oven or in the air fryer (Air Fryer Bacon).

To cook in the oven, preheat oven to 400°. Spray a cooling rack with no stick spray and place in on a baking sheet that has been lined with foil (easier clean up). Place the bacon on the rack and bake for about 20 minutes or until the bacon is done to your liking. Remove the bacon and set aside.

Heat a griddle or a large pan on medium heat. Melt butter on the griddle.

Place one slice of bread per sandwich on the butter making sure all of the underside of the bread is coated in the butter.

Add desired amount of the three kinds of cheeses onto the bread. Spoon a desired amount of the caramelized onions on top of the cheese.

Place 2 slices of bacon over the onions.

Top with the other slice of bread. Continue to cook until the bread is golden brown and the cheese is starting to melt. If the bread is browning too fast, turn the heat down.

With a spatula take the sandwich off of the griddle and add more butter. Gently flip the sandwich over and continue cooking on the other side.

I know this seems like a lot of butter, but trust me, it’s worth it. This is comfort food aka splurge food. You’ll thank me after that first luscious bite.

Cook until all of the cheese is melted and remove from the griddle.

Slice and Serve.

Enjoy!

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