is it possible to mass produce grilled cheese?

[Anonymous No.15457847]

i'll be having about 10 people over next weekend for a casual meetup. it doesn't really lend itself to presenting some tryhard gourmet dish but my vanity still demands i impress them. since in my country we don't make grilled cheese sandwiches/melts, i think serving some up would be pretty impressive.
but the only cooking methods i've seen online recommend you make them low and slow - low heat, long cooking time. of course this would work for the first pair of sandwiches but afterwards the pan would be too hot and the bread would cook much quicker than the time required for the cheese to melt so i'd just be serving crunchy bread with lukewarm cheese by the end of it.

is there a way to actually be able to present well toasted, crunchy sandwiches with a gooey inside to a crowd of people? i have a skillet, which is what i usually use for grilled cheese, but i also have a toaster oven, an actual oven and i'm willing to get one of those electric griddles too.

[Anonymous No.15457859]

say no more champ

[Anonymous No.15457874]

>>15457847
I think gordy ramsey has a video about making grilled cheese

[Anonymous No.15457897]

>>15457847
You could do it in the oven, like 350F/170C and preheat the baking sheet too, butter both sides of the bread, and flip them over after 5-10 minutes once the bottom has browned.

[Anonymous No.15457913]

>>15457847
If you have a broiler (direct heating element on top of your oven) you should put cheese on one slice of bread and put them all under the broiler on a medium temp. Try to cover the bread over the edges so you don't get burnt bits.

Then, turn it down to low, and one by one assemble the grilled cheese and fry each side in your skillet with your fat of choice in a med-high heat.

If you were really lazy you could do the whole thing in the broiler all at once instead of frying at the end

[Anonymous No.15457924]

>>15457897
If you do this your bread will probably go crunchy

[Anonymous No.15457927]

>>15457847
Fry them one or two at a time in a skillet then put them in the oven to keep warm. The oven doesn't toast them right. You don't need to do them slow, it doesn't take that long to make them properly.

[Anonymous No.15457959]

Just do what I do to make the most delicious grilled cheese sandwiches with literally no mess.

1. Toast two pieces of white bread (no multigrain shit that destroys mouth feel.

2. Butter one side of both bread pieces.

3. Get two kraft singles and put them on the buttered portion of toast.

4. Microwave for 25 seconds. Voila! Gooey, crispy grilled cheese without any pan mess.

[Anonymous No.15457961]

> since in my country we don't make grilled cheese sandwiches/melts, i think serving some up would be pretty impressive.
in what country do two slices of bread and cheese inbetween impress people?
i didn't even know it had a name before going to this board

[Anonymous No.15458083]

>>15457847
>i'll be having about 10 people over next weekend for a casual meetup.
NOOOO THE CORONAAAARINO

[Anonymous No.15458099]

>>15458083
Dude that was back in April lol. Xd

[Anonymous No.15458104]

>>15457847
Why don’t you make a roast or pasta?

[Anonymous No.15458135]

>>15458099
What do you mean? The death rate was half what it is now back in April.

[Anonymous No.15458157]

>>15457847
Course it is. Just start them off in a pan til browned then put on a tray in the oven.

[Anonymous No.15458159]

>>15458135
But that was when the supposed china flu lockdown happened. Its all over now, bars and restaurants are back open and my china buffet recently reopened. They give you a little glove but at least you dont have to wear masks anymore inside in my county.

[Anonymous No.15458163]

>>15457847
You can get a cheap electric griddle for 20 bucks and it'll do the job more than good enough. You'll want to spread the butter on both sides beforehand, but you can probably put at least 8 sandwhiches on at a time, depending on the size of the griddle and the bread.

[Anonymous No.15458164]

>>15458159
>my county.
What country?
Probably a shithole.

[Anonymous No.15458170]

>>15458164
COUNTY not country idiot. USA.

[Anonymous No.15458174]

>>15458164
oh yes! my country's such a shithole, even corona doesn't want to go there! :Д

[Anonymous No.15458185]

>>15458170
>USA.
So a shithole indeed.

[Anonymous No.15458194]

>>15458185
amerimuttland's disfunction is coming to the whole world
none of you are safe

[Anonymous No.15458213]

>>15457847
No, you should cook a meat dish for guests, not grilled cheese.

[Anonymous No.15458222]

We literally created the china flu vaccine while you lazy fucks just waddle in shit and kill off your grandparents lol. USA still best! XD

[Anonymous No.15458229]

>>15458185
you said the same thing in the peanut butter thread you sad little manlet

[Anonymous No.15458232]

>>15458229
does the fact he said it in two threads mean he's wrong?

[Anonymous No.15458239]

>>15458232
Yep. Willing to be its a country we as the USA holds up.

[Anonymous No.15458240]

>>15458232
about being obsessed? no.

[Anonymous No.15458244]

Get "brownie pan" (pan with lots of sides for baking brownies). Bake bread in pan, twice. Layer cheese between two sheets of bread that have been sliced in the shape of the pan. Butter pan. Cook.

Tell me how it turns out.

[Anonymous No.15458253]

>>15458239
i suppose that depends on what you consider "holds up"
if you consider putting up billions of dollars into ngos which advocate for anti-social causes like homo-sexualism and minority crime, support, well then, you support my country for sure.

[Anonymous No.15458276]

>>15458253
Your welcome. We are the most generous nation after all.

[Anonymous No.15458342]

>>15458229
>you said the same thing in the peanut butter thread you sad little manlet
hehe that's wasn't me though

[Anonymous No.15458393]

>>15457847
just buy a sandwich press. they shouldn't cost too much. most of them can do 2 sandwiches at a time. then just premake the sandwiches before the event

[Anonymous No.15458434]

>>15458393
how do sandwich presses work in regards to grilled cheese? do you butter the bread slices or the sandwich press? doesn't the sandwich come out unevenly browned since the press will always clamp down harder on one side

[Anonymous No.15458443]

Just use a pancake griddle if you have one, can fit like 4 sandwiches on that thing

[Anonymous No.15458525]

>>15457847
A dude told me he used to quickly mass produce tasty grilled cheeses to sell in prison (with "extra" ingredients left over from his cafeteria job) by making the sandwiches, lightly buttering/salting both sides of the sandwiches, then putting the sandwiches between two sheet pans in the oven at about 350 until the cheese melted. If you have two metal pans to put your sandwiches between in your oven you could do the same, just dont burn yourself if you keep reusing the pans, and I'd probably hit both pans with cooking spray too

[Anonymous No.15458544]

>>15458525
>making food for prisoners

Disgusting. They barely deserve gruel and stale bread. Fuck him.

[Anonymous No.15458570]

>>15458544
What a cool post! Thanks for sharing, man

[Anonymous No.15458583]

>>15458570
Np. Remember criminals are subhuman scum and good food should not be used on their worthless hides. Only the cheapest easiest thing available to barely keep them alive.

[Anonymous No.15458910]

>>15457959
>mouth feel
Just suck a black fucking cock if you're so concerned with faggot shit like >mouth feel

[Anonymous No.15458980]

>>15458525
This might actually work well for making a few sandwiches at a time.

>>15457847
I usually make 2 at a time using a big ass frying pan, with a cover. The cover keeps the heat in so that the cheese melts before the bread crisps too much or burns. I use the lowest setting of the large burner on my gas range; not really sure how to convert that to a standard temp. Trial and error to get your heat right. Wipe the pan with a paper towel between batches, remove the excess butter. This will stop some of the burning. Make your pan a consistent temperature before adding your first batch, and they should all come out equal if you time it.

If you want to make them tasty, be liberal with the butter. I don't butter the "inside faces" of the bread, just the outside. Butter both, place in pan, cover, flip when bottom is golden, remove when other side is also golden. Put the heat about as low as possible to accomplish this, especially if the cheese you're using is harder to melt. Point is to brown the buttery bread and melt the cheese, not to toast the bread.

Serve with a homemade dip sauce. This one's pretty good:
https://www.thespruceeats.com/creamy-salad-dressing-3060354
Sorry for the garbage blogpost of a recipe link but it's fairly decent for a quick, simple thing.

[Anonymous No.15459013]

Make a shit load of toast and cool in a toast holder or on a wire rack, then assemble the sandwiches and bake them on a wire rack to melt the cheese. Key is to make sure they don't go soggy. You'll probably want to butter both sides too so the toast isn't all dry. Or alternatively just make them on the hotplate of your bbq if you have one.

[Anonymous No.15459058]

>>15457897
This is how they used to make* grilled cheese sandwiches in amerischool cafeterias.

They are awful. The bread dries out very sadly.

If you're trying to make a large batch, pan fry them one or two at a time. The cheese does not have to be melted fully.
Put in oven on lowest setting to keep warm and finish melting the cheese.

*They probably still use this method, I just don't go to those cafeterias anymore.

[Anonymous No.15459110]

>>15459058
This is probably the best idea. Just pre make them then reheat in the oven.

[Anonymous No.15459131]

I hope you started saving up semen a week ago because it's going to go fast on so many grilled cheeses.

[Anonymous No.15459248]

>>15457859
Jesus Christ, we should be wiped off the earth.

[Anonymous No.15459253]

Oven-baked.

[Anonymous No.15459259]

>>15458434
- works just fine.
- the bread.
- no.

[Anonymous No.15459262]

>>15457897
This works, provided you cover the sandwiches with a layer of aluminium foil for most of the cooking.

Make sandwiches, butter outsides of the bread.
Place on baking sheet, cover with foil.
Bake until time to flip over.
Remove foil and flip sandwiches, cheese should be melted by this time.
Leave the foil off until other side has been browned.

The trick is to avoid drying out the sandwich. You may have to experiment a little to get to the point where you know when the flip is required. The top uncooked slice will be a bit soggy at that point, because the foil has kept all the moisture in. However, during the browning of the second side, it will all even out.

[Anonymous No.15459268]

You guys, grilled cheeses are fucking stupid. Get sandwich thins, some kraft cheese or whatever and put the cheese near the center and not so much on the outside. Then just put in the damned toaster.

[Anonymous No.15459278]

>>15459253
Literally this.

I've switched to oven baking to melt the cheese and then a quick broil to toast the bread. Works better than a pan in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.15459404]

>>15459248
We're working on it.

[Anonymous No.15459458]

>>15459268
This.

[Anonymous No.15459465]

>>15457847
I work in food and we occasionally have to make fuck loads of grilled cheese.
Put all the bread in the pan or oven at once, with cheese on each slice. All the bread will brown at once, when they're ready make pairs with the breads. Outsides are done, cheese is melted. You can make a shit load at once this way.