bacon & gorgonzola “grilled” cheese

Name: Bacon & Gorgonzola “Grilled” Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound(s) jalepeno flavored bacon; 1 cup(s) sweet maui onions, sliced; 1 cup(s) cremini mushrooms, sliced; 1 pound(s) gorgonzola cheese, crumbled; 4 - honey wheat sandwich thins

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Jodi Taffel

Updated on Sep 2, 2014

Grilled cheese and Bacon is my go-to dish. But sometimes I just don't want all the extra fat that comes from actually "grilling" it. I find that as long as the ingredients are premium, putting the sandwich in the toaster oven is a great alternative.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 15 Min

method Stove Top

yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 pound jalepeno flavored bacon
1 cup sweet maui onions, sliced
1 cup cremini mushrooms, sliced
1 pound gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
4 - honey wheat sandwich thins

How To Make bacon & gorgonzola “grilled” cheese

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Step 2

2. Cover a baking sheet with foil and lay a metal cooling rack on top.
Step 3

3. Lay bacon on rack and cook 20 minutes or til bacon is crisp.
Step 4

4. Transfer bacon to a paper towel lined plate
Step 5

5. Toss sliced onions and mushrooms in bacon grease and cook in over 15 minutes or until veggies are soft
Step 6

6. Pile ¼ of the veggie mix onto the bottoms of the sandwich thins
Step 7

7. Top each with ¼ of the gorgonzola cheese
Step 8

8. Cut the bacon slices in half and evenly distribute them on top of the cheese
Step 9

9. Sop up any remaining bacon grease with the insides of the sandwich thins tops
Step 10

10. Put the tops on the sandwiches and cook in the toaster oven 5-7 minutes or til the cheese is melted and the sandwiches are browned.
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