Mushroom, Swiss & Caramelized Onion Grilled Cheese
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This is a grown-up grilled cheese if I've ever seen one! Think about this, sweet caramelized onions, perfectly roasted cremini mushrooms with a hint of soy, ooey, gooey Swiss cheese, on toasted whole wheat bread with Dijon mustard! Who needs meat!? Quick, easy and downright decadent! Make sure to use a really good Swiss, not the pre-packaged kind.
Author: Ruth Guerri
Recipe type: Sandwiches
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 1 Tbs of olive oil for onions
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- ¼ tsp of salt
- a few grinds of fresh black pepper
- 1 tsp of olive oil or butter for mushrooms
- 6 oz of cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 1 tsp of soy sauce
- 3 scallions, white and pale green part, chopped
- 4 pieces of whole wheat bread
- dijon mustard
- 6 slices of swiss cheese or as much as you like!
- butter for bread
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat, add the onions, and the salt & pepper. Stir and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, you will probably have to reduce the heat to low for the last 5 minutes.
- In another skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tsp of oil or butter, add the mushrooms and soy and cook for 5 minutes, stir in the scallions and the cooked onions.
- Heat a Panini press or a heavy skillet. Spread each slice of bread with dijon mustard, then add the mushroom-onion mixture and then 2 - 3 slices of swiss on top.
- Lightly butter the bread and place sandwiches onto hot panini press or in the skillet, cook for approximately 4 - 5 minutes total until bread is toasted and cheese has melted. If using a skillet, place something heavy on top of the sandwiches, like a brick covered in foil, or another smaller heavy skillet, which is what I do when I can't find my brick!
Enjoy!
