Ketchup Grilled Cheese Recipes

JUICY GRILLED CHEESEBURGERS

Steps:

• Heat a grill to medium-high direct heat and lightly oil the grates using a paper towel soaked in canola oil or nonstick grilling cooking spray.
• Spread a 16-inch-long piece of nonstick aluminum foil on a cutting board (or mist a piece of regular aluminum foil with nonstick cooking spray). Top with the onions, 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper and 1 tablespoon water. Bring two sides of the foil together, fold over twice to create a seal and then seal the remaining two ends. Put on the grill and cook for 12 minutes, flipping once. The onions should be tender with only a bit of charring. Carefully open the top of the foil to let all the steam out and continue to cook the onions, tossing, until browned and lightly charred, 3 minutes longer. Remove from the heat.
• While the onions cook, mix the ketchup and mustard together in a small bowl. Season with pepper and set aside.
• Lightly toast the English muffins on the grill and place one top and bottom on each of 4 plates. Spread some of the ketchup sauce on the bottom half of each muffin and top with a slice of tomato.
• Divide the beef into 4 patties about 4 inches in diameter and just under 1/2-inch thick. Sprinkle with a total of 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Place the burgers on the grill. Cook until the edges of the burgers are browning, 3 to 5 minutes, and then flip. Brush the burgers with the remaining ketchup sauce and evenly top with the shredded cheese. Cover the burgers with the grill lid or a large heatproof bowl and continue to cook until the cheese has melted and the burgers are still a bit pink on the inside, about 3 minutes more.
• Put one burger on top of the assembled muffin bottom and top with some of the grilled onions and the top of the muffin. Serve with pickles if desired.

SLOPPY JOE GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Add the ground beef to a large skillet (this browns very well) on high heat and brown until a deep brown crust appears before breaking the beef apart.
• Stir the ground beef and brown until a deep crust appears on about 50 or so percent of the beef, and it is cooked through, then remove the beef, drain the fat and add the butter, onions and bell pepper to the pan.
• Let brown for 1-2 minutes before stirring, then let brown for another 1-2 minutes before stirring again and add the beef back into the pan.
• Add the garlic, mustard, ketchup, brown sugar, salt, black pepper, to the pan and cook until most of the liquid has evaporated (about 75% of the mixture is above liquid), 3-5 minutes.
• Spread the butter on one side of each of the 12 slices of bread.
• Butter side down on the cutting board.
• Add a slice of American Cheese to each of the slices.
• Top six slices with the meat mixture and close the sandwiches pressing down lightly.
• In a cast iron pan or griddle on medium high add the sandwiches and cook for 3-5 minutes on each side.

KETCHUP GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat skillet/frying pan over low-medium heat.
• Spread butter on one side of each slice of bread. Place cheese between unbuttered sides of the bread.
• Grill sandwich on each side, flipping when the butter on the edges of the top slice begins to melt. Make sure cheese is nice and melty.
• As soon as the grilled cheese is done, move to a plate and partially lift up the top slice of bread (keep the corner of the sandwich "attached"). Cheese should be very very melted and almost runny still.
• Very quickly (before cheese hardens) squirt ketchup in between the two slices of bread, as evenly as possible.
• Replace top slice of bread. Enjoy over a plate, as ketchup will probably seep out :).