Grilled Cheese Bacon Chile Sandwich
Cuisine: American
Author: Anita Edge
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 10 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Easy gourmet grilled cheese full of a robust combination of flavors with Jarlsberg cheese, bacon, green chiles, and spicy Russian dressing.
Ingredients
  • 8 slices of good sourdough bread (from a square 24-oz loaf)
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 1 tsp horseradish sauce (I used McCaffrey's Rocky Mountain Sauce)
  • 1 lb Jarlsberg cheese, sliced into ⅛ inch slices
  • 1 cup diced medium hot or hot green chiles
  • 1 cup sauerkraut, drained and blotted on paper towels
  • 8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
Instructions
  1. In a bowl, blend mayonnaise, ketchup and horseradish to make a smooth dressing. Set aside.
  2. Lay the bread out in pairs, to assemble 4 sandwiches. Spread each slice with a thin layer of the dressing.
  3. Cover 1 slice bread for each sandwich with cheese slices. Cover the remaining bread slices sparsely with more cheese slices. Use your judgement on how much cheese you want on second slice of bread, depending on how gooey you want the sandwiches.
  4. Top 1 half of each sandwich with crumbled bacon and the other half with diced green chiles. Then spread the sauerkraut over the bacon. Be sure the sauerkraut is barely moist and not dripping with liquid.
  5. Flip the green chile side on top of each bacon-sauerkraut side.
  6. Place 2 large nonstick skillets on burners over medium heat.
  7. For each sandwich, butter the top and then put the sandwich butter side down on a hot skillet. After all 4 sandwiches are on the hot skillets, butter the tops.
  8. Cook for about 5 minutes or until golden brown, then flip and brown other side to a golden color. Be sure to check progress every couple minutes so they don't burn.
  9. When done, transfer each to a plate with a spatula and cut in half. If cheese hasn't fully melted, microwave 20-30 seconds.
  10. Serve & enjoy!
Recipe by Denver Green Chili at https://denvergreenchili.com/recipes/main-courses/burgers-sandwiches/grilled-cheese-bacon-chile-sandwich/