Inside-Out Vegan Grilled Cheese
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This vegan grilled cheese not only has cheese on the inside, the crust is cheese too! We’re going to use an easy vegan cheese hack to make this incredible sandwich.
Make a grilled cheese
- To make this sandwich, we first make a typical grilled cheese and then sear more cheese directly to the outside of the bread. First, let’s make an easy, yet perfect, grilled cheese:
- Preheat a pan to low to medium heat. Then pop on a slice of bread, a slice of cheese, and another slice of bread, and then cover to get the bread to toast and melt the cheese in the middle.
- You can put more than one slice of cheese in the middle, but we’re about to use a lot of cheese on the outside so I just put one in the center. You do you if you want more.
Flip & Toast Other Side
- After 3 minutes on low to medium heat, check your bread to make sure it has that beautiful golden brown toast.
- If it is not toasted, increase your heat slightly and cook for longer, checking every 30 seconds or so.
- Once you have one side toasted, flip and do the same on the other side. Once both sides look gorgeous, remove from the pan.
Melt your vegan cheese
- Next, we’re going to sear the cheese to the outside of the bread.
- With the same low to medium heat in the the same non-stick pan we just used to make our grilled cheese, add a generous pinch of shredded vegan cheese (about a loosely packed 1/4 cup).
- Make a circle with the cheese the size of your bread. Use a spatula if needed to keep it all in place and shape.
- Don’t be afraid to add a bit more cheese here if needed so you get full coverage.
- The cheese will stick to the pan as it liquifies, but eventually it will release.
- Once your cheese looks like the photo above, add your grilled cheese sandwich on top. Let that continue to cook on low to medium heat for about another 3 minutes. The cheese will stick to the pan and then release. The cheese will adhere to the bread and give it a nice charred flavor on the exterior.
Step 4: Add more cheese and finish the other side
- While your cheese finishes grilling, start your next fried cheese pile right next to it on the same pan.
- After three minutes, flip your sandwich onto the molten cheese and cook for another three minutes.
- After your second side is done, you’re ready to eat!
Commonly Asked Questions
What vegan cheese should I use?
I specifically used Dayia shredded cheese, but any vegan cheese should work for this BUT I have not tried all brands. If you use a different cheese, it is possible the results will be different.
Would this work with slices of cheese and not shreds?
You can use any type of vegan cheese in different formations that work for you. So, yes! Try that out, but know that it is possible the results will be different.
Vegan Inside-Out Grilled Cheese
This grilled cheese is like nothing you've ever had. We've got cheese on the inside AND outside.
Ingredients
- 2 slices of white bread (make sure it's vegan)
- 1 slice of vegan cheese
- 1/2 Cup loosely packed vegan cheese shreds, divided (or 2 slices of vegan cheese*)
Instructions
1: Preheat a pan to low to medium heat. Add a slice of bread to the pan, then a slice of cheese, add your second bread slice on top. Cover with a lid and let cook for 3 minutes checking every minutes to see if the pan is toasting the bread too fast. Adjust heat as needed.
2: Once the bread is a beautiful golden brown, flip, cover, and let cook for another 3 minutes or until the other side is toasted.
3. Remove the grilled cheese from the pan.
4: To the same pan, still preheated to low to medium heat, add a generous pinch (about a loosely packed 1/4 cup) of shredded vegan cheese to the pan and make a circle the size of your bread. Use a spatula if needed to shape.
5: Once the top of your cheese pile begins to melt, place your grilled cheese on top of the melted cheese. Let cook, uncovered, for about 3 minutes on low heat. Again, adjust the heat as needed. We're cooking this low and slow.
6: When you have about 30 seconds left in step 5, on the same pan that your sandwich is on, add the rest of your cheese (another rough 1/4 cup). Flip your sandwich so the "un-cheesed" side goes face down on the new melted cheese. Cook for another 3 minutes, adjusting the heat as needed.
7: Cut and serve!
Notes
- I used Daiya shreds for this and it worked great, if you use a different brand of cheese, you may get different results.
- You can use slices in place of shreds if you only have that on hand*
