Mexican Pizza Grilled Cheese

Name: Mexican Pizza Grilled Cheese
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: whole wheat bread; pizza sauce; swiss cheese; pickled jalapenos; olive oil; basil

Submitted by happyzhangbo

Who doesn’t like grilled cheese? Probably nobody, as far as I know everybody I know absolutely loves it. Quick, easy and delicious. Made this Mexican pizza grilled cheese for lunch, and needless to say, I was totally happy and satisfied. Here the recipe is.

YIELD

2 servings

PREP

5 min

COOK

6 min

READY

12 min

Ingredients

SLICES WHOLE WHEAT BREAD
or any multigrain bread

TABLESPOONS PIZZA SAUCE

SLICES SWISS CHEESE
sliced, or 4 ounces shredded

TABLESPOONS PICKLED JALAPENOS
chopped or sliced *

TABLESPOON OLIVE OIL
or butter

X BASIL
freshly sliced into thin strips, for serving *

Directions

Place flour slices of bread on a cutting board.

Spread 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce over each slice of bread.

Arrange 1 slice or 1 ounce of Swiss cheese, and 1 tablespoon of picked jalapenos over pizza sauce onto one slice of bread.

Place another slice of cheese over, then top with another slice of bread.

Press to assemble a sandwich.

Repeat until the second sandwich is done.

While you are assembling the sandwich, preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat with olive oil.

Place two sandwiches into the hot pan, and cook for about total 4 to 6 minutes, each side 2 to 3 minutes, or until both sides of the bread are golden-brown and the cheese is melted.

Serve warm with fresh basil if desired.