Crabby Grilled Cheese
Crabby Grilled Cheese
Course: Main Course
Servings: 6 Sandwiches
Author: Miss Shirley’s Cafe
Ingredients
- 12 slices Sourdough Bread Thick sliced
- 1.5 lbs Crabby Cheddar Cheese
- 12 slices Applewood Smoked Bacon
- 6-10 slices beefsteak tomatoes
- 1 ear white corn kernels cut off cobb
- 2 stalks green onion finely chopped
- 1 lb MD crab meat
- butter softened
- Old Bay to taste
Instructions
- Peel and clean corn.
- Rub with olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Roast in oven until cooked and beginning to brown, About 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees. Remove from oven and let cool.
- Cut corn from cob and place in medium bowl.
- Wash and finely chop the green onion and add to roasted corn in bowl.
- Add crab meat to bowl and gently toss together to mix but not break the lumps of crabmeat.
- Refrigerate mixture until needed.
- Shred or slice crabby cheddar cheese.
- Take 6 slices bread and spread one side of each piece with softened butter.
- Place butter side down on a sheet tray sprayed with pan spray.
- Top each piece with cheese, 1-2 slice tomato, 2 slices cooked bacon, scoop of crab mix (about ¼ to 1/3 cup of mix for each sandwich) and then top with more cheese.
- Take remaining bread and spread butter on 1 side only.
- Place top piece of bread on sandwich butter side up.
- Sprinkle remaining cheese on top of bread to stick to butter.
- In a medium hot skillet place sandwich cheese side down to brown the bread/cheese – be careful not to burn.
- Carefully flip the sandwich and brown the other side, may need to lower heat so it does not brown too fast and inside gets hot and melty.
- Remove from pan, cut in half on a diagonal and serve immediately dusted with Old Bay on top.