- 1/4 cup Buffalo sauce
- 1/2 cup ranch dressing
- 8 fried onion rings (frozen, or homemade if you’re super industrious)
- 6 strips of bacon, cooked (chopped, if desired)*
- 1/4 cup butter
- 4 slices Texas toast
- dill pickle relish
- 8 slices Cooper® Sharp White cheese
You can bet we’ve seen a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches in our day. I mean, we’re Cooper® cheese, it goes with the territory. But even so, the endlessness of their cheesy versatility never ceases to amaze us. You can literally do anything with a grilled cheese. So when somebody said, “What about bacon and onion rings!?” we were like, “Challenge accepted.”
Ingredients
*Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Directions
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Prepare the Buffalo ranch sauce:
In a medium bowl, combine Buffalo sauce and ranch dressing. Mix until thoroughly combined.
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Prepare the sandwiches:
Cook onion rings according to package directions (either deep frying or in the oven). Be sure to season with salt. Set aside.
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Cook bacon until nice and crispy and set aside.
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Melt butter in a microwaveable dish and set aside.
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Lay 2 slices of Texas toast on a work surface. On one of the bread slices spread some Buffalo ranch sauce. On the other slice spread a layer of pickle relish. To each slice of bread add 2 slices of Cooper® Sharp cheese. Add cooked bacon to one-half of the sandwich. Top bacon with 4 onion rings. Combine both halves to make one sandwich. Repeat to make the second sandwich.
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Brush the top of each sandwich with melted butter and place them buttered side down onto a skillet, griddle, or panini press. Brush the top bread of each sandwich with melted butter. Grill sandwiches for 3 minutes, or until bread is golden brown. Carefully flip sandwiches and continue grilling for another 3 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the bread is golden brown.
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Remove from heat, serve with additional Buffalo ranch sauce for dipping, and prepare to be amazed by the mind-altering deliciousness of these grilled cheese sandwiches!