Grilled Cheese and Apple Sandwich with Sriracha Butter
This grilled cheese and apple sandwich is rich and cheesy with a little crunch and a touch of spice. The sriracha butter adds just the right amount of heat to take this classic sandwich up a level.
Grilled cheese and apple sandwich
Let's talk about this grilled cheese and apple sandwich, because who in their right mind doesn't love grilled cheese sandwiches?
This one is next level special.
Gooey melted cheese, sweet and crunchy apples, and spicy sriracha butter = damn close to perfection. Have I mentioned that it is also fast and easy to make?
You definitely want to make this one!
How to make a grilled cheese and apple sandwich
- Start by mixing together some room-temperature butter with sriracha. You can use your favorite spicy sauce, but we love the flavor of sriracha in this recipe.
- Now butter the outside of your bread slices with plain butter and the insides with the sriracha butter you just made.
- Pile it high with your fav cheese (more on that in a moment) and sliced apples and fry your grilled cheese in a pan until it's crispy and the cheese is melted.
- Now dig in!
Full instructions in the recipe card below.
What kind of cheese is best for grilled cheese?
We're big fans of aged cheddar cheese but also like to grate a little parmesan on top for extra flavor.
Brie is amazing as it melts really well.
Most melty cheeses will work great in this recipe. Havarti, jack, gruyere, and gouda are others we really like.
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Grilled Cheese and Apple Sandwich with Sriracha Butter
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Prep Time: 5 mins -
Cook Time: 5 mins
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Total Time: 10 mins
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Yield: 2 servings 1x
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Category: Dinner
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Method: Stovetop
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Cuisine: American
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This grilled cheese and apple sandwich is rich and cheesy with a little crunch and a touch of spice. The sriracha butter adds just the right amount of heat to take this classic sandwich up a level.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoons softened butter, plus more to butter the bread
- 1 teaspoon sriracha
- Optional: 1/2 – 1 teaspoon of chili flakes
- 4 slices of bread
- Cheese (see notes)
- ½ an apple, cored and sliced
Instructions
- Mix 1 teaspoon of the butter with the sriracha and, if using, the chili flakes in a small bowl.
- Butter one slice of bread with plain butter then turn the bread over and butter the other side with the Sriracha butter. Add the cheese, apple slices, and more cheese. Top with the other piece of bread then butter the top.
- Heat a small frying pan over medium-low heat. Add the sandwich and cover the pan. Cook for 2-3 minutes on each side, until the cheese has melted, and the bread is brown and crispy.
- Enjoy!
Notes
I like to use cheddar and parmesan cheese, but I think brie would be delicious, too. I've left the quantity of the cheese out on purpose. Add more or less depending on how cheesy you'd like your grilled cheese sandwich to be.
Damn girl you is a pimp. I just….mmm! I was totally doing the damn drops damn damn damn when I ate this. So on fleek.
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Ha ha omg you just totally made me laugh! Love it!!
Oh, this looks amazing! I’ve had quesadillas with apples/cheddar in them, which I LOVED, but I’ve never tried a grilled cheese with apples, I don’t think. This sounds wonderful – great combo of flavors + textures!
Apple cheddar quesadillas sound amazing! I’m so trying that. 🙂
OOOOOO I am such a grilled cheese fan. This looks amazing!
Bec
http://www.dancingthroughsunday.com.au
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Thanks, Bec!
Haha, if these are your worst photos you have nothing on me! Lol. Mine are so much worse! It is fun to look back and see the improvements. The cheese, the apple, the spice — this sounds incredible!
Oh, these aren’t the worst! I’ve got a couple of recipes that I want to re-do and re-share and some of the pictures are absolutely mortifying!!
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These are beautiful!! Apple and Sriracha sounds so fun. So yum and flavorful! 🙂
Thank you so much, Anu!!
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Daaaang, girl! Can I even describe how badly I want to just dive into this awesome grilled cheese?? Totally flipping out over all those awesome flavors you jammed inside it!
Ha ha I love it!! 🙂
Hi Kristen,
How lucky you are to live in Gastown! One of my very favourite places go in Vancouver.
I, too, have been re-doing photos and I’m absolutely horrified at the stuff I posted 2 years ago, lol. I think your pic is good actually and the sandwich looks delicious.! Of course, the latest pics are fabulous and I think you should be entering some grilled cheese contests with this recipe.
I heard it has cooled down out there but it’s blazing hot here this weekend. Time to get back into the pool!
Such a pleasure visiting your blog 🙂 Have a great weekend!
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I just went back to your blog and saw that you spent a lot of time living on Vancouver Island. I always love meeting another west coaster!
It’s funny looking back at the photos, isn’t it? I sure hope I don’t feel the same way 2 years from now when I look back lol. Hope you have a great weekend too!!
You can’t go wrong with grilled cheese and this version looks delicious. Great new photos with it.
Thanks, Troy!!
I love siracha, but what is siracha butter? Where do you buy/how do you make it?
Hi Christi,
I made it by mixing together sriracha and butter. You can see the recipe here: https://www.theendlessmeal.com/spicy-sriracha-butter/
(You’ll notice in the pictures though that I used a chunky version of sriracha. The smooth stuff in the bottle with the green squeeze top works even better 🙂 )
had some havarti cheese and wonderful french county bread leftover from the weekend & just couldn’t face another oatmeal breakfast-so whipped up this sandwich using tangy organic granny smith apples. it was great-my new fav!!
will make it this summer at the beach for everyone!
thanks.
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So great to hear this is your new fav. I love this sandwich too!!
One of our most popular sandwiches is a pear and bleu cheese grilled cheese. We serve it on cranberry sourdough from a local bakery and blend the bleu cheese with cream cheese in our Robot Coup to get it nice and smooth. Half of a thinly sliced pear (we use Anjou) and grill it up. Awesome. For meat eaters we recommend adding our thick-sliced peppered bacon.
Thank you so much for the siracha butter idea. Getting that condiment on the outside of the sandwich delivers the flavor without making the inside too soupy. I was going to use an A’njou pear that I had on hand in place of the apple but found that it wasn’t yet ripe. I substituted a smear of Dalmatia fig spread and it’s heaven! LOVE so many things you’re doing on this blog and I adore your idea for a supper club.
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Thank you so much, Patrick!!
Tried this with Dubliner cheese we found at Trader Joe’s along with a pink lady apple. Oh, my God. This stuff is dangerous, it’s so good!
What a great idea to add apple!!
Quick question – looking at this picture (and the previous post on how you made the sriracha butter) it looks as though there are bits of crushed chilli? The sriracha sauce we get here is a homogeneous red paste in a squeezy bottle. Are you using sambal oelek?
That’s a good question! The label on the bottle I have says sriracha, but I have also bought sambal oelek in the past and it has looked exactly the same. I always figured they must be the same thing, but maybe the bottles I buy are just labeled wrong.
I think it would be delicious made with any kind of hot spicy sauce so I’d go ahead and use whatever you have on hand 🙂
Lovely sandwich! What got me was the sriracha butter… Sriracha is one of my favorite condiments. Great idea!
Hi Tessa,
I love sriracha too! The more places I can use it the better 🙂 Hope you enjoy eating the sandwich as much as I did!!
I want to jump inside this sandwich and get reeeaaalll cozy. Is that weird?
You really did make me laugh out loud. It would be awfully hot and spicy in there but if you’re like me and love the heat, I say go for it, jump inside! 😉
Delicious flavours! This looks incredible!
Thanks, Jennifer!!