Hawaiian Grilled Cheese

a halved grilled cheese with ham and pineapple stacked on a plate.

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Everything you love about this classic but with ham, pineapple, and on Hawaiian sandwich bread!

Course Sandwich

Cuisine American

Servings sandwiches

Calories 581kcal

Author Tracy

Equipment

non stick pan

Ingredients

4 slices Hawaiian Bread
6 slices thinly sliced deli ham 5 - 5.25 oz
8 slices thinly sliced Swiss cheese 6.5 oz
4 slices pineapple
2 tablespoons salted butter
1 - 1 1/2 tablespons Dijon mustard 1 oz - 1.5 oz

Instructions

Prep Bread: Butter one side of the bread slices and then add Dijon mustard to the other.
Assemble: With the buttered side down, layer on the mustard two slices of swiss cheese, the ham, pineapple, and then two more slices of swiss cheese. Top with another slice of bread, buttered side up. Repeat for the second sandwich.
Grill: Heat a non-stick pan over low heat. Add sandwich(es) buttered bread side down. Let the bread brown and cheese melt, low and slow. Gently flip when layer of cheese on the bottom is melty and cook until the rest of the cheesy is melty and bread is toasted brown.
Serve and Enjoy!

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Substitutions

Hawaiian Bread: This grilled cheese is the perfect excuse to make our Hawaiian Sandwich Bread, but you can use any of your other favorites. Store-bought Hawaiian bread, our Easy White Sandwich Bread, or Como Bread are other delicious choices. If using homemade bread, we prefer a thicker slice of bread for these sandwiches.

Cheese: Swiss is our favorite, but mozzarella, cheddar, or gruyere would also be great. No matter what you choose, be sure to use very thinly sliced cheese or grate it yourself from a block. Preshredded cheese does not melt as well!

Ham: Deli ham, Canadian Bacon, or slices of leftover baked ham are all delicious!

Pro Tip

Let your cheese slices hang over the sides of the bread just a little bit - that way they'll fry in the pan and crisp up to have some little crispy fried cheese edges around your bread.

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