Grilled Cheese Sandwich on the Grill

This is a South African classic called "braai broodjies" (little grill bread). We use a good quality, heavy white bread or ciabatta rolls for the best results. Instead of mayonnaise we use butter. Traditionally it is made with slices of tomato and onion topped with cheese.

I’ve been doing this for years. I add a slice of roasted peeled Hatch chile to mine. I freeze them individually just for this purpose.

Adding mustard is also a favorite in our house.

This sounds great ! We'll give it a try today at lunch.

I have always liked bread & butter pickles on my grilled cheese sandwiches. A homemade, canned relish we call Sweet Pickle Relish is also VG. Never tried the mayo ...

Delicious! I used a ‘mustard and ale’ cheddar and good sour dough. I sliced into small pieces as an appetizer actually, worked really well!!

In South Africa it is traditionally made as in this recipe, but also adding tomato slices, some thinly sliced onion and chutney (a fruit chili jam)

In South Africa we call these “braai broodjies”. usually pre-assembled and the outsides covered in butter. sometimes with finely sliced onion on the cheese. the trick there is to turn them very frequently on a medium-low fire. most practical when using a flip grill.

Wow a true *grilled* cheese! Yum. I’ve tried the mayo trick — although it didn’t burn as quickly as butter (letting the cheese melt fully), I missed the taste of butter. IMO just use butter and keep the temp very low and a lid on top…your cheese will melt.