Monterey Melt Sandwich Food

MONTEREY MELT SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• Toast bread on one side in toaster oven or oven. Remove.
• Top untoasted side of bread with cheese and bake 3-7 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly.
• Working quickly, top cheese with tomato slices, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Arrange sprouts, onions, mushroom, avocado, and bacon on top.
• Serve with dressing. Makes one serving. Should be eaten with knife and fork.

GRILLED MONTEREY BURGER MELT WITH RED PEPPERS AND ONIONS #RSC

Steps:

• Tear off a 20 inch piece of Reynolds Wrap Foil. Roll into a ball. Clean the grates of an outdoor grill with the tin foil ball. Turn the grill on. While it is preheating, prepare all the other ingredients.
• Saute ground beef, breaking up with a wooden spoon until no longer pink. Cover a small plate with Reynolds Wrap Foil. Put a metal colander on top and drain the grease from the cooked ground beef. Return the meat to the pan. When the drained grease cools completely, wrap in the Reynolds Wrap Foil and discard.
• In a small bowl, combine the chili sauce, worcestershire sauce, steak sauce, red wine vinegar, brown sugar and water. Pour the chili sauce mixture in the ground beef and combine. Cover and set aside until ready to use.
• When the grill is ready, brush both sides of red pepper and onion with oil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Place on grill, skin side down for five minutes. Turn and continue cooking another 5 minutes, or until red pepper is charred and onion has grill marks and is soft. Remove vegetables from grill and wrap in Reynolds Wrap Foil for 15 minutes. When cool enough to handle, remove black char from pepper and cut pepper and onion is long strips. Add to ground beef mixture.
• In a medium sauté pan, melt the butter and cream cheese. Wisk in flour. Slowly add heavy cream and milk. Wisk until the mixture begins to bubble. Remove from heat and stir in Monterey Jack Cheese until melted. Season with nutmeg, if using and a pinch of salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat, cover and set aside.
• Brush one side of all the rye bread with oil. Put on grill for 2 minutes or until you see grill marks (this can happen very fast depending how hot your grill is so watch it carefully). Remove from grill.
• To assemble sandwiches:.
• Lay slices of rye bread on work surface, grill side down. Spread dijon mustard on the side facing up.
• Divide ground beef evenly on ½ of the bread slices. Pour cheese sauce over ground beef to cover. Top with other piece of bread. Wrap each sandwich in Reynolds Wrap Foil for 10-15 minutes so all the flavors can come together. If you are not serving right away, the sandwiches can be kept warm by returning to a low grill or put on a cookie sheet in a 300 degree oven. Enjoy!
• Cooking Tip.
• Each of the preparation steps can be done earlier in the day to save time. Just wrap each item separately in Reynolds Wrap Foil and refrigerate. Reheat before assembling sandwiches (1 TBL of heavy cream can be added to cheese sauce to thin out if necessary).

OPEN FACE TUNA MELT SANDWICH

Steps:

• Mix the tuna, mayo, onion, lemon juice, old bay seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix well.
• Place enough tuna on a toasted slice of bread and spread to cover slice.
• Top with slice of tomato (or 2 if the tomato slice is small) and then top with a slice of cheese. Place sandwich slices on a cookie sheet.
• Placing rack not too close to the broiler (about the second one down), broil sandwiches until the cheese is golden brown.

MONTEREY CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. In a skillet melt the butter and cook chicken for 3-4 minute on each side or until juices run clear. Transfer to a baking dish.
• Top each with barbecue sauce, bacon and cheese. Broil 3-4 inches from the heat for 2-3 minutes or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with tomato and green onions.
• To assemble, slide prepared chicken onto a roll. Top with sliced avocado and a smear of mayonnaise.