Saturday, July 19, 2008

FOOD: Coco's Crystal Grilled Cheese


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THIS IS SOMETHING I INVENTED the other day when I thought I had nothing in the house to eat. I guess when the idea of eating Special K straight from the box, again, became sickening to me, I went mad with the idea of eating something scrumptious. In this state of hysteria, I managed to salvage some ingredients from my sorry refrigerator.

What You Need:

Louisiana's Pure Crystal Hot Sauce (there is a vinegar-y tang to it that keeps it leagues beyond those other sauces.)
Marble Jack Cheese
White Bread
Butter
Bermuda Onion

How To:
• Douse each side of the bread with Crystal Hot Sauce -- about 10-15 dashes on each side

• Place the bread in a hot, buttered pan and toast each side slightly








• Add slice of marble jack cheese, heat until the surface of the cheese puckers slightly from
melting






• Add slices of Bermuda onion

• Close the sandwich and toast to taste. Since you already toasted each side slightly already, you shouldn't have too much toasting left to do, if any. This way, the onion will still be crisp when you bite into the sandwich

Voilá!


I discovered Crystal Hot Sauce while living in New Orleans. I was never a fan of hot sauce before I tried this stuff, and now it's a staple in my kitchen. It's definitely the ingredient that has me thinking I won't be able to have a plain grilled cheese ever again.

5 comments:

muscleyarm said...

Another good tip is to put herbs (like thyme and oregano or whatever) on the butter side. MmmWaa!

Eda Cherry said...

oh jesus, muscleyarm, it's like a whole new world is opening up. We're through the looking-glass, people.

Bill Roehl said...

Crystal is entirely too weak for me, I prefer hot sauces to actually be spicy but the whole thing sounds even more tasty than the first time you mentioned it :)

Thanks for sharing!

Ang said...

You must come over and make this for me. I think it would go really well with my bloody mary.

On your way?

Alexis said...

I've been eating grilled cheese the last week, too! It's one of my many comfort foods. Provolone, baby spinach and a drizzle of spicy brown mustard on pumpernickel rye.