Perfect Grilled Cheese

Making a great grilled cheese sandwich isn’t difficult, but there are a few tricks to make it turn out perfect.

• Use a hearty bread. Light sandwich bread (like Wonder, for example) doesn’t bring anything to make the sandwich better, and squishes into nothing while you’re trying to eat the sandwich.
• Use enough cheese so that it can be a gooey mess. One slice is not enough.
• Put butter on the outside of the bread. It’ll help make the bread get crunchy.
• And the real secret: cook it slow, over low heat. This lets the butter get well-browned and the cheese get all gooey.

Lastly — and I know this will cause a dispute — I put ketchup and mustard on my grilled cheese sandwich. It is, afterall, a sandwich and deserves a condiment.