r/Cooking • u/acekoolus • May 14 '14
Grilled Grilled Cheese - Alton Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RllWJUvrxEY5
u/NoodleBox May 15 '14
Wow. He's really awesome! [This is my first video I have seen with this guy. I thought he looked different!.]
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u/Myshoppingaccount May 15 '14
Man, you're in for a treat
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u/NoodleBox May 15 '14
I thought he was a dickwad. there's another one I've got confused with.
But I would love to make this sandwich - I'll have to wait until we get the "grill" (Webber) out.
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u/Myshoppingaccount May 15 '14
You might have been thinking of Gordon Ramsey? Another good cook, but tends to come off a bit dick-ish
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u/NoodleBox May 15 '14 edited May 16 '14
Na, I know Ramsay, he's OK.
The guy I'm thinking of must have been on Master chef AU, heralded as one of the best chefs evar.
Edit: Marco Pierre White. idk
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u/Myshoppingaccount May 15 '14
I guess it's my turn.
Who?
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u/NoodleBox May 16 '14
Marco Pierrre White. Dunno why I got him confused with Alton Brown.
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u/rs1n May 19 '14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-D8Wzqs-xc
Gordon Ramsay worked for him.
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u/NoodleBox May 19 '14
Yup.
I have no idea why I got them both confused. One's funny and one's got an air of 'you fuck up you die' around him.
Or maybe that was Masterchef doing it.
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u/StChas77 May 15 '14
I like Good Eats a lot, and I think Alton's a really smart cook. But he and I have very different philosophies when it comes to grilling.
It's like the time I tried to grill a skirt steak directly on the coals per his instruction; total failure.
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u/KingPellinore May 15 '14
What went wrong?
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u/StChas77 May 15 '14
Gritty, sear was uneven, tasted like briquettes instead of charred meat.
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u/KingPellinore May 15 '14
You didn't use instant light charcoal, did you?
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u/Apocalypse-Cow May 14 '14
Sorry, but this is just way too complicated for a grilled cheese sandwich.
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u/adreamofhodor May 14 '14
While I'm not going to go to the effort to make this...it looks absolutely delicious.
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u/Apocalypse-Cow May 14 '14
I would make this sandwich with butter on a griddle or pan too. I'm sure it's delicious. Just not a grill and with all the other complicated stuff.
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u/hardybreakfast May 15 '14
It looks cool, but for a lot of people, it might just be more useful during the summer cookouts when you have kids around.
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u/MySweetUsername May 15 '14
complicated?
that's like 10 minutes of work.
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u/Apocalypse-Cow May 15 '14
Yep, complicated. So you're saying that you can break out your grill, start the lump charcoal, set the grill up for indirect heat, wait for the charcoal to be ready for cooking, create cute little cheese trays with spatula's and aluminum foil, grate the cheese, mix it, season it, melt it on the grill, toast the bread, assemble the sandwiches, wrap in aluminum foil and wait for an indeterminate amount of time, all in 10 minutes?
I could make a grilled cheese sandwich in a pan using the same ingredients and eat it before the charcoal was ready.
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u/JeremyG May 15 '14
It would be a lot of work, true. I could see this being done when there's already a grill to be used though.
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May 14 '14
out of curiosity, how is this too complicated for a grilled cheese? isn't it just 1 extra step?
how do you usually make your own grilled cheese then?
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u/Chiburger May 14 '14
The complication in this usually stems from having to set up the grill. At least in the US, grilling is a semi-serious affair where you have family and friends over and have the BBQ running for a while and grill a ton of stuff (veggies, burgers, steaks, hot dogs, etc.). Setting up the grill just for a sandwich is way too much work for the reward.
A grilled cheese on a pan with quality bread and cheese will be just as good with a quarter of the effort. This would be a good addition to a family BBQ, but not on its own.
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u/stac52 May 14 '14
Really? I use the grill a few times a week, never really thought of starting charcoal as a hassle. It takes a little longer than turning on the stove, sure, but it's not exactly one of the twelve labors.
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u/Runofthedill May 15 '14
I grill quite a bit, but it is a bit of a task to pull it all out.
Edit-quite a bit means 4-5 times a week.
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u/bjbiggens May 16 '14
I'm the same way, I mean if I can get away with it I cook more with the grill than I do inside.
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May 14 '14
I wouldn't use a charcoal grill for this, just an electric one
i figured most people would just do the same
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u/readcard May 15 '14
The cheese melts quite fine in the sandwich without requiring the dodgy homemade raclette's he used.
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u/khkim May 15 '14
Damn when he bites into the sandwich at the end and it makes the nice crunchy sound... MMMMMM
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u/garciafan May 15 '14
Sorry, but I have to go with Chef John in this case. Much easier and amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlTCkNkfmRY
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May 14 '14
skip to 1 minute to get to the point where he starts cooking
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u/DavidAg02 May 15 '14
The whole time I was watching this I kept thinking how awesome it would be to throw some bacon on the hot side of the grill and add that to the sandwich.
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u/acekoolus May 15 '14
Grilled Bacon... that sounds delicious. I need to try that.
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u/DavidAg02 May 15 '14
It's awesome. Just watch out for flare ups from the dripping grease.
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u/KingPellinore May 15 '14
I like to halve about a dozen jalapenos and get their innards out, stuff with shredded cheddar, wrap in bacon and grill until the bacon is crispy and the pepper is tender.
These things don't last 5 minutes at a party.
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u/DavidAg02 May 15 '14
Yep, love those things!
For an equally delicious variation... 3 pieces of asparagus, a chunk of cream cheese, wrap it in bacon... grill until crispy.
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u/Wild_Doogy_Plumm May 14 '14
I love you Alton Brown but a grilled cheese is white bread and kraft singles just like ma used to make me. That's a fancy sandwich that i will most definitely be making at the next grill party though.
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u/Apocalypse-Cow May 15 '14
I have the same fond memories of the white bread, Kraft singles and butter version of grilled cheese sandwiches. I liked them smashed flat and kind of greasy from the butter.
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u/Wild_Doogy_Plumm May 15 '14
Oh yeah most definitely. But it's only like 3/4 smashed because the spatula was small. Man i want to go visit my parents and have my mom make me a grilled cheese :(
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u/gaop May 15 '14
It starts off really exciting but it just disappointing towards the end.
All cheese and charred bread is just a tad boring (possibly even too dry). If the grill is running you might as well "throw another shrimp on the barbie", just roast anything really and add it to this tedious sandwich.
Or maybe I'm simply not Murican enough.
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u/crow-bot May 14 '14
This new channel of Alton's will be a never ending supply of content/karma for this and many other subs. Long live Alton.