Bacon, Corn + Shallot Grilled Cheese with Garlicky Cilantro Lime

Name: Bacon, Corn + Shallot Grilled Cheese with Garlicky Cilantro Lime
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: American, Mexican, Latin American
Ingredients: 2 slices of sourdough bread, or bread of choice; softened butter (for brushing on bread); 1 corn on the cob, grilled until tender and kernels cut off of the cob; 1 shallot, sliced into rings; Extra virgin olive oil for cooking; 4 slices of bacon, cooked crispy; shredded cheddar cheese, measure with your heart; shredded mozzarella cheese, measure with your heart; 2 Tablespoons cilantro, finely chopped; 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice; 1 clove garlic, minced (more to taste); Pinch of flaky sea salt to taste; Pinch of dried red chilli flakes to taste; freshly cracked pepper to taste

8 steps

Prep:10minCook:10min

This is a sourdough grilled cheese with grilled corn and shallots, crispy bacon and a garlicky cilantro lime sauce - this combo is so tasty!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:00:07 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories1093.1 kcal (55%)

Total Fat85.5 g (122%)

Carbs49.3 g (19%)

Sugars5.8 g (6%)

Protein34.4 g (69%)

Sodium1483.5 mg (74%)

Fiber3.7 g (13%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

1 servings

2 slicessourdough bread

or bread of choice

butter

softened, for brushing on bread

1corn on the cob

grilled until tender and kernels cut off of the cob

1shallot

sliced into rings

extra virgin olive oil

for cooking

4 slicesbacon

cooked crispy

cheddar cheese

shredded, measure with your heart

mozzarella cheese

shredded, measure with your heart

For the garlicky cilantro lime sauce

2 tablespoonscilantro

finely chopped

1 tablespoonextra virgin olive oil

1 teaspoonlime juice

freshly squeezed

1 clovegarlic

minced, more to taste

flaky sea salt

to taste

dried red chilli flakes

to taste

freshly cracked pepper

to taste

Instructions

Make the sauce

Step 1

First, make the garlicky cilantro lime sauce. Simply add all the ingredients to a small bowl and mix. Adjust seasoning and add more garlic if you wish.

Grill veggies and cook the bacon

Step 2

Heat a frying or grill pan to medium high heat. Coat the corn cob and sliced shallots with a little bit of olive oil and cook them both in the frying pan. The corn is finished when it's tender and starting to char and the shallots are finished when softened and starting to char/caramelise.

Step 3

Remove corn cob from pan and slice the corn off of the cob. Set the corn and shallots aside until it's time to assemble sandwich.

Step 4

You can cook the bacon however you'd like - bake it on a baking tray, use a frying pan or an air fryer. Just make sure you cook it nice and crispy. I found it got a bit messy trying to cook it in the same pan as the shallots and corn, but you can give that a try if you wish to keep it all in one pan!

Assembling and grilling the sandwich

Step 5

Butter the sides of the bread that will be grilled. Spread the cilantro sauce on one half of the inside of the bread and then pile on the cheese to both sides.

Step 6

Layer on the crispy bacon, grilled shallots and corn kernels. Top with the remainder of sauce and squish sandwich together carefully.

Step 7

Now transfer the sandwich back into the same frying pan you cooked the veggies in. You can give it a wipe down before if you wish!

Step 8

Grill in a frying pan over a medium heat until bread is golden and crunchy and cheese has melted thoroughly. Cut in half and enjoy with a fellow corn lover!