Grilled Ham and Cheese French Toast For A Quick Weeknight Dinner
Grilled Ham and Cheese French Toast For A Quick Weeknight Dinner requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains approximately 31g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 432 calories. This recipe serves 4. For $1.34 per serving, this recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for The Fourth Of July. 3 people have made this recipe and would make it again. Only a few people really liked this main course. This recipe is typical of American cuisine. This recipe from Foodista requires buttermilk, turkey ham, dill pickles, and wheat bread. Overall, this recipe earns a good spoonacular score of 60%. Users who liked this recipe also liked Ham and Asparagus Frittata – A Quick & Easy Weeknight Dinner, Ham ’n Cheese French Toast, and Ham and Cheese Biscuit Panini PLUS More Quick Dinner Ideas.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: -1 minutes
Cooking duration: -1 minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 egg whites or 1 large egg
1/4 cup spicy brown mustard or Dijon mustard
8 slices Oroweat healthfull nutty grain or hearty wheat bread
4 slices (1 oz each) reduced-fat Havarti, Swiss or Jarlsberg cheese
8 ounces sliced lean ham or turkey ham
3 deli style dill pickles, each sliced lengthwise into thin slices
2 tablespoons reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Heart Right Light
Equipment:
oven
whisk
bowl
frying pan
spatula
baking sheet
knife
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a shallow bowl or pie plate, whisk together buttermilk and egg whites. Set aside. Spread mustard on one side of each slice of bread. Top 4 slices with 1 slice of cheese. Arrange ham on top of cheese. Add to each 3-4 thin slices of pickle. Top with remaining bread slices, mustard side down. Melt 1 tablespoon reduced-fat butter in a large nonstick pan over medium heat. Dip 2 sandwiches into buttermilk mixture; carefully flip and dip other side. Dont soak the sandwiches in this mixture. Just lightly dip and remove sandwiches, allowing excess buttermilk mixture to drip back into dish. Add sandwiches to pan; cover and cook 3-5 minutes. Uncover, flip sandwiches, press top down with a spatula, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes until golden and cheese is melted. Remove sandwiches, place on a baking sheet and keep warm in oven. Repeat steps 4 and 5 with remaining 2 sandwiches. Slice each sandwich in half and serve with a fork and knife.
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a shallow bowl or pie plate, whisk together buttermilk and egg whites. Set aside.
3. Spread mustard on one side of each slice of bread. Top 4 slices with 1 slice of cheese. Arrange ham on top of cheese.
4. Add to each 3-4 thin slices of pickle. Top with remaining bread slices, mustard side down.
5. Melt 1 tablespoon reduced-fat butter in a large nonstick pan over medium heat. Dip 2 sandwiches into buttermilk mixture; carefully flip and dip other side. Dont soak the sandwiches in this mixture. Just lightly dip and remove sandwiches, allowing excess buttermilk mixture to drip back into dish.
6. Add sandwiches to pan; cover and cook 3-5 minutes. Uncover, flip sandwiches, press top down with a spatula, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes until golden and cheese is melted.
7. Remove sandwiches, place on a baking sheet and keep warm in oven.
8. Repeat steps 4 and 5 with remaining 2 sandwiches.
9. Slice each sandwich in half and serve with a fork and knife.
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