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Cobb Grilled Cheese

Heidi Larsenby Updated: Jul 9, 2025

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Okay, okay, I know. This grilled cheese is much more than just cheese. It’s a cacophony of flavors. Fresh, California-esque flavors packed and stacked into the theme of a grilled cheese sandwich.

Cobb Grilled Cheese | FoodieCrush.com

With Grilled Cheese Month in full swing, completely creative cheese concoctions are popping up all over the web. Which makes coming up with something original not the most original idea.

Case in point: Last week when I posted my Spinach and Artichoke Grilled Cheese I knew from the get go that the ingredient list may not be the most original, but the combination wasn’t something I had recently seen. That is until later that night when I was perusing my Feedly blog feed and BOOM, right there in the popular post column (natch) I saw a version of the same sandwich on Joy’s site from 3 days earlier.

I took comfort in my duplication that at least I was somewhat in the same hemisphere of recipe creation as a doyenne food blogger and hey, there aren’t that many original ideas left in the world. And who cares? Nothing ever comes out the same way twice from the exact same cook anyway. There’s plenty of room for all of us.

Cobb Grilled Cheese | FoodieCrush.com

Cobb Grilled Cheese | FoodieCrush.com

Cobb Grilled Cheese | FoodieCrush.com

Some food bloggers scour the web to see if their recipe ideas have been posted on sites far and wide. I’m not into that. If it’s something I think sounds tasty, I’ll post it. If someone else features the same recipe idea, I’ll consider that fate, fluke or simply a happy accident with the world telling us we need more Spinach and Artichoke Sandwiches. Of which we do.

I don’t know if a Cobb Grilled Cheese has been overdone on the web or not, but it got into my head and wouldn’t leave. What I do know is it’s a flavor buster.

Cobb Grilled Cheese | FoodieCrush.com

Cobb Grilled Cheese | FoodieCrush.com

With layers piled high upon themselves, my Cobb Grilled Cheese might be juuuuust this side of jumping the shark of grilled cheese sandwiches. Some may deem it a stacked sandwich. But given the grace of gooey cheese, I’m easily slating it in the grilled cheese category. And I have nothing but crumbs to prove it.

5 from 2 votes

Cobb Grilled Cheese

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Ingredients 

  • 4 slices whole wheat bread
  • 4 tablespoons softened butter
  • 8 ounces aged gouda grated
  • 1 roasted chicken breast sliced
  • 1 small tomato sliced
  • ½ avocado pitted, peeled and sliced
  • 1 hard boiled egg sliced
  • 4 slices cooked bacon
  • ¼ cup blue cheese crumbles

Instructions

  • Spread butter on one side of each slice of bread, then stack the two buttered sides together and repeat with the other 2 slices.
  • Layer top slice of the bread with a handful of gouda then follow with tomato, chicken breast, avocado slices, egg slices, blue cheese crumbles and 2 pieces of bacon then top with another handful of gouda.
  • Place the ingredient stacked bread, buttered side down, in a non-stick fry pan over medium-high heat and top with the other slice of buttered bread. Cover with lid and let cook for 3-4 minutes or until golden.
  • Reduce heat to medium and flip sandwich to the other side and cook for 2-3 minutes or until bread is toasty golden and the cheese has melted. The second side will cook faster than the first so watch carefully. Repeat process with the other sandwich ingredients to make the second grilled cheese. Slice sandwiches in half and enjoy hot.

 

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    • Heidi Larsenheidi

      What? Not a blue cheese fan? Oh man, I feel for you :) Well, the blue cheese adds a bit of a “bite” to the flavors and that may be what you’re not attracted to. You could try a creamy gorgonzola that will have a mellower “bite” or if you’re simply averse to it altogether go for a fruit enhanced cheese or skip it and savor the gouda.

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  10. Jessica

    Holy crap. Cobb grilled cheese? This looks amazing. I kind of want to leave my desk and go home and make this right now. Thank goodness it is almost the weekend!

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    • Heidi Larsenheidi

      Hi Angela, spend some time on Vanessa’s site, she has a lot of great inspiration. Love it when talents like her share the secrets of their talents.

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