Grilled Cheese with Pizza Sauce

5 from 2 votes

Grilled Cheese with Pizza Sauce

This 5-minute Grilled Cheese with Pizza Sauce sandwich recipe is simple, quick, and family friendly! A great recipe for leftover pizza sauce or extra cheese.

Cook Time5

Total Time5

Course: Lunch, Sandwich

Cuisine: American, Midwestern Fusion

Servings: sandwich

Calories: 338kcal

Author: Kelly Jensen

Cost: $1

Ingredients

2 slices bread use gluten free if desired
1 tablespoon butter
2 slices mozzarella or white American cheese
2 tablespoons pizza sauce see below notes for THE best homemeade pizza sauce recipe
1/2 cup your favorite pizza toppings

Instructions

Heat a skillet or pan over low heat.
Take 2 slices of bread, and top with a thin layer of pizza sauce. Add 2 slices of cheese, add optional pizza toppings, and close the sandwich so the pizza sauce is on the inside. Butter the outside pieces of bread, and place in a skillet.
Toast on low heat for 2 or 3 minutes until bottoms of the grilled cheese begins to brown. Flip, and continue to cook for another 2 or 3 minutes. To help the cheese melt, you can place a lid over the pan after flipping the sandwich.
Once cheese has melted, remove pan from heat, carefully slice sandwich, and enjoy!

Notes

Dietary Modifications

This recipe is naturally vegetarian - just make sure you use vegetarian pizza toppings in the sandwich to keep it that way.
For a gluten free pizza grilled cheese, use gluten free bread.
To make vegan or dairy free, just substitute out the cheese for a vegan version, and the butter for olive oil to toast the bread.

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