This easy New York City chopped cheese sandwich recipe is one of our favorite meals to make on our busy evenings. Since there is not a lot of prepwork that goes into this authentic chopped cheese sandwich you can make it when you have limited time.
If you are not sure exactly what a chopped cheese sandwhich is, it is essentially like a hamburger that is turned into a sandwich. Some people might call it a cheese melt. You will have the ground beef on the grill, instead of forming a true burger patty, the meat will be chopped up and then slices of cheese added to the grill. So it’s basically a fancy hamburger sandwich that you’re going to love.
It is also a great recipe to use to get your kids that like sandwiches, but not burgers to eat it and enjoy it! Plus with such simple ingredients, you can doctor it up however you want with all the toppings, or no toppings at all.
These delicious chopped cheese sandwiches also go wonderfully with our oven baked seasoned steak fries, baked zucchini fries, or some tasty air fryer potato wedges! Basically anything you would eat with your favorite burger, would go great with this chopped cheese recipe.
Ingredients You Need to For Our Easy Chopped Cheese Sandwich Recipe:
- Butter
- Hoagie buns
- Diced onion
- Ground beef
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Garlic powder
- American cheese
- Mayonnaise
- Ketchup
- Shredded lettuce
- Tomatoes
How To Make Our Easy Chopped Cheese Sandwich Recipe:
To start these delicious sandwiches, slice open all of the hoagie rolls.
Then in a large skillet, heat up 1 tablespoon of butter over medium high heat.
Once the butter is melted, place the hoagies on the skillet to toast the inside surface of the hoagie. This should take about 2-3 minutes to become slightly golden brown, then set them aside.
Now, add the rest of the butter to the pan and saute the diced onions until they are translucent, just about 3 minutes or so.
Then move the onions to the side in the pan and add the ground beef in the pan like one big patty.
Allow the meat to brown for 3-4 minutes without breaking it up.
Then season the meat with salt, pepper, and garlic powder and then flip the large patty over to sear the other side of the meat and allow it to continue to keep cooking for another 2-3 mintues.
After 2-3 minutes, begin breaking up the meat with a spatula and start to include the onions back in with the meat.
Continue to chop and cook the meat until the meat is no longer pink.
Then divide the meat into 4 different portions in the pan and then top each portion with 2 slices of cheese.
Allow the cheese to melt while it sits in the skillet.
Now get your hoagie rolls and spread the mayonnaise and ketchup on the inside of the bus, and then top it off with the beef and cheese mixture.
Then finish off your sandwich with your favorite toppings and then serve!
This delicious mixture of pepper jack cheese or cheddar cheese, hamburger patties, and toppings like bell pepper, iceberg lettuce, caramelized onions, sea salt, and more makes for a great dinner the whole family will love. Serve it with potato chips and you’re good to go!
To Make This Authentic Chopped Cheese Sandwich Recipe You Will Need:
- Large skillet (THIS one will work great!) or cast iron skillet
- Spatula or wooden spoon
- Serrated knife
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What do you like to have on your burgers? There are so many different options to use to add extra flavor and textures to this amazing sandwich recipe. Here are a list of some of our favorite toppings to use when we make our chopped cheese sandwiches:
- Tomatoes
- Red onion
- Green peppers
- Lettuce
- Barbeque
- Hot sauce
- Mustard
- Pickles
- Coleslaw
Yes coleslaw! It adds some delicious flavors and a nice crunch! If you want to make your own, take a look at Inspired Taste’s seriously good homemade coleslaw recipe that would work wonderfully as a topping for our chopped cheese sandwiches.
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Easy Chopped Cheese Sandwich Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons butter divided
- 4 hoagie buns
- 1 onion diced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 8 slices American cheese
- mayonnaise to taste
- ketchup to taste
- shredded lettuce optional topping
- tomatoes optional topping
Instructions
- Slice hoagie rolls open.
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and add 1 Tablespoon butter. Once the butter is melted, place the hoagies on the skillet so that the inside surface gets toasted (it will take 2-3 minutes). Set toasted buns aside.
- Add remaining butter to pan and saute onions until they are translucent (about 3 minutes). Push onions to the side of the pan and add ground beef to the pan as one large patty. Let the ground beef start to brown without breaking it up (let it sear for 3-4 minutes). Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder and then flip the large ground beef patty over to sear the other side (it should take 2-3 minutes).
- Start to chop up the ground beef using a spatula or ChopStir and work the onions in with the beef. Continue to chop and cook the beef until no pink remains (should take about 3 minutes). Divide the meat into 4 even portions and top each portion with 2 slices of cheese. Allow the cheese to melt while in the skillet.
- Spread mayonnaise and ketchup on the inside of the buns, then top with beef and cheese mixture. Add other preferred toppings (like tomatoes and lettuce) and then serve.
Notes
- If you need to feed more people, this is an easy recipe to double!
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Equipment
- spatula
- Serrated Knife
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