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
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How To Make Our Easy Chopped Cheese Sandwich Recipe:
- 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.
Delicious Toppings
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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Chopped Cheese Sandwich Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoon 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
Equipment
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.
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