Grilled Fried Bologna Sandwich

A simple upgrade for your fried bologna sandwich to make it even yummier.

Although I love the mayo chip fried bologna sandwich sometimes you just have to step it up.  This version is Tonia’s favorite way to eat bologna.  It is so seldom that we eat lunchmeat that when we do, it has to be something special.  What could be more special than a grilled cheese fried bologna sandwich.  It has the grilled taste of frying the bologna first and the warmth of gooey cheese.  Your taste buds will think this is Mangialicious.

Ingredients:
1 tablespoons butter (for frying)
2 tablespoons butter (for the bread)
8 slices good quality bologna
4 slices bread
4 slices Monterey Jack cheese

Directions:
Make 3 little slices around your bologna, from the middle out.  Each slice should be about 1 ½ inch long.  This is so that the bologna does not shrink up and it cooks in the middle.  Melt the butter in a non-stick skillet.  

Add the bologna in a single layer so that most of the surface is touching the pan.  Cook on medium high heat until browned on both sides, maybe 5 minutes total.

While the bologna is frying, spread butter onto all 4 slices of the bread.  Remove the bologna from the pan.  Wipe out your non-stick skillet and melt 1 tablespoon of butter in the pan.  Place one two pieces of the bread, butter side down in the pan.  Top them both with the fried bologna and then place the cheese on top of the bologna.  Put the remaining slices of bread on top with the butter side up.

Cook over medium heat about 3 – 4 minutes on each side until the bread is toasty and brown and the cheese is melted. 

Remove from the pan and serve while the cheese is warm and melty.

Any way you decide to make your fried bologna sandwich, have fun with it.  Some people fry onions with it, others like theirs with lettuce and tomato.  I have even seen people put ketchup on them.  So experiment in your kitchen with your loved one or with the kids and make something special.