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Crunchy Ham and Cheese Recipe

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Crushed potato chips put the crunch in this appetizing variation on ham and cheese. “Serve this layered sandwich with a bowl of soup, and you’ll have one of the best comfort-food meals of your life,” assures Karen Wolf of Niles, Illinois.

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Crunchy Ham and Cheese Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter, softened
4 slices white bread
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
4 slices process American cheese
2 slices deli ham (1 ounce each)
1/2 medium tomato, thinly sliced
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons 2% milk
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
1 cup crushed ridged potato chips

Directions

Butter one side of each slice of bread. Spread mustard over the unbuttered side of two slices; layer each with one slice of cheese, ham, tomato, remaining cheese and remaining bread, buttered side up.
In a shallow bowl, whisk the eggs, milk and onion powder. Place potato chips in another bowl. Dip each sandwich into egg mixture, then coat with potato chips.
In a large nonstick skillet or griddle coated with cooking spray, toast sandwiches for 4 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 sandwich equals 476 calories, 26 g fat (13 g saturated fat), 150 mg cholesterol, 1,404 mg sodium, 40 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 21 g protein.

Originally published as Crunchy Ham and Cheese in Cooking for 2 Spring 2006, p31

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