Breakfast Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Egg, Spinach & Bacon

This breakfast grilled cheese sandwich is made with an egg, bacon, spinach, and Gouda cheese for a delicious hearty meal.

There's a place not too far from where my girlfriends and I spend our weekend getaway called The Pickled Chef. Oddly, it's located in a strip mall.

The owners run a small farm and serve the most delicious farm to table food. They also sell all kinds of canned pickles, veggies, and other delicious small-batch goodies that they have made.

The main offering is a variety of grilled cheese sandwiches and they are decadent.

I love them so much I had to try and create one myself when I got home.

Making a Breakfast Grilled Cheese Sandwich

This is a breakfast grilled cheese sandwich, though it's good any time of day. I think of it as a weekend late rising breakfast or special occasion breakfast. 

It starts with thick slices of bread. I use a basic Italian bread from the grocery store and cut it myself.

I tend to have a thing for combining spinach in my breakfast recipes. I've used it in a breakfast egg muffin and a quiche recipe. Maybe that's why I added a little sauteed spinach to this one. Or maybe I think adding spinach will balance out the decadence of this sandwich.

I chose Gouda for the cheese. The people at The Pickled Chef use a yummy white cheddar.

Bread, followed by a healthy layer of cheese, spinach, and slices of bacon is the start of the sandwich.

Then it's topped with a fried egg (over easy/medium) and more cheese before adding the top piece of bread.

The key to any good grilled cheese is keeping it covered and on low heat until all the cheese has melted. Often too high heat will result in burning the bread before the cheese is melted through. Using grated cheese helps too.

For me, a nice golden grilled bread is ideal.

The biggest issue with this breakfast grilled cheese is the fact that you need to work quickly and serve it immediately. 

However, I totally think it's worth it.