Chopped Cheese Recipe

Learn how to make a Bodega-style chopped cheese sandwich recipe at home in less than 10 minutes. It's so easy to customize. Watch how I make this in my kitchen in the video below!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 10

Total Time 11

Servings servings

Calories 356kcal

Author Arman Liew

Ingredients

4 hoagie buns hot dog buns work
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon butter
1 small onion thinly sliced
1 1/4 pounds ground beef lean or standard
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
8 slices American cheese
1 cup lettuce chopped
1 large tomato thinly sliced

Instructions

Halve the buns and lightly toast them lightly. Spread one side with mayonnaise.
In a non-stick pan, add the butter. Once melted, add the onion and cook until fragrant. Push to one side.
Add the ground beef and do not break apart. Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Sear for 4 minutes, flip, and cook for a further 2 minutes.
Slowly break apart the beef then fold through the onions. Once there is no more pink in the center, divide the portion of beef into four equal sized portions.
Add 2 slices of the American cheese over each portion and cook for 2 minutes, until gooey and melted. Use a spatula to "chop" the cheese into the meat mixture.
Transfer each portion into the hoagie buns, add shredded iceberg lettuce and sliced tomatoes.

Video

Notes

TO STORE. Place leftover cooked beef in an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 5 days.

TO FREEZE. Place the filling in an airtight container or ziplock bag and store in the freezer for up to two months.

Recipe variations

Use other bread, including a baguette, crisped-up hot dog buns, or sub rolls.

Switch out the beef for ground turkey, ground chicken, or ground pork.

Use hamburger patties instead of making the ground beef mixture from scratch.

Other cheese options include mozzarella cheese, Pepper Jack, and provolone.

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