Perfectly grilled sourdough bread, loaded with Guiness-glazed mushrooms, Vidalia onions, bacon, and Dubliner with Irish Stout. A grilled cheese sandwich that puts all other sandwiches to shame!
We’ve gone through a lot of phases around here. The accessories phase. The high pony phase. The too-small clothes phase. The mac & cheese phase. It seems like just when one phase is ending, another one is beginning….and something that seemed completely unimportant the day before is suddenly the ONLY thing that matters!
For the most part, our phases have been harmless. And actually humorous. The one we’re in right now? The dress myself phase! Every morning Nora and I head to her closet, and she proceeds to pick out the most fabulous (crazy looking) outfit I’ve ever seen. One day is crazier than the next. In the past, it might have bothered me….but at this point in the game, I know it won’t last long. So I embrace it! I might even encourage it. After all, she’s developing her own sense of style, right?
One of the strangest phases we ever experienced was the mushroom phase. It was a period in Greta’s life, around the age of 3, where she LOVED mushrooms. She would beg for them when I was cleaning them, chopping them, adding them to recipes. “Greta – what do you like better – cookies or mushrooms??” MUSHROOMS!!!
Well, not surprisingly, that phase didn’t last long. These days, Greta is a normal kid who would take cookies over mushrooms any day. As for me? There’s no question. I would take this Guinness-glazed mushroom, onion, bacon, and Dubliner sandwich EVERY day! Especially since the Dubliner is Irish Stout Dubliner. Double the stout. It’s like a sandwich and a beer in one. But more delicious! For now, Greta can stick with the cookies. I’ll eat her sandwich, too!!!!
Mushroom Bacon Stout Grilled Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 6 ounces button mushrooms halved
- 1/2 Vidalia onion thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 cup Guinness Stout
- 4 slices sourdough bread
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 4 pieces bacon cooked
- 4 slices Dubliner cheese
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat.
- Add mushrooms, sliced onion, garlic, and Guinness; heat, stirring, until all liquid has been absorbed and vegetables become tender and caramelized.
- In a separate skillet, melt 1 Tablespoon butter over medium-low heat.
- Add 2 pieces bread and top with Dubliner cheese and bacon.
- Grill until bread is golden brown; remove from skillet and add 1 Tablespoon butter.
- Add remaining 2 pieces bread and divide mushroom mixture evenly between the two; top with previously grilled bread/cheese/bacon.
- Grill until cheese is fully melted and both pieces of bread are golden brown.
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
Wow! Now this a grilled cheese! It sounds AMAZING, Cathy! I’m loving the mushroom and bacon combo. And the Guinness puts this over the top! Pinned!
Amy @ Serving Pink Lemonade says
This looks incredible! Pinning this right now!
Jess says
This looks amazing – and full of flavor! I guess I’m in this phase too, because I absolutely love mushrooms! So yummy and good 🙂
Heather / girlichef says
This is a sandwich to end all sandwiches! All of the amazinf flavors and ingredients you’ve stuffed between two pieces of bread is making me whimper a little. Want. One. Now.
Kacey @ The Cookie Writer says
My daughter is 3.5 and is LOVING mushrooms. I hope that love stays since they are my favourite, but even without the mushrooms this sandwich would be amazing! Great idea!
Krista @ Joyful Healthy Eats says
haha.. the only phase we’ve had for my little man is which superhero costume do we where. Loving this grilled cheese recipe Cathy, absolutely mouth watering!
Nicole says
This sandwich would definitely win out over cookies with me too! Love. Love. LOVE IT!
Tanya+Schroeder says
Oh the phases, I did and still do love all of them, even if they make me crazy. I do have to say, not one of my kids ever had a mushroom phase! That’s a good one! I have a long ” I love Guinness” phase. I don’t see that ending any time soon. This sandwich truly has everything I love!
Sara Zenner says
What an amazing sandwich! We’ve been through so many phases here at our house, too. We are also going through the “I want to dress myself” phase, but she’s still allowing me to pick out the clothes!
Cate | Chez CateyLou says
YES to everything about this awesome grilled cheese. I am literally drooling!!
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
Oh my gosh – I am so glad it’s not just my kids!! My three-year-old is on the ” don’t give me any salad phase” …. haha! I am sooooo down for one of these sandwiches … mushrooms and all! 🙂
marcie says
This sandwich is insane! I mean that in the best possible way, of course — I love everything in here and the stout just takes it over the top!
Deb@+Cooking+on+the+Front+Burner says
What a great looking sandwich – love all the flavors going on!
Nikki Frank-Hamilton says
This looks so good and I am hungry! I wish I had all the ingredients on hand. I am the only one in my home that loves mushrooms so anytime I get the chance to have them I do! Yum!
Jessica @ Sprinkle Some Sugar says
I can’t EVER imagine my son picking mushrooms over cookies, LOL! That’s really hilarious! Butttt, this grilled cheese. Holy mother of Jesus. I could eat this all day everyday!