Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Charred Chili and Corn

This recipe's backbone is melted oaxaca cheese, but since it's summer, we added fresh summer corn, charred until it begins to smell like popcorn over the heat of a grill. This sandwich gets griddled grilled cheese style and served with chopped onions and cilantro.

Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese

All the flavor of a bacon-wrapped jalapeño popper in a grilled cheese sandwich.

Grilled Cheese With Pepperoni and Pickled Cherry Peppers

Pepperoni, pickled peppers, and melted cheese in a buttery sandwich. What's not to like?

Quadruple Chile Cheeseburgers

A fat patty of grilled beef draped with a melty, oozy slice of pepper jack cheese, topped with roasted green chiles, and a handful of pickled jalapeños, served on a hearty bun with a generous swipe of chipotle mayonnaise. This is the burger that bites back.

Chili Cheese Dog Grilled Cheese

This'll take you right back to the ballpark. Sliced fried hot dogs, chili, and melty American cheese. Not big enough? A double dog'll do ya'!

Grilled Pimento Cheese, Ham, and Homemade Pickles Sandwich

NOTES: I prefer to use piquillo peppers because they are sharper, sweeter, and more flavorful than canned or jarred pimento peppers, but if you prefer pimentos, substitute them here. For best results, use a sturdy loaf of bread, such as...

Pimento-Jalapeño Cheeseburgers

There's something about the way the caviar of the South (as pimento cheese is affectionately known) melts into a rich, oozy coating, its acidity and punch of pimento flavor accenting a thick and juicy grilled burger in a way that regular cheese just can't. Add some pickled jalapeño peppers in there in place of standard pickles and you've got yourself one hell of a fiery backyard treat.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Harissa

A grilled cheese sandwich made with sharp white cheddar cheese is given new life with new flavors when studded with sun-dried tomatoes, and spread with spicy Harissa. And instead of using butter to brown and crisp this sandwich, brush the bread with the olive oil in which the sun-dried tomatoes are packed for an additional hit of tomato essence.

Grilled Jalapeño-Marinated Steak Sandwiches With Charred Onions and Cotija Mayo

Spicy and beefy jalapeño-marinated hanger steak is paired with salty cotija mayo, charred onions, and fresh cilantro, which come together in one incredibly flavorful sandwich.

Cemita Grilled Cheese Sandwich

A grilled cheese inspired by cemitas—the Puebla, Mexico sandwich specialty. Stringy Oaxacan cheese surrounds a spicy, creamy mash of avocado and chipotles in adobo, while a layer of whole papalo leaves add an herbal pop. This sandwich may not have the meat or the classic cemita roll, but it still manages to capture the bold, fiery flavors of the original.