First things first: This looked like it might be pretty interesting. It also looked like a gigantic pain in the ass to make. So, I put this one off until the second round of recipe making.
A caveat before we get started: Making the sandwiches in the way described is a fucking mess, which made taking pictures problematic. I would recommend either just egging/dipping the individual slices of bread and then putting them on the skillet to assemble the sandwiches, or wearing food grade gloves if you’re going to dip the whole sandwich.
Here’s what you’ll need:
8 Slices Bread
Butter, softened
4 Slices Boiled Ham
4 Slices American Cheese
1 Tomato, thinly sliced
2 Eggs, slightly beaten
2 Tbsp. Milk
Dash Onion Salt
1 ¼ Cups Potato Chips, crushed
Spread each slice of bread on one side with butter. Top four slices with ham, cheeses and tomato slices, and cover with remaining slices of bread.
Combine eggs, milk and onion salt. Dip one side of sandwiches in egg mixture, then in crushed potato chips, patting chips to secure them to the bread. Turn sandwiches over to repeat.
Brown on both sides in a buttered skillet until crisp.
This is a good sandwich, but honestly not as spectacular as I had imagined. For the amount of work that goes into it, I’d prefer to skip the whole egg wash and chip thing and just grill the ham and cheese sandwich normally.
Looks appetizing! But I would never attempt to make it.
Foods that call for a potato chip, Frito, Cheeto, Rice Krispy style topping (with butter) – well – always tasty, hmmm?
Encrusting a sandwich in potato chip shards is…genius!
Don’t we all remember sitting at our little grade school cafeteria tables and layering potato chips into our tuna fish sandwiches? All is well, at first, but by the last bite or two the potato chips have become this limp chewy mess, very unappealing. But what if you made a potato-chip-encrusted tuna melt? I will have to try this.
For all the diners I’ve visited over my lifetime, most traditional, some with (usually undesirable) “modern takes on old classics,” I’ve never seen a potato-chip-encrusted tuna melt.
You could sell it and make a million dollars.
Here’s my inspiration — instead of bread, use those hash brown patties. Fry one side, then put the ham and cheese inside the cooked sides, then finish cooking the outsides.
Before I started to care whether I lived or died, I used to put potato chips on my sandwiches all the time.
Obviously, we can see where I land on that equation.
Almost feels like someone wanted to make a Monte Cristo sandwich but make it extra savory. I agree with you – I am sure I’d order this in a diner and enjoy it, but for at home I’d just grill a ham and cheese and eat some chips on the side.