Queijo E Chouriço – Portuguese Style!

A quick and simple fried sandwich recipe for rainy days and bbqs alike

Ingredients

• ? bread – whichever type you prefer, i use white bread, you’ll need 2 slices
• ? about 80g of normal cheddar cheese
• ? 50g of mozzarella
• ? pack of sliced chorizo (you’ll only need 2 or 3 slices)
• ? butter
• ? vegetable oil (may need seasoning with veggie oil if you don’t use garlic oil – season to taste!)
• ? and a decent frying pan
• optional
• ? instead of veggie oil, use garlic infused olive oil for the ultimate portuguese flavour

Instructions

STEP 1:

Before you start: get your pan on the heat, low-medium should do it.

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

1 ? butter one side of each slice of bread heavily

STEP 4:

2 ? pour a little oil into the pan, it’s hot enough when the oil starts bubbling a little – not a lot!

STEP 5:

3 ? place one of the bread slices butter-side down in the pan

STEP 6:

4 ? quickly layer the cheddar onto the bread slice, then the chorizo, and then the mozzarella

STEP 7:

5 ? place the other bread slice on top, butter-side up

STEP 8:

6 ? use a fish slice or a spatula to flip (you’ll need to hold the sandwich carefully though, it’s a bit fiddly d:)

STEP 9:

7 ? let each side fry until golden brown and the cheese has melted

STEP 10:

8 ? serve up! Goes best with a cold drink, some slaw and salted crisps.