Grilled Cheese

Quick Reference

Holding Time	Ingredients
Prepared to Order	½ ounce liquid margarine (¼ ounce on each side) 2 slices American cheese

☆ Q.A Standard: Toast should be evenly grilled and golden brown. Sandwich should be neatly assembled.

Tools Needed

• 24-ounce squeeze bottle
• Solid yellow spatula

Work Safe

• Wash hands before starting to work and after handling anything that is not food related to prevent contamination and health hazards
• Always wear single use gloves when preparing or handling ready to eat food. There should be no bare hand contact with ready to eat food.
• To cut a sandwich in half if requested, place biscuit splitter on top of sandwich and place free hand on top of the blade to hold the toast
  • Do not hold toast from side while cutting
• Wash, rinse, and sanitize all utensils and surfaces that touch food every four hours or anytime they become contaminated

Preparing and Assembly

• Always wear single use gloves when preparing or handling ready to eat food
• Grilled cheese sandwiches are prepared as ordered
• Scrape a section of the grill
  • Ensure there is no grease or build-up
• Take 2 slices of toast, and squeeze ¼ ounce of liquid margarine on the grill for each slice of toast
• Place the buttered side of the toast down on the grill and move side to side
• Set the 3-minute (Ham) timer
  • Disregard the duty timer that will sound after 1 ½ minutes
• Place one slice of American cheese on top of each half
• When the timer sounds after 3 minutes, place the two halves together and press down lightly with the solid yellow spatula

Wrapping

• Wrap the grilled cheese sandwich in foil wrap following the “Square” wrapping procedures
• See Sandwich Wrapping for more
• Use a sharpie marker to mark the sandwich “G”