Diner Turkey Melt

Name: Diner Turkey Melt
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 slices Sourdough bread; 6 slices Thickly sliced roasted turkey breast; 1 lb Bacon; 1.5 cups Pepper jack cheese; 3 tbsp Chipotle mayonnaise

Turkey, muenster, tomato jam, arugula on rye.

Developed and tested by The Neon Griddle test kitchenPublished August 1, 2026Last reviewed August 10, 2026Corrections

Prep: 10m
Cook: 15m
Serves: 2
Level: Easy

Ingredients

2servings

Sourdough bread4 slices
Thickly sliced roasted turkey breast6 slices
Bacon1 lb
Pepper jack cheese1 ½ cups
Chipotle mayonnaise3 tbsp

Instructions

1
Smear both
Smear both interior faces of the sourdough with smoky chipotle mayonnaise.
2
Layer & build
Layer the turkey, crisp bacon, and pepper jack cheese.
3
Butter the bread
Butter the exterior heavily.
4
Griddle & mark
Grill on a flat top over medium-low heat to ensure the heat penetrates the dense turkey stack, melting the cheese before the bread burns.

Cook it safe

165°F / 74°C — All poultry, including ground chicken and turkey.

Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours of cooking — within 1 hour if the room is above 90°F / 32°C.
Reheat leftovers to 165°F / 74°C before serving.
Use a calibrated instant-read thermometer rather than color or cooking time to judge doneness.

Temperatures follow the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service safe minimum internal temperature chart.

Nutrition

Per serving · estimated

Our ingredient-by-ingredient calculation disagrees with this recipe’s recorded calorie figure, so one of the two is wrong. The nutrition panel stays empty until an editor re-tests the recipe.

Nutrition is estimated from the listed ingredients using standard reference values (USDA FoodData Central). 4 of 5 matched ingredients use verified FoodData Central entries (dictionary snapshot 2026-09-11). Brand, portion, and preparation differences can change the result. Frying fat is counted at the share typically absorbed, and brines drained before cooking are excluded. These figures are an estimate for general interest, not medical or dietary advice.

Equipment

Electric griddle / flat-top

A flat-top holds one temperature across the whole surface, so every tortilla and egg in a batch cooks at the same rate.

Also useful here

Instant-read meat thermometer — This recipe has a target internal temperature, and color is not a reliable way to read it.

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