Grilled Cheese & Tomato Bisque

Name: Grilled Cheese & Tomato Bisque
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tsp Kosher salt; 0.5 tsp Cracked black pepper; 2 tbsp Neutral oil

Aged cheddar-Gruyère grilled cheese with creamy tomato soup.

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

Prep: 10m
Cook: 15m
Serves: 6
Level: Medium

Ingredients

6servings

Kosher salt1 tsp
Cracked black pepper½ tsp
Neutral oil2 tbsp

Instructions

1
Simmer down
Simmer the crushed tomatoes, garlic, and broth; blend until completely smooth to destroy the cellulose structure, then stir in heavy cream off the heat to prevent breaking.
2
Griddle & mark
Instructions (Sandwich): Prepare a heavily buttered, crispy grilled cheese using highly meltable american and cheddar.
3
Serve for dipping
Serve the rigid sandwich adjacent to the hot, viscous soup for dipping.

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.

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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.

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