The fact you dipped the sandwich in the soup WITHOUT suggestion brought joy to my American heart. It's all about contrasts singing together in harmony balancing out each other.
Now, if he really wants to take it to the next level he could put ham in that grilled cheese and he'd fit right in with the dairy and pork farmers...trust me, it's awesome...or bacon or if you're a true cheapskate, spam
#1 How many Americans are proud of André? 🙋🏻♀ ....And how many are finding him absolutely entertaining with all his Portuguese items? 😂 Im loving it ...lets see what he does next 😊
@@Jaisee14 he definitely has wiggled his way into our hearts...and he's so funny. I know that I am guaranteed to get a good giggle with every single one of his videos.
Mr H and Friends, the Beesleys, Captain Meck, Recky and Carol. Three of those did a Thanksgiving dinner. There are some others who have done stuff here and there, but I don't remember their names.
There are other content creators out there making American foods... but their content and techniques pale in comparison! Our Andre is truly in a class of his own , and we love him!!
An American secret to the perfect grilled cheese sandwich... the secret is two-fold. The first is buttering the outside of the bread before it goes in the pan. Some also use mayonnaise. The second and most important secret is time and patience. The best grilled cheese is cooked over a medium-low heat for a considerable amount of time on both sides. That is where patience comes in. The best grilled cheese sandwich can not be rushed!
Yup... it's a balance between letting the cheese melt and getting a nice consistent golden toasting on both sides. I like to use a butter spread that has been out long enough to soften up some so it will spread evenly over the bread. Use Medium-low to Medium heat... and flip several times so neither side get too hot. I also use a nice flat non-stick pan and will slide the sandwich around the pan slowly on each side to get a nice even toasting with no hot spots. Time and patience do the rest.
You did great! Here's a little tip from an old American grilled cheese maker: Next time you make a grilled cheese, you might do better in a flat pan, rather than a grill pan with ridges. In a flat pan, the butter contacts the bread and it gets nice and toasty and the butter flavor as well. Cheers to grilled cheese and tomato soup.
I'm 52 years old and I have literally done this since I was a small child. This is my go-to comfort food when I'm feeling down or excellent for a cold winter night. To me this is like a warm hug.
I just melt butter in my skillet and toss, OK, i place the sandwich in the skillet. Then turn it over. And I don't like tomato soup, bur I love basil. And I'm a dipper. I dip a lot things into different stuff.
@@TexasRose50 He didn't even do that Even your method the butter would have been evenly put on the bread if you let it melt first. My son also uses your abomination of a way to make grilled cheese
There it's literally a restaurant in my town that sells grilled cheese with a cup of tomato soup as their main theme. All different kinds of grilled cheese sandwiches and a cup of tomato soup.
An American in France. I made this a week ago. Tomato soup is one of those things that every cook has their own recipe. I come from the American south and we often made fried baloney sandwiches to go with. Mama would make it whenever I was home sick. Unfortunately, baloney doesn't exist in France so I stick with grilled cheese😀 Love your enthusiasm!
@@european-reacts Something you should try that most Americans don't know what it is. A Pit beef sandwich, I live in Maryland and when I lived one state away they never heard of it. It's simply a roast cooked on a wood fire and sliced thin and served on a Keyser roll with onions, BBQ sauce and horseradish.
@@european-reacts Next time you make it instead of using butter spread mayonnaise on the outside of the bread before putting the cheese in the middle. I learned this from a friend of mine and it makes it all the difference. It spreads more easily than butter and helps it to achieve a more even, golden crust since it makes it less likely to burn.
Gentle Portuguese Chef, I'm an American mother from upstate New York. Good first grilled cheese sandwich. Pan frying is best. Glad you dipped the sandwich into the soup. That's exactly how you're to eat it. Nicely done.
#1! Slightly burning a grilled cheese sandwich on one side is practically an American tradition! The pan-grilled one is the best! I suggest always adding the butter before toasting the bread on a grilled cheese sandwich! It changes the quality and taste of the toasted bread. That definitely looks amazing. Now I'm craving grilled cheese and tomato soup! It's actually my favorite meal, 100%. So warm and comfy.
Dipping the grilled cheese into the soup is the whole point of the tomato soup. You have provided me with tons of laughs since you started your cooking video's. I love it! Keep it up.
I am an old lady, and tomato soup and grilled cheese are part of me. I remember taking a nap while feeling a bit sick, and Mom would bring me tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. Those times are still remembered all of these 70+ years later. They were always day brighteners.
What is not to love... If you are in a rush can use a can of tomato soup, make some toast and put two thirds of a slice of cheese in the middle of them and slip it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds.... Ya I know like I said in a rush, but hey still good..... Tho fresh homemade soup and proper pan fried grilled cheese is the best... To kick it up a notch can even use cinnamon french toast rather then normal grilled bread...(edit add) My mom loves it when I use the french toast rather then normal grilled cheese,I tho do enjoy it but she loves it... I will share, trying to get her to share you might lose some fingers JK LOL... But ya she loves it so odds are she wont share...)
Start with room temperature butter so it is easy to spread , make sure you cover every inch of the bread from corner to corner, then grill on low heat in a flat pan, it will be perfectly toasty!
I recently read an article about that, and as I recall, the method was to melt your butter in the pan, and cover the bread with a thin layer of mayo. I can't vouch for this yet, but the next time I make some mayo I plan to try it. Make, because I hate the packaged stuff, but I expect that's what they used for the mayo+butter version in the methods testing. Thought I'd share, since you take the sandwich side seriously, but try it or not as you like.
@@bookman7409you can totally use mayo instead of butter on the outside. It even crisps up nicer. Idk about using it inside. I think it would keep the cheese from sticking to the bread, which it needs to do.
@@bookman7409 I've done it that way - melt the butter in the pan and then use that to get butter on the bread. It works really well. Mayo is good too, I tend to use Hellmann's. Keep in mind that they can burn easier/quicker with the mayo, so keep your eye on it.
I prefer to use mayo instead of butter on my grilled cheese. It takes longer, but I use med-low heat and it crisps up perfectly while keeping the bread soft.
What I really like Andre, you didn't just create a tomato soup. You added the cream, making it a tomato bisque. Which to me is way better as it has more depth of flavor. I am not a fan of a tomato soup. A tomato bisque...I love it. It isn't just tomatoes one tastes. You get the cream, the basil, the onion and it just makes everything better. Then dip in the grilled cheese sandwich and you have a wonderful meal that is overall really good to eat. Especially on a cold winter's day, this is one of those dishes that warms the body and soul. Makes a person feel nostalgic for their childhood. If they are a kid, it makes them develop core memories.
I always add milk or cream when making tomato soup. It is the correct way (even when using canned soup) I only use water if I am too poor to afford milk (it's happened more then once in my life).
As an American, your instinct to dip is spot on. This is proper everyday food for us, and one of my favorites when I'm feeling cold or sick. My recommendation next time is to melt the butter in the pan and put the bread in after, pushing it around to absorb the melted butter instead of struggling to spread cold butter on bread. Melt another slice of butter when you turn the grilled cheese over. Someone recommended using a flat pan, and I agree. That will get it evenly toasty and help it absorb the butter.
Look on your face when you took that first bite of the sandwich after you dipped it was priceless. Aren't you glad you made two sandwiches? LOL and don't worry about having extra soup left over because it's even better the next day.
I'm 66 and have never had home made tomato soup, only Cambells tomato soup from a can. Looks great! on the grilled cheese, melt the butter in the pan and place the bread in it. Pan needs to be smooth and not ribbed. "1"
I'm 65. Only had Campbell's Tomato Soup. Someday I need to make some myself. Mom used to put the butter on the bread. It was too much butter for my taste. I started melting the butter in the pan when I started cooking for myself.
Canned is great. Homemade will show you the face of the gods. It has a texture and richness that can't be matched. I'd recommend a bisque personally which has cream added. A little thicker, richer.
I'm 53 and have only had the condensed tomato soup. I don't add water or milk, I like it thicker and extra tomato-y, lol. I always butter the out side of the bread very well (preferably something much heartier than white bread) and use whatever cheese I have on hand. Sometimes I sprinkle seasoning inside the sandwich before adding the second layer of bread. My go to's are garlic and oregano. Extra flavor and extra nutrients 😊
Brother, you have no idea how much I enjoyed this video. I'm laid up in the house with a hurt foot and ankle. While the snowstorm outside is forecasted to turn into an ice storm, I needed a pick-me-up .This video put a huge smile on my face. It's much appreciated ,thank you.
My grilled cheese technique... Use a flat-bottomed pan (no ridges) big enough to hold both slices of bread. Melt the butter in the pan and add both slices of bread. After a couple of minutes, put the cheese and any other ingredients you want on one slice of bread, then flip the other one so it's on top. Flip the whole sandwich once the cheese is melted enough that it sticks together. That's the best way I've found to get the bread uniformly brown and the cheese melted but not browned.
I do much the same but put a slice of cheese on each slice of bread when the cheese starts to melted I flip one on the other and it is done. By the time you get it out of the pan and to the table the cheese is just right.
Very proud of my country and the fact that some ingredients are different you are willing to try makes me have faith that the world is at least opening up about we Americans have good foods .beautiful 🎉❤
I made this for lunch for my kids every "snow day". They would come in freezing from a morning filled with sledding & snowman making. With red cheeks they would snuggle up to the fire dunking their grilled cheese into their soup. Warmed & with full bellies they would be ready for round 2 of winter fun. Now they are making the same thing for their children. A grandmother's dream!❤ I hope this becomes a favorite you & yours! Andre' we love you too!❤
Mom always had Campbell's Tomato soup on hand. She made it with milk. We would have grilled cheese and tomato soup after playing out in the snow. It's a family tradition. My grandkids also love the combo.
Now this is more America as a whole! Chicken n dumplings may have a heart for some....but grilled cheese and tomato soup is known by all the 50 states and loved!❤
I love that you made this! Most of us Americans usually use the canned tomato soup but the homemade sounds and looks so good! This combo is so comforting on a cold winter day. And it's so easy to make. Thanks Andre!
I like the home made better and I usually make that instead of canned. If you have an instant pot and an immersion blender, it isn't really much more work. I like to add hot sauce to mine, though, for more flavor.
Cheddar is one of the cheeses some people like using for grilled cheese sandwiches. American cheese is the traditional, but Swiss cheese, cheddar, mozzarella, or even asiago cheese all work. Any cheese that melts well. Put butter on the bread first if toasting on a flat skillet. Dipping is a standard method to eat the combo 🙂
Butter on it period I put butter on it even using a sandwitch cooker, unless you doing the gheto version my sister does she makes toast butters it and then micrwaves teh cheese because she doesn't know how to use stove o clean a pan. Its like oh that is just blasphemy. Its like making scrambled eggs in microwave I seen my dad do that its like why though?
@@Zalzany Bleh🤮 My aunt was showing off her cooking prowess one time by nuking her eggs in a "special bowl made for cooking eggs." Not only did the result look gross it smelled like the nastiest fart ever made.
@@raistlarn Two things in this thread: You don't have to put the butter directly on the bread. Put it in the pan and let it melt. The bread absorbs the butter like when you make toast. You actually can microwave eggs just fine, but only scrambled. Crack your eggs in a microwavable bowl and add seasoning. You don't need some special bowl. Then, add some milk, about 1/2 tbsp per egg, maybe less depending on preference and stir. Then you microwave it 30 seconds at a time, stirring it between each interval. It should take only 2-3 times for two eggs. You stop cooking when they're still a little gooey. Trust me, they'll finish cooking after you stir them up. If you like cheese, that's when you add it. The milk makes any scrambled eggs fluffier, so you should use it in general, but it's required when microwaving them.
Yeah was gonna say same thing i was nanny for 7 years and its like watching a child eat it for first time you just on pins and needles as they put 1 and 1 together and realize they can just dip it in the soup, then you wait for their reaction as they bite into it lol.
The last time I had a really good tomato soup was a few months ago. My sister found this awesome recipe that gave it a decent spice. It also went with a grilled cheese recipe that involved mixing up a compound butter which included garlic. Every time she makes it I get excited because I know it'll be great.
You know with that comedic music running in the background, I'm always expecting you to do a comedic cooking show.... And so far you have not failed to please
Well, my friend, I was born and raised in Massachusetts in a small city with a large Portuguese community. I’ve been following your videos for some time now. As a young child in the wintertime in the 1970’s and 80’s mom would send us kids outside and sometimes when we came home for dinner we’d have a melty grilled cheese sandwich with warm tomato soup and it felt so comforting. It warms your belly as your body starts to warm from being outside in the snow and freezing cold.
I'm glad you enjoyed some of our 'weird American food". I hate tomatoes actually, but love tomato soup with grilled cheese. That's just how good it is.
I generally don't butter the bread cause the cold butter can tear the bread, I let the butter melt on the pan and then put the bread down on the melted butter.
That is my method, too. Put enough butter in the pan and it comes out the same or BETTER. My fiance will leave a little bacon fat in the pan, instead of butter, and it makes the grilled cheese smokey from the hickory smoked bacon.
Melt butter in the pan. Add some salt and let it meld with the butter. (Andre skip this step for medical reasons). Toast BOTH sides of the bread before adding cheese. Some people use American cheese or Velveeta for the gooeyness. I use real cheese for the flavor.
I am probably going to have tomato soup and grilled cheese tonight. I eat it all the time. I usually just use the Campbell's tomato soup, but your recipe looked amazing and I actually want to try it. If you ever get to have it in the states, you should try it with American cheese. It just so creamy and gooey. I don't really like American cheese unless it is on grilled cheese or a cheeseburger. That is the only time that processed mess is actually good. Cheddar is what I would use if I was not using American though. #2 looked slightly better because it wasn't burnt. When I make it, I actually melt the butter in the pan and use it to fry the bread. Your doctor may have a stroke if he sees that though lol
If your doctor tells you that using butter to cook food is bad, get a new doctor! The only good fats to cook with are butter or ghee, extra virgin olive oil, beef tallow, coconut oil, and 100% pure avocado oil. Every seed or vegetable oil is bad for you.
You need to let your butter soften so it will spread nicely. Butter both sides of the sandwich before cooking. I always used to put mine in the oven, and flip when the top was nice and brown. Actually I used to dunk tuna fish sandwiches in tomato soup too.
Tomato soup and grilled cheese are considered comfort food because as kids, our mothers made this for us. Mainly during the winter. Especially for those of us who lost our mothers. It brings back he memories. ❤
Glad you didn't edit out your confrontation with the VegaMatic at the start. Young rookies will see this, and know NOT to send off $19.95 plus shipping and handling for one of those. You've provided a valuable service for the young people of the World. (Us old Codgers learned our lesson on these back in the 20th Century)
Everyone saying he did the 1st one right has no clue how to make a real grill cheese sandwich........ Butter 1 side, grill ON FLAT PAN, butter other side, flip, add cheese, and your done. Flat pan, butter and grill both sides. Its that easy. 🤦♂️👍
Grilled cheese and tomato soup is something people have all the time! It’s especially good when the weather is cold, and people usually dip! What I like to do is butter the bread and toast it on one side, flip one piece over, and THEN put the cheese on and set the toasted other piece of bread on top. That way both sides both pieces of bread are toasted and the hot bread helps the cheese melt :)
@0:24. It's easy comfort food, and usually applied to sick individuals due to the warmth and heartiness of the combination being so filling and tasty. Also, generally it is super low effort, and they pair well with each other.. Let's see how you do it... I am very curious...
If I may make a suggestion, add cinnamon to the outside of the sandwich before grilling it. I don’t know how I came up with it, I’ve been doing this since before I can remember, but cinnamon on grilled cheese is heavenly.
I make amazing tomato soup from scratch and the secret is to cook the onions with some butter and oil in a pan until just before they start to turn brown, then add tomatoes and stock. When you cook the onions in the pan first, they become sweet and you won't need to add any sugar.
lol, I had to smile when you tried to use the chopper to chop the onions. You just needed to repeatedly bang (hit) your hand on the plunger rather than just push it down. Banging on it makes the onions jump around and fall out from the blades and then they get chopped up really nice.
Bravo! What's great about grilled cheese sandwiches is that you almost always have the ingredients on hand. Even if the bread is stale, it still works. Buttering and pan frying the sandwich is how most people make it. Grilled ham and cheese, and grilled bacon and cheese are good variations.
I got a lot of joy from this video. I'm real hype you got the dip all on your own, this is a classic combo here and I'm over the moon that you enjoyed it so much.Well done.
I will also add, sometimes, when I have a lot of time, I like to microplane garlic into my butter before spreading on the bread, and make the soup without so much garlic. You can also add tomato paste to the soup to really bump it up, but considering how good your soup looked, you may not need it.
Well I mean he did manage to cook something that even Gordon Ramsey failed to cook (grilled cheese sandwich)… so it would be cool to see them have a grilled cheese cook off.
My husband is American and he loves his Campbells and Progresso soups before he met me. My parents are Hungarian and I didn't really grow up having tomato soup and grilled cheese but I've worked on making my own version and using tomatoes I grow during the summer. My husband prefers my grilled cheese and tomato soups over any canned, frozen, or restaurant versions. If I feel lazy, rushed for time, or if I'm sick, I have a few packets of this Podravka Tomato Cream Soup which I believe is Croatian and it's an acceptable substitute for any time of the year. Also, a technique I learned from my mother is to keep a pot from boiling over, you have a wooden cooking spoon laid over the pot. It helps break down any bubbles and keeps the liquids in the pot. You can let the soup simmer so that the evaporation will thicken the soup as well as concentrate the flavor. As for sugar, it helps balance the acidity and saltiness of the soup. Cheddar is delicious cheese but if you want hard cheeses to melt faster, either buy pre-shredded cheese or buy a block of cheese and use a grater. You can use other cheeses too! Popular ones are provolone, mozzarella, muenster, American, cheddar, and you can do a combination of cheeses too! You did a great job in the kitchen today considering this is your first try! 10/10!
Grilled cheese and tomato soup is a true American classic. ❤️ from 🇺🇸. Wow! You made homemade tomato soup. Mom always made canned Campbell’s tomato soup with milk. I’m truly impressed. Both sandwiches look great! Spectacular! Dipping is mandatory. Well done Chef Andre! I am so happy!
Came across your video totally randomly, and it's so nice to have someone have good experiences with American stuff for a change! We've got a lot to dislike about us, but we've also got some good stuff, and I'm glad you found something you enjoyed!
Many of us in the US do a mug of tomato soup instead of a bowl, you dip the sandwich and once you’ve finished eating the grilled cheese you just drink the last of the tomato soup, very good for cold wintery nights.
Grilled cheese and tomato soup! Yum, what a comfort on a cold day. I'm so proud of you Andre. I hope you are truly enjoying the expansion into American comfort food.
I've always had Campbell's canned tomato soup. You have inspired me to try and make it homemade! Yes, tomato soup and grilled cheese! Dip the sandwich! 😋
Oh my gosh, this made my day! "Portuguese pans and Portuguese basil." I laughed and laughed. Such joy in the whole process! Thank you for this! (And thank goodness you dunked the grilled cheese sandwich. That's how it is properly done.)
@@european-reacts please do it here! Maybe just cook one day a week or something. You might ask people to send you videos of them making one of their favorites, you do a reaction to their video, and then you make your version of the same dish. Like a recipe exchange. Keep cooking.
I make my grilled cheese sandwich just a little differently. I start off with the bread, two slices into a large pan. The pan has melted butter already in there. With a spatula, I push both pieces of bread around the pan so all the butter gets picked up. When the bread is properly grilled, I flip one piece of bread, put the cheese on it and then top it with the other piece of bread, grilled side to the cheese. Another good portion of butter goes into the pan and the sandwich is moved over the butter puddle. More butter is added to the pan. After a few seconds, the whole thing is flipped into the new melted butter. All sides get grilled and the cheese gets melted fast! Nice and buttery AND crunchy!!! Oh yeah, dipping the sandwich in the soup IS mandatory!😊
Don't throw the chopper from China out the window, it works. You just need to keep pressing down on it. You do it repeatedly, in a fast motion and it will chop the onion as fine as you would like it. #1 Also, I don't like tomatoes but I love tomato soup and grilled cheese :-)
Homemade tomato soup is my favorite soup! Yours looks delicious, by the way. I use a hand blender to make it smooth. I prefer a slice of cheddar in my grilled cheese over American cheese. I prefer making my grilled cheese to be quite brown, so I choose the one you made on the cooktop. Great job, Andre! Much love from Indiana, USA ❤️🇺🇸
I like the browner toast on my grill cheese and a little more butter. It needs to taste a little buttery and have a nice crunch when you bite into it. I personally don't usually dunk my grilled cheese. I like a sharp cheddar sliced a little thicker. You are doing a great job. Try chili and cornbread next.
Just found your channel for the first time and I am so delighted by the joy the grilled cheese and tomato soup has brought you! Many people do not make their tomato soup from scratch, but I bet it was even better than the canned stuff because it was homemade. Your dipping instincts served you well too!
Grew up with Campbell's tomato soup. Now I use their tomato bisque and make my grilled cheese with pumpernickel and pepper jack cheese. Perfect cold weather meal.
I still use Campbell's tomato soup, but make it into more of a bisque by using evaporated milk or buttermilk. Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches have become our traditional evening-before-Thanksgiving supper. I get 4-5 kinds of sliced cheese (cheddar, Gouda, pepper jack, Provolone) and make sandwiches to order. Also, I use mayonnaise rather than butter - the flavor is about the same and it's much easier to spread!
13:42 the "my friends" get's me! I thought the whole reason you tried this was BECAUSE you heard American's dip the grilled cheese in the tomato soup - and as another commenter said "the dip is not only LEGAL, but MANDATORY!" It's the ESSENECE of the combo!
That tomato soup will freeze really well. What I do is make a huge cauldron of creamy tomato soup, and then I get a bunch of plastic containers (like for yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, etc.) and I add about 2 cups to each. Let them cool all the way, then put the lids on and stack them in the freezer. You now have lots of soup that just needs thawing. SIDE NOTE: It will help if when you put these in the freezer you first write the date on the outside and "tomato soup" so you don't have to guess.
I am so glad that someone else refers to their giant pot as a cauldron! I always joke about my cauldron of food complete with stacked fist stirring gesture. Hee. Actually, the “cauldron” I use is a big steel canner (on induction cooktop).
Prep in big batches, labelling and freezing. That's how I got through law school - cooking about 15 times a semester, and "microwaving" the rest of the time. (Nothing teaches you to manage your time quite like graduate school.) (Every Saturday was laundry, cooking and massive amounts of reading. Sunday through Friday was also massive amounts of reading. Dense, slow reading.)
Hey keep doing what your doing man. Born and raised in America and even have family in the United States Army and you have my full support man! Love your videos!
Andre, You are making it harder than it should be. :) Butter one slice of bread, put in pan, turn on the heat to low, ADD cheese slices on top of first slice of bread, butter the 2nd slice and just put in on top. DON'T try to do the whole thing at once. You may want increase heat, but not too much. The key is to let cheese melt while the bread is toasting. I usually turn the sandwich several times with a spatula so that heat is applied to both sides evenly. Enjoy!!! Dave USA
That's a bit different than me. I melt half a ton of butter and then add the complete sandwich. I flip it a few times and add a little more butter as needed. I like it a bit moist.
@@encrypter46 Yes, I put butter in the pan to melt first. Then I add my cheese sandwich. I cook one side, flip it, and add more butter to brown the other side.
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The dip is not only LEGAL, but MANDATORY.
Absolutely !!!
We are going to make him Americanized yet.
@@maxdugan211oh he's a goner he's so far gone he's already Americanized and I for one totally accept him
think it's like a unofficial law. eating them seperately could get you a fine
@@gdhaney136 A spoon rap between the running lights if you don't dip.
as soon as you dunked that sandwich you became part of America We love you to bud!!!
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We're all about the dip.
This!
Dipping is not illegal, it's the proper way to eat grilled cheese and tomato soup
Anytime he asks is this illegal in America I get a laugh because he's usually asking about something that's extremely common to do
Ohhh years all about the dipping ❤
And if you don't have tomato soup, ketchup is an acceptable substitute 🤣
@Cvillain626 no!
Lol what? 😂@Cvillain626
The fact you dipped the sandwich in the soup WITHOUT suggestion brought joy to my American heart. It's all about contrasts singing together in harmony balancing out each other.
Now, if he really wants to take it to the next level he could put ham in that grilled cheese and he'd fit right in with the dairy and pork farmers...trust me, it's awesome...or bacon or if you're a true cheapskate, spam
#1 How many Americans are proud of André? 🙋🏻♀ ....And how many are finding him absolutely entertaining with all his Portuguese items? 😂
Im loving it ...lets see what he does next 😊
I LOVE this cooking he’s doing! I bet his wife does too! 😂
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I am *Portuguese* and I am *VERY PROUD of André* .
The Portuguese 🍅 tomatoes 😂😂😂 love it ❤
@@Jaisee14 he definitely has wiggled his way into our hearts...and he's so funny. I know that I am guaranteed to get a good giggle with every single one of his videos.
I was worried it could go completely wrong... till you dunked the sandwich into the soup! Welcome to America, my friend!
A single tear came from my eye when he went for a second dip ❤
RLY, i was like "dip the sandwich. do it" and he did and i am so proud
He was even afraid dunking the sandwich is illegal! I was like "Noooo that's doing it right!"
Tons of European content creators say they want to try making American foods but you're basically the only one I know actually doing it. Go Andre! ✌️
Mr. H and friends!
Mr H and Friends, the Beesleys, Captain Meck, Recky and Carol. Three of those did a Thanksgiving dinner.
There are some others who have done stuff here and there, but I don't remember their names.
No others as entertaining as Andre!!
There are other content creators out there making American foods... but their content and techniques pale in comparison! Our Andre is truly in a class of his own , and we love him!!
The Beesley’s along with Mr. H and Friends also do actually cook/make things to try. Andre is really good too.
I have no idea who this is or why they were recommended to me, but he's wholesome as hell and I'm here for it.
Same!
Yay! You dunked! Truly American! This is my favorite comfort meal.
Almost nothing comes close to grilled cheese and tomato soup 😂
The dunking was perfect.
An American secret to the perfect grilled cheese sandwich... the secret is two-fold. The first is buttering the outside of the bread before it goes in the pan. Some also use mayonnaise.
The second and most important secret is time and patience. The best grilled cheese is cooked over a medium-low heat for a considerable amount of time on both sides. That is where patience comes in. The best grilled cheese sandwich can not be rushed!
Yup... it's a balance between letting the cheese melt and getting a nice consistent golden toasting on both sides. I like to use a butter spread that has been out long enough to soften up some so it will spread evenly over the bread. Use Medium-low to Medium heat... and flip several times so neither side get too hot. I also use a nice flat non-stick pan and will slide the sandwich around the pan slowly on each side to get a nice even toasting with no hot spots. Time and patience do the rest.
This. Low and slow is the way to get melty cheese without burning your bread
I much prefer mayo than butter with grilled sandwiches.
@@sacredbeastzenonI'm the opposite, I've been using mayo lately because it's quick but it definitely tastes better with butter.
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I don't think you're using a quality mayo.
You did great!
Here's a little tip from an old American grilled cheese maker: Next time you make a grilled cheese, you might do better in a flat pan, rather than a grill pan with ridges. In a flat pan, the butter contacts the bread and it gets nice and toasty and the butter flavor as well.
Cheers to grilled cheese and tomato soup.
Was going to comment the same thing.
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Yes!
Yes, to me that pan is more for grilling meat
you want a grill, not a griddle. Yeah the words are confusing as there are both flat and ridged griddles and flat or steel wire grills.
I'm 52 years old and I have literally done this since I was a small child. This is my go-to comfort food when I'm feeling down or excellent for a cold winter night. To me this is like a warm hug.
When you said you didn't know if dunking the grilled cheese was illegal I laughed. The grilled cheese is also a utensil. So happy you enjoyed it!
Perfect. The soup, both sandwiches, and the dip. Well done, brother.
He put pats of butter on the bread it should be SPREAD over the entire piece of bread
I just melt butter in my skillet and toss, OK, i place the sandwich in the skillet. Then turn it over. And I don't like tomato soup, bur I love basil. And I'm a dipper. I dip a lot things into different stuff.
@@TexasRose50 He didn't even do that Even your method the butter would have been evenly put on the bread if you let it melt first. My son also uses your abomination of a way to make grilled cheese
@@harryballsak1123 lol. Whatever works for ya.
It was not perfect. The second sandwich contained no butter. It was just toast with cheese on it.
The only time I eat tomato soup is with a grilled cheese sandwich.
And....the only time I eat a grilled cheese sandwich is with tomato soup. 😀
Truth!
Yep ! ☝️
There it's literally a restaurant in my town that sells grilled cheese with a cup of tomato soup as their main theme. All different kinds of grilled cheese sandwiches and a cup of tomato soup.
@@roaaoife8186 oooh, i wanna go there.
An American in France. I made this a week ago.
Tomato soup is one of those things that every cook has their own recipe. I come from the American south and we often made fried baloney sandwiches to go with. Mama would make it whenever I was home sick. Unfortunately, baloney doesn't exist in France so I stick with grilled cheese😀
Love your enthusiasm!
Bologna or ham 👩🏻🍳🤌🏻
See if you can find mortadella. It's pretty much the same as bologna, but it has more fat.
Been working as a chef for nearly 20 years...these videos are actually pretty refreshing
Amazing 🙏
@@european-reacts Something you should try that most Americans don't know what it is. A Pit beef sandwich, I live in Maryland and when I lived one state away they never heard of it. It's simply a roast cooked on a wood fire and sliced thin and served on a Keyser roll with onions, BBQ sauce and horseradish.
@@european-reacts Next time you make it instead of using butter spread mayonnaise on the outside of the bread before putting the cheese in the middle. I learned this from a friend of mine and it makes it all the difference. It spreads more easily than butter and helps it to achieve a more even, golden crust since it makes it less likely to burn.
Once i discovered using mayo innever went back to butter
@@thomasbutleriii9748 👍
13:31 dipping the grilled cheese in the soup made my heart sing. Now I’m off to make my own. Tempted my tummy with this one
It is a very nice, "hug from the tummy out". Food of the Joys of Life.
You're a full-fledged American when you can show frustration in English. "Give me my onion!" I would totally say that in the kitchen.
I forgot Americans are the only.ones that speak english...
@@TheVisableNoise Thats America. We claim everything
If you're not going off on your equipment or the food, are you really cooking?
Fr 😂@@Alsebra
Gentle Portuguese Chef, I'm an American mother from upstate New York. Good first grilled cheese sandwich. Pan frying is best. Glad you dipped the sandwich into the soup. That's exactly how you're to eat it. Nicely done.
#1!
Slightly burning a grilled cheese sandwich on one side is practically an American tradition! The pan-grilled one is the best!
I suggest always adding the butter before toasting the bread on a grilled cheese sandwich! It changes the quality and taste of the toasted bread.
That definitely looks amazing. Now I'm craving grilled cheese and tomato soup! It's actually my favorite meal, 100%. So warm and comfy.
You are a very entertaining Portuguese Chef, in your Portuguese Kitchen with your Portuguese pan, utensils, and contents;)
Facts!! 😂
Where’s he from?
@@notabot3375 Spain IIRC *wink
Don't forget his patriotic flour 🙂
Portugal, that's just what a Portuguese accent sounds like.
@@notabot3375
Dipping the grilled cheese into the soup is the whole point of the tomato soup. You have provided me with tons of laughs since you started your cooking video's. I love it! Keep it up.
13:25 Dipping the sandwich into the soup isn’t illegal it is the BASICS when eating grilled cheese and tomato soup.
I am an old lady, and tomato soup and grilled cheese are part of me. I remember taking a nap while feeling a bit sick, and Mom would bring me tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. Those times are still remembered all of these 70+ years later. They were always day brighteners.
Simple and yet full of love. When my mother made this for us on cold days it felt like a hug. True comfort food. 🥰
Home from school sick and mom's grilled cheese and tomato soup are absolutely a wonderful memory.
What is not to love... If you are in a rush can use a can of tomato soup, make some toast and put two thirds of a slice of cheese in the middle of them and slip it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds.... Ya I know like I said in a rush, but hey still good..... Tho fresh homemade soup and proper pan fried grilled cheese is the best... To kick it up a notch can even use cinnamon french toast rather then normal grilled bread...(edit add) My mom loves it when I use the french toast rather then normal grilled cheese,I tho do enjoy it but she loves it... I will share, trying to get her to share you might lose some fingers JK LOL... But ya she loves it so odds are she wont share...)
Start with room temperature butter so it is easy to spread , make sure you cover every inch of the bread from corner to corner, then grill on low heat in a flat pan, it will be perfectly toasty!
I recently read an article about that, and as I recall, the method was to melt your butter in the pan, and cover the bread with a thin layer of mayo. I can't vouch for this yet, but the next time I make some mayo I plan to try it. Make, because I hate the packaged stuff, but I expect that's what they used for the mayo+butter version in the methods testing. Thought I'd share, since you take the sandwich side seriously, but try it or not as you like.
@@bookman7409you can totally use mayo instead of butter on the outside. It even crisps up nicer. Idk about using it inside. I think it would keep the cheese from sticking to the bread, which it needs to do.
Or, you can put the cold butter in your hot pan to melt, then put your bread on top. It's not going to cover as completely though.
@@bookman7409 I've done it that way - melt the butter in the pan and then use that to get butter on the bread. It works really well. Mayo is good too, I tend to use Hellmann's. Keep in mind that they can burn easier/quicker with the mayo, so keep your eye on it.
I prefer to use mayo instead of butter on my grilled cheese. It takes longer, but I use med-low heat and it crisps up perfectly while keeping the bread soft.
What I really like Andre, you didn't just create a tomato soup. You added the cream, making it a tomato bisque. Which to me is way better as it has more depth of flavor. I am not a fan of a tomato soup. A tomato bisque...I love it. It isn't just tomatoes one tastes. You get the cream, the basil, the onion and it just makes everything better.
Then dip in the grilled cheese sandwich and you have a wonderful meal that is overall really good to eat. Especially on a cold winter's day, this is one of those dishes that warms the body and soul. Makes a person feel nostalgic for their childhood. If they are a kid, it makes them develop core memories.
I always add milk or cream when making tomato soup. It is the correct way (even when using canned soup) I only use water if I am too poor to afford milk (it's happened more then once in my life).
I was thinking the same thing, he added a level of flavor he wasn't expecting
Yes! AGREE❤
Mom on down to all the siblings - always make with milk not water!
I always use half and half. It makes the soup a little thicker than milk.
As an American, your instinct to dip is spot on. This is proper everyday food for us, and one of my favorites when I'm feeling cold or sick. My recommendation next time is to melt the butter in the pan and put the bread in after, pushing it around to absorb the melted butter instead of struggling to spread cold butter on bread. Melt another slice of butter when you turn the grilled cheese over. Someone recommended using a flat pan, and I agree. That will get it evenly toasty and help it absorb the butter.
Tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich is like a warm hug on a cold day.
It's my husband's favorite comfort food.
Flat bottom pan and soft butter - VERY important. But you still got there!! Good work!
Nah, skip the butter and do mayonnaise. That's true perfection.
@@Just_A_Dude You must be using dollar store margarine, not butter, if that's what you think. 🤮
@@R.Daneel I'd hardly call Kerrygold dollar store margarine.
@@Just_A_Dude I love mayonnaise a little too much, but not with tomato soup and grilled cheese. Butter me up!
@@RealityBoy101mayo is a common butter stand in, doesn’t effect taste in the end result from my experience
Look on your face when you took that first bite of the sandwich after you dipped it was priceless. Aren't you glad you made two sandwiches? LOL and don't worry about having extra soup left over because it's even better the next day.
Grilled cheese and chilli is also a great combo and yes you have to dip
Grilled cheese and tomato soup. My all time favorite
I’m so glad you dipped the sandwich in the soup! You followed your instincts and you were spot on!! Well done!
I'm 66 and have never had home made tomato soup, only Cambells tomato soup from a can. Looks great! on the grilled cheese, melt the butter in the pan and place the bread in it. Pan needs to be smooth and not ribbed. "1"
If you want a good canned tomato soup try Progresso. You do not have to add water and it is much better.
@Gunpaw1958 Even with Campbell's Condensed soup it is amazing. You can't go wrong either way when you pair these.
I'm 65. Only had Campbell's Tomato Soup. Someday I need to make some myself. Mom used to put the butter on the bread. It was too much butter for my taste. I started melting the butter in the pan when I started cooking for myself.
Canned is great. Homemade will show you the face of the gods. It has a texture and richness that can't be matched. I'd recommend a bisque personally which has cream added. A little thicker, richer.
I'm 53 and have only had the condensed tomato soup. I don't add water or milk, I like it thicker and extra tomato-y, lol.
I always butter the out side of the bread very well (preferably something much heartier than white bread) and use whatever cheese I have on hand. Sometimes I sprinkle seasoning inside the sandwich before adding the second layer of bread. My go to's are garlic and oregano. Extra flavor and extra nutrients 😊
Brother, you have no idea how much I enjoyed this video. I'm laid up in the house with a hurt foot and ankle. While the snowstorm outside is forecasted to turn into an ice storm, I needed a pick-me-up .This video put a huge smile on my face. It's much appreciated ,thank you.
#1, the fried on the stove, is more traditional. --Dan
The #2 is what you get in a fancy restaurant lol
My dad would say #1 was dark brown. He would scrape off the dark bits and eat it joyfully.
You know, Andre, I love how proud you are of your Portuguese products. Really heartwarming.
I loved his joke about his olive oil being bigger than Texas' products ... so cute! :)
I love it when people are proud of their country as I am proud of the USA.
My grilled cheese technique... Use a flat-bottomed pan (no ridges) big enough to hold both slices of bread. Melt the butter in the pan and add both slices of bread. After a couple of minutes, put the cheese and any other ingredients you want on one slice of bread, then flip the other one so it's on top. Flip the whole sandwich once the cheese is melted enough that it sticks together.
That's the best way I've found to get the bread uniformly brown and the cheese melted but not browned.
I do much the same but put a slice of cheese on each slice of bread when the cheese starts to melted I flip one on the other and it is done. By the time you get it out of the pan and to the table the cheese is just right.
@@eagle777dh That works fine if it's just sliced cheese. If you add other stuff (e.g., crumbled bacon), it all goes on one side.
I use mayo instead of butter
Very proud of my country and the fact that some ingredients are different you are willing to try makes me have faith that the world is at least opening up about we Americans have good foods .beautiful 🎉❤
I made this for lunch for my kids every "snow day". They would come in freezing from a morning filled with sledding & snowman making. With red cheeks they would snuggle up to the fire dunking their grilled cheese into their soup. Warmed & with full bellies they would be ready for round 2 of winter fun. Now they are making the same thing for their children. A grandmother's dream!❤ I hope this becomes a favorite you & yours! Andre' we love you too!❤
Mom always had Campbell's Tomato soup on hand. She made it with milk. We would have grilled cheese and tomato soup after playing out in the snow. It's a family tradition. My grandkids also love the combo.
Same here, but no fire.
@JILL0704USA absolutely with milk makes it creamy.
Now this is more America as a whole! Chicken n dumplings may have a heart for some....but grilled cheese and tomato soup is known by all the 50 states and loved!❤
It's funny, but I have never had this combo and only found out it was a thing in my 50s!!
I’m not sure it actually is lol, I’m from California and this video is the first time I’ve ever heard of doing this. Does seem good though.
@@TalussAthner Grew up in Nevada, never heard of it until I moved to Washington. Not sure how we missed out!
I love that you made this! Most of us Americans usually use the canned tomato soup but the homemade sounds and looks so good! This combo is so comforting on a cold winter day. And it's so easy to make. Thanks Andre!
I like the home made better and I usually make that instead of canned. If you have an instant pot and an immersion blender, it isn't really much more work. I like to add hot sauce to mine, though, for more flavor.
I'm proud of you for being daring enough to dip regardless of if it was what Americans do with it. Enjoy the adventure of food!! 😁
Cheddar is one of the cheeses some people like using for grilled cheese sandwiches.
American cheese is the traditional, but Swiss cheese, cheddar, mozzarella, or even asiago cheese all work. Any cheese that melts well.
Put butter on the bread first if toasting on a flat skillet.
Dipping is a standard method to eat the combo 🙂
Butter on it period I put butter on it even using a sandwitch cooker, unless you doing the gheto version my sister does she makes toast butters it and then micrwaves teh cheese because she doesn't know how to use stove o clean a pan. Its like oh that is just blasphemy. Its like making scrambled eggs in microwave I seen my dad do that its like why though?
Gouda + American. 😛
And not the craft singles but deli American cheese.
@@Zalzany Bleh🤮 My aunt was showing off her cooking prowess one time by nuking her eggs in a "special bowl made for cooking eggs." Not only did the result look gross it smelled like the nastiest fart ever made.
@@raistlarn Two things in this thread:
You don't have to put the butter directly on the bread. Put it in the pan and let it melt. The bread absorbs the butter like when you make toast.
You actually can microwave eggs just fine, but only scrambled. Crack your eggs in a microwavable bowl and add seasoning. You don't need some special bowl. Then, add some milk, about 1/2 tbsp per egg, maybe less depending on preference and stir. Then you microwave it 30 seconds at a time, stirring it between each interval. It should take only 2-3 times for two eggs. You stop cooking when they're still a little gooey. Trust me, they'll finish cooking after you stir them up. If you like cheese, that's when you add it. The milk makes any scrambled eggs fluffier, so you should use it in general, but it's required when microwaving them.
Every American kid has this , I think. It's great fun to see you try this familiar food! I send my love to your family from Washington state.
Hello fellow Washingtonian! 😁
Yeah was gonna say same thing i was nanny for 7 years and its like watching a child eat it for first time you just on pins and needles as they put 1 and 1 together and realize they can just dip it in the soup, then you wait for their reaction as they bite into it lol.
Many times in cooking,, The reason they mix butter & olive oil is because the olive oil keeps the butter from burning.
The last time I had a really good tomato soup was a few months ago. My sister found this awesome recipe that gave it a decent spice. It also went with a grilled cheese recipe that involved mixing up a compound butter which included garlic. Every time she makes it I get excited because I know it'll be great.
You are killing it on the American recipes Andre!! You are my honorary American cousin for sure!! U can cook and entertain like no other!! ❤️🇺🇸
@lisainthecold4287 I try foreign recipes alot. Grew up eating curry from a recipe my aunt's step sister from Pakistan gave us.
You know with that comedic music running in the background, I'm always expecting you to do a comedic cooking show.... And so far you have not failed to please
I think the music is really working with everything being a new adventure :)
I used to watch The Galloping Gourmet. He was fun.
Well, my friend, I was born and raised in Massachusetts in a small city with a large Portuguese community. I’ve been following your videos for some time now. As a young child in the wintertime in the 1970’s and 80’s mom would send us kids outside and sometimes when we came home for dinner we’d have a melty grilled cheese sandwich with warm tomato soup and it felt so comforting. It warms your belly as your body starts to warm from being outside in the snow and freezing cold.
Hi Fall River!
I was going to guess Acushnet.
I was thinking New Bedford!
I'm glad you enjoyed some of our 'weird American food". I hate tomatoes actually, but love tomato soup with grilled cheese. That's just how good it is.
You are a wonderful cook!!! Good job! And yes dipping the sandwich is 100% American!❤
I generally don't butter the bread cause the cold butter can tear the bread, I let the butter melt on the pan and then put the bread down on the melted butter.
If you're using sticks of butter and its too cold to be spreadable, use a fine cheese grater.
That is my method, too. Put enough butter in the pan and it comes out the same or BETTER. My fiance will leave a little bacon fat in the pan, instead of butter, and it makes the grilled cheese smokey from the hickory smoked bacon.
Room temp butter. I always keep a little bit in a dish with a bowl over the top of it.
Melt butter in the pan. Add some salt and let it meld with the butter. (Andre skip this step for medical reasons).
Toast BOTH sides of the bread before adding cheese.
Some people use American cheese or Velveeta for the gooeyness. I use real cheese for the flavor.
Butter doesn't need to be refrigerated all the time. I keep unopened sticks in the fridge and a stick in a covered dish on the counter
I am probably going to have tomato soup and grilled cheese tonight. I eat it all the time. I usually just use the Campbell's tomato soup, but your recipe looked amazing and I actually want to try it.
If you ever get to have it in the states, you should try it with American cheese. It just so creamy and gooey. I don't really like American cheese unless it is on grilled cheese or a cheeseburger. That is the only time that processed mess is actually good. Cheddar is what I would use if I was not using American though.
#2 looked slightly better because it wasn't burnt. When I make it, I actually melt the butter in the pan and use it to fry the bread. Your doctor may have a stroke if he sees that though lol
Campbells tomato soup is the absolute best!!
Lookin’ Good !!!
If your doctor tells you that using butter to cook food is bad, get a new doctor! The only good fats to cook with are butter or ghee, extra virgin olive oil, beef tallow, coconut oil, and 100% pure avocado oil.
Every seed or vegetable oil is bad for you.
You need to let your butter soften so it will spread nicely. Butter both sides of the sandwich before cooking. I always used to put mine in the oven, and flip when the top was nice and brown. Actually I used to dunk tuna fish sandwiches in tomato soup too.
PLEASE PUT THESE COOKING VIDEOS IN A PLAYLIST! 😂
OMG I just keep watching over and over. It’s hilarious! Love watching your enthusiasm!
Dipping is the only CORRECT way to eat a grilled cheese with tomato soup.
I love how you call us your friends, it makes for such an intimate and fun vibe! Thanks for these awesome cooking videos, my friend
Tomato soup and grilled cheese are considered comfort food because as kids, our mothers made this for us. Mainly during the winter. Especially for those of us who lost our mothers. It brings back he memories. ❤
We were poor so tomato soup and grilled cheese was cheap. I still love it now!
Well done
Glad you didn't edit out your confrontation with the VegaMatic at the start. Young rookies will see this, and know NOT to send off $19.95 plus shipping and handling for one of those. You've provided a valuable service for the young people of the World. (Us old Codgers learned our lesson on these back in the 20th Century)
Everyone saying he did the 1st one right has no clue how to make a real grill cheese sandwich........ Butter 1 side, grill ON FLAT PAN, butter other side, flip, add cheese, and your done. Flat pan, butter and grill both sides. Its that easy. 🤦♂️👍
Grilled cheese and tomato soup is something people have all the time! It’s especially good when the weather is cold, and people usually dip!
What I like to do is butter the bread and toast it on one side, flip one piece over, and THEN put the cheese on and set the toasted other piece of bread on top. That way both sides both pieces of bread are toasted and the hot bread helps the cheese melt :)
Andre my friend, I'm loving this cooking series!
@0:24. It's easy comfort food, and usually applied to sick individuals due to the warmth and heartiness of the combination being so filling and tasty. Also, generally it is super low effort, and they pair well with each other.. Let's see how you do it... I am very curious...
It's also fairly easy on the stomach, generally. Easy to digest nutrients and a yummy flavor profile (pizza)
If I may make a suggestion, add cinnamon to the outside of the sandwich before grilling it. I don’t know how I came up with it, I’ve been doing this since before I can remember, but cinnamon on grilled cheese is heavenly.
I make amazing tomato soup from scratch and the secret is to cook the onions with some butter and oil in a pan until just before they start to turn brown, then add tomatoes and stock. When you cook the onions in the pan first, they become sweet and you won't need to add any sugar.
lol, I had to smile when you tried to use the chopper to chop the onions. You just needed to repeatedly bang (hit) your hand on the plunger rather than just push it down. Banging on it makes the onions jump around and fall out from the blades and then they get chopped up really nice.
If you can get him sold on the Slap-Chop™ Then next up should be the ShamWow.
It's a great way to work frustration out lol, very satisfying to let out any pent up anger.
Bravo! What's great about grilled cheese sandwiches is that you almost always have the ingredients on hand. Even if the bread is stale, it still works. Buttering and pan frying the sandwich is how most people make it. Grilled ham and cheese, and grilled bacon and cheese are good variations.
I got a lot of joy from this video. I'm real hype you got the dip all on your own, this is a classic combo here and I'm over the moon that you enjoyed it so much.Well done.
I will also add, sometimes, when I have a lot of time, I like to microplane garlic into my butter before spreading on the bread, and make the soup without so much garlic. You can also add tomato paste to the soup to really bump it up, but considering how good your soup looked, you may not need it.
Grilled cheese dipped in tomato soup is a big warm hug from America! 😊
😂12:00 number one
12:52 yup that's the setup.
I'm telling you someone in America give him a TV show..instant hit 😊😊
Andre is the new "Galloping Gourmet" (Graham Kerr)
Imagine 😂
I want to see Cowboy Kent invite him out and cook with him! Andre would have an amazing time!
I agree!!! so entertaining. and I love that he doesn't measure the salt and pepper..he seasons to taste..and he is funny too
Well I mean he did manage to cook something that even Gordon Ramsey failed to cook (grilled cheese sandwich)… so it would be cool to see them have a grilled cheese cook off.
My husband is American and he loves his Campbells and Progresso soups before he met me. My parents are Hungarian and I didn't really grow up having tomato soup and grilled cheese but I've worked on making my own version and using tomatoes I grow during the summer. My husband prefers my grilled cheese and tomato soups over any canned, frozen, or restaurant versions. If I feel lazy, rushed for time, or if I'm sick, I have a few packets of this Podravka Tomato Cream Soup which I believe is Croatian and it's an acceptable substitute for any time of the year.
Also, a technique I learned from my mother is to keep a pot from boiling over, you have a wooden cooking spoon laid over the pot. It helps break down any bubbles and keeps the liquids in the pot. You can let the soup simmer so that the evaporation will thicken the soup as well as concentrate the flavor. As for sugar, it helps balance the acidity and saltiness of the soup. Cheddar is delicious cheese but if you want hard cheeses to melt faster, either buy pre-shredded cheese or buy a block of cheese and use a grater. You can use other cheeses too! Popular ones are provolone, mozzarella, muenster, American, cheddar, and you can do a combination of cheeses too!
You did a great job in the kitchen today considering this is your first try! 10/10!
Grilled cheese and tomato soup is a true American classic. ❤️ from 🇺🇸. Wow! You made homemade tomato soup. Mom always made canned Campbell’s tomato soup with milk. I’m truly impressed. Both sandwiches look great! Spectacular! Dipping is mandatory. Well done Chef Andre! I am so happy!
Came across your video totally randomly, and it's so nice to have someone have good experiences with American stuff for a change! We've got a lot to dislike about us, but we've also got some good stuff, and I'm glad you found something you enjoyed!
Many of us in the US do a mug of tomato soup instead of a bowl, you dip the sandwich and once you’ve finished eating the grilled cheese you just drink the last of the tomato soup, very good for cold wintery nights.
Grilled cheese and tomato soup! Yum, what a comfort on a cold day. I'm so proud of you Andre. I hope you are truly enjoying the expansion into American comfort food.
I've always had Campbell's canned tomato soup. You have inspired me to try and make it homemade!
Yes, tomato soup and grilled cheese! Dip the sandwich! 😋
I was impressed he made the soup from scratch. Always used Campbell's Condensed (so you could make plain with water, or creamy with milk added).
@revgurley yes, I think I'm going to try and make it homemade myself. Perfect for these chilly days!
I loved that once you dipped you couldnt stop! The combo was that good and your delight was evident!
Number 1, with the browned butter 12:20
Definitely #1. Crispy grilled cheese is mandatory
They're both done wrong... Butter both sides, grill both sides, flat pan so the bread absorbs the butter. That easy.
You did great. I'm sure that most people open a can of soup. You went above and beyond!
Oh my gosh, this made my day! "Portuguese pans and Portuguese basil." I laughed and laughed. Such joy in the whole process! Thank you for this! (And thank goodness you dunked the grilled cheese sandwich. That's how it is properly done.)
Appreciate you my friend. Very wholesome and great to see you enjoy your cooking, great job too I have no complaints you nailed it.
These have been all turning out so well, you should just make a cooking channel where you make things for the first time.
I was just telling my husband this very same thing last night. I think Andre could do very well with a cooking channel.
But why not here? I have you guys.
Keep doing what you're doing Andre. We love it.@@european-reacts
@@european-reacts please do it here! Maybe just cook one day a week or something.
You might ask people to send you videos of them making one of their favorites, you do a reaction to their video, and then you make your version of the same dish. Like a recipe exchange. Keep cooking.
I make my grilled cheese sandwich just a little differently. I start off with the bread, two slices into a large pan. The pan has melted butter already in there. With a spatula, I push both pieces of bread around the pan so all the butter gets picked up. When the bread is properly grilled, I flip one piece of bread, put the cheese on it and then top it with the other piece of bread, grilled side to the cheese. Another good portion of butter goes into the pan and the sandwich is moved over the butter puddle. More butter is added to the pan. After a few seconds, the whole thing is flipped into the new melted butter.
All sides get grilled and the cheese gets melted fast! Nice and buttery AND crunchy!!! Oh yeah, dipping the sandwich in the soup IS mandatory!😊
Yeah I toast both sides as well
Don't throw the chopper from China out the window, it works. You just need to keep pressing down on it. You do it repeatedly, in a fast motion and it will chop the onion as fine as you would like it. #1 Also, I don't like tomatoes but I love tomato soup and grilled cheese :-)
Take your aggression out on it. It will work
Yes, you just pound on it rapidly. Ours is The Pampered Chef branded, but it looks the same
Yep best way to think of it is that you are slapping it like a hand drum, rather than trying to press a button.
I love the instinctual dip of grilled cheese into the soup. That is the best way to eat it. You bring a lot of joy to me. Thank you. 😊
Tomato soup goes well with some many sandwiches or alone with small soup crackers. Great comfort food
Homemade tomato soup is my favorite soup! Yours looks delicious, by the way. I use a hand blender to make it smooth. I prefer a slice of cheddar in my grilled cheese over American cheese. I prefer making my grilled cheese to be quite brown, so I choose the one you made on the cooktop. Great job, Andre! Much love from Indiana, USA ❤️🇺🇸
I like the browner toast on my grill cheese and a little more butter. It needs to taste a little buttery and have a nice crunch when you bite into it. I personally don't usually dunk my grilled cheese. I like a sharp cheddar sliced a little thicker. You are doing a great job. Try chili and cornbread next.
“Everything is bigger in Portugal “ .. “oh no is this pan not big enough?” lol 4:53
Just found your channel for the first time and I am so delighted by the joy the grilled cheese and tomato soup has brought you! Many people do not make their tomato soup from scratch, but I bet it was even better than the canned stuff because it was homemade. Your dipping instincts served you well too!
Grew up with Campbell's tomato soup.
Now I use their tomato bisque and make my grilled cheese with pumpernickel and pepper jack cheese. Perfect cold weather meal.
Yes pumpernickel!!!❤
Sounds good!
I still use Campbell's tomato soup, but make it into more of a bisque by using evaporated milk or buttermilk. Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches have become our traditional evening-before-Thanksgiving supper. I get 4-5 kinds of sliced cheese (cheddar, Gouda, pepper jack, Provolone) and make sandwiches to order. Also, I use mayonnaise rather than butter - the flavor is about the same and it's much easier to spread!
@gloriacardona6267 I need to try the mayonnaise, bus driver suggested that too.
Thanks!
13:42 the "my friends" get's me! I thought the whole reason you tried this was BECAUSE you heard American's dip the grilled cheese in the tomato soup - and as another commenter said "the dip is not only LEGAL, but MANDATORY!" It's the ESSENECE of the combo!
That tomato soup will freeze really well. What I do is make a huge cauldron of creamy tomato soup, and then I get a bunch of plastic containers (like for yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, etc.) and I add about 2 cups to each. Let them cool all the way, then put the lids on and stack them in the freezer. You now have lots of soup that just needs thawing. SIDE NOTE: It will help if when you put these in the freezer you first write the date on the outside and "tomato soup" so you don't have to guess.
I am so glad that someone else refers to their giant pot as a cauldron! I always joke about my cauldron of food complete with stacked fist stirring gesture. Hee. Actually, the “cauldron” I use is a big steel canner (on induction cooktop).
Prep in big batches, labelling and freezing. That's how I got through law school - cooking about 15 times a semester, and "microwaving" the rest of the time. (Nothing teaches you to manage your time quite like graduate school.)
(Every Saturday was laundry, cooking and massive amounts of reading. Sunday through Friday was also massive amounts of reading. Dense, slow reading.)
Hey keep doing what your doing man. Born and raised in America and even have family in the United States Army and you have my full support man! Love your videos!
I love how excited Andre is to taste his creations! Definitely more of this!🎉
Andre, your cooking skills are top notch! How can this be your first time making American recipes, that soup you made from scratch looked amazing!
Andre, You are making it harder than it should be. :) Butter one slice of bread, put in pan, turn on the heat to low, ADD cheese slices on top of first slice of bread, butter the 2nd slice and just put in on top. DON'T try to do the whole thing at once. You may want increase heat, but not too much. The key is to let cheese melt while the bread is toasting. I usually turn the sandwich several times with a spatula so that heat is applied to both sides evenly. Enjoy!!! Dave USA
That's a bit different than me. I melt half a ton of butter and then add the complete sandwich. I flip it a few times and add a little more butter as needed. I like it a bit moist.
@@encrypter46 Yes, I put butter in the pan to melt first. Then I add my cheese sandwich. I cook one side, flip it, and add more butter to brown the other side.
Merry Christmas my friend. Honestly just jumped in the comments to compliment the apron buddy as an American it is approved
a diagonal cut and dip into soup is the proper etiquette for enjoying this comfort food on a cold day.