Who am I to tell you how to make a dang sandwich?
I don’t know how much mayonnaise you like to spread on your bread. ย I don’t know how spicy you like your mustard. ย I don’t know how cheesy you like your situation. ย I can’t know how tall you like to stack your ham.
I don’t want to get into your sandwich making business. ย It’s a personal thing. ย I know.
But! ย May I just offer you two humble suggestions?
Pickles and Potato Chips. ย Inside.
You knew this was bound to happen.
Typical animal. ย Always after the good stuff with his smelling nose.
Grilled ham and cheese is easy . ย I don’t have to convince you that it’s a simple and delicious sandwich. ย Adding pickles and potato chips is a salty, crunchy stroke of genius. ย Enjoy warm, just after grilling, with a hearty handful of potato chips.
Grilled Ham Cheese Pickle and Potato Chip Sandwich
You’ll need:
2 slices of sandwich bread
Dijon mustard
cheddar cheese sliced thin
about 5 thinly sliced pieces of ham
sliced dill pickles
a handful of salted potato chips
1 tablespoon of butter for grilling
What you’ll do:
Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat.
Spread mustard over both sides of bread. ย Top with cheese, ham, pickles, potato chips, and more cheese.
Smash sandwich breads together. ย Grill in melted butter on both sides until golden brown and the cheese is melted.
Slice in half. ย Serve immediately before the chips get soggy.
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Just made this. Yum! I didn’t use the mustard, and switched cheddar for mozzarella, and it tasted amazing! Thank you for posting this!
I made this minus the dijon cause we were out( so frustrating, we always have it!) and with sliced turkey( tastes just like turkey). Really good- will repeat with dijon!
Forget the butter….try useing bacon drippings.
I have always thrown potato chips and pickles on my sandwiches (all of them, even peanut butter… don’t knock it)! Thanks for bringing it to the wonderful wide web!
As a child I favored peanut butter, jelly, and potato chip sandwiches. Thanks for the reminder to try it again.
as a kid and adult, fried bologna and potato chips. plain. While in school the sandwich would be cold by lunch, didn’t matter to me, my chips went on there anyway. Washed it down with chocolate milk from my thermos, nothing better.
I don’t know why I torture myself by looking at non-GF blogs since going GF. I used to do this all the time as a kid – chips in sandwiches. Best thing ever. Btw, in the second picture, did you place those chips in a heart shape…!? Because it sure looks heart-shapey to me! <3
I just had dinner and now I want a sandwich! You seem like such a dear person…love all your posts!
Great stuff! There is a lady who owns a small hole in the wall restaurant here and she does a fish sandwich with the fried haddock of traditional Friday night fish fry fame, slaw, and french fries right in the sandwich. She uses sort of a fat soft hoagie roll. It’s awesome!
Oh My! I blogged about this too recently in a fit of nostalgia!
Have you tried using horseradish+mayo instead of mustard and the crinkle onion and cheese chips? It’s one of my tricks of the crisp sandwich… shhhh.
That sandwhich looks completely perfect.
Yum! Is there anything better than crisps on a sandwich.
Oh my…you’ve made me want one of these! I’m a fan of both potato crisp sandwiches, and chip butties (hot chips) as well as chips in burgers, but can say I’ve never toasted one!
I put chips on my burgers when I make th em at home….sooo yummy.
I am so making a midnight grocery run to get the ingredients to make this! This is the ultimate middle-of-the-night snackage :)
they say that chips are the fat man’s lettuce.
Omg, I love you for posting this. I’ve got a virus at the moment and would absolutley love to devour one (or two) or these.
You are a woman after my own heart…you are killing me, but in a good way :)
This looks like a little bit like a cubano sandwich… Americanized!
This is simple genius – I love the idea of putting potato chips ON the sandwich! Will have to try that.
Oh my, there is so much awesomeness wrapped up into that sandwich! I can’t wait to try this!
Be still my chip loving heart! There’s a cafe in my hometown that mixes potato chips up with their chicken salad. Swoon…
That sandwich looks mighty tasty! I’m going to have to try this — soon!!!
Your cat is adorable, by the way :)
We must have the same sandwich tastes. I adore ham and cheese with pickles and potato chips INSIDE. In fact potato chips makes many sandwiches better, especially if they are kettle cooked.
I think I know what I’m eating for dinner. My bf would not approve but I will certainly enjoy this. Now all I need to do is go out and pick up some potato chips.
I LOVE chips on sandwiches. A grilled sandwich?! I might have died and gone to heaven.
This looks SO yummy! We always put potato chips on our tuna fish and also on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches when we were younger. So delicious! And I <3 Jules. And you, too, of course!
Looks delicious. Reminds me of Primanti Brothers in Pittsburgh-coleslaw and french fries in the sandwich.
Primanti Brothers is the best hangover preventative on a late Saturday night! Cheers!
I LOVE this! My dad always put chips on his sandwiches when I was a little girl. Thanks for the reminder…
DUDE! YESSSS! I have pretty much followed 2 philosophies in my life, a) always go for the Cherry Coke, b) CHIPS definitely go ON sandwiches! AWESOME I really like this post.
Hi Joy. My boys would love this. I might make it for them as a special treat this weekend (and one for me too of course…)
i like my situation extra cheesy! I just had an extra cheesy grilled cheese tonight and it was magnificent. If only I had those potato chips and pickles to add…
Reminiscent of a Cuban sandwich, no? Love it, my Cuban husband will love it, and we’ll thank you in the end. Yum!
I can’t get behind the ham and pickles, but potato chips in a grilled cheese sounds amazing!
YUM!
Love potato chips in a sandwich – such a good idea!
Doritos. The original cheesy stuff. In my ham and cheese sammie. Best Combo. Ever.
Wow! This pregnant girl just found something she HAS TO HAVE! hahahaha!
OMG! I cannot wait to show this to my daughter. These are all of her favorite things together. Guess what is for supper tomorrow night!!
Tuna fish with Lay’s potato chips….muey el purrfecto. ;)
Now that is a hearty looking grilled cheese sandwich!
You said the magic words: cheese and grilled. :)
I am so tempted to try this, even though I normally avoid potato chips!!!
YOU ARE MY FAVORITE PERSON EVER. I DO THIS TOO.
Ok, nothing to do with the post, but Jules looks adorable as ever. I am TOTES jealous of you having that ginger wonder.
I’d try it!
This post makes me want to run to the butcher and order a pound of ham.
And I love the addition of potato chips; where I come from (Pittsburgh), french fries often go on the sandwich. Clearly, the mentality in the ‘burgh is “the more carbs, the merrier!”
Here’s what I’d like to know missy: how do you stay so hot and rockin’ while eating potato chips on your sandwiches. No really, how?
— your not so secret admirer —
Oh lady! Totally made mouth salivate. Here in NOLA we do French fry PO boys with roast beast au jus. So good! Sometimes there’s also addition of tater salad. Mmm
I pretty much always put potato chips on my sandwiches—when I was little, bologna, tortilla chips, white bread and ketchup was the ultimate combo. :)
I LOVE potato chips on sandwiches! I used to always eat them this way as a kid, but it’s been awhile since I’ve tried it. Definitely going to do this again next time! It adds such a great crunch and saltiness.
I love potato chips on a sandwich! Perfect salty, greasy crunch! Yum! Never thought to put it on a toasted or grilled sandwich though!
OMG … this looks so good and so much like one of my weird favorite sandwiches … mustard, pickles, potato chips and lettuce on rye. I’m looking forward to making this one for sure!!
Your cat should meet mine. They would celebrate eating our sandwiches and cakes.
Woow, very nice mix. I just post how to make the famous bikini catalan sandwich is bit similar but the addition of pickles and chips, make your sandwich a very good option
Oh, flashback to childhood! I used to love putting salt and vinegar potato chips on my ham and cheese sandwiches! I never would have thought to add pickles though. And for some reason, I don’t remember them being grilled. I must try this soon…and then possibly slip one into my husband’s packed lunch as a “surprise”.
My (still) guilty pleasure… Wonder bread, yellow mustard, American cheese (but not that slimy plastic encoated stuff) and plain Lays potato chips. Make the sandwich &smash it together. One of my friends callls it DECADENT — instead of , well, “not-so-classy” as I’d characterize it. But ohhh so good. And heck yes a dill pickle on the side would send me over the moon
I love this. It brings back memories of childhood birthday parties where I was allowed to put chips on my burger. Now that I’m all growed up (numbers wise, at least), I may have to do this again tommorrow :)
You just might be a genius!
Everything about this sandwich is right.
Swap the bread for a toasted bagel and you have the sandwich I ate at least twice a week All. Summer. Long.
Ham + Cheese + Pickles. There’s just no way to go wrong.
MMMM
i always put potato chips on my sandwiches. my friend calls it hobo lettuce.
hey! I’ve been a very loyal reader for quite some time now and I’m usually not the type to comment on every post (sorry) but this morning as I opened my InStyle magazine I can’t tell you how excited I was to see your blog featured in there. Congratulations!!!! :D
I made this pickle potato chip sandwich for lunch today with hummus instead of ham and it was divine. Then I come home from workland and you’ve posted it. Boom. Did we just become sandwich soul sisters? Think so.
YAY! Anyone who puts potato chips on sandwiches gets +10 cool points in my book.
But quick question..
Is your pantry just completely stocked with pretty, random plates?
Jealous.
I read this today, stopped at the grocery store on the way home and voila this was dinner! DELICIOUS!!
Wow yummy! Pickles and chips in a delicious ham and cheese sandwich, it could only be amazing.
I don’t know where you get your fascinating ideas, but I always end up with my jaw hitting the ground lol…. I think you cat is as amazed as me!! …and hungry!!!!
Ooooohhh I love your blog!!!
Kisses from my little corner in Spain!!
This looks delicious! I love the idea of chips on a sandwich as much as a love seeing Jules Stevens making an appearance.
Pickles and potato chips, that’s how I make my sandwich! And spicy mustard! Hello from Buenos Aires…..!
I recently had a burger with french fries in it, but I think the crunch this would add to a sandwich would be even better.Thanks for the idea!
Um…pickles are like, my newest obsession. I want to eat them on or with everything in the universe, however, I haven’t thought to put them in a sandwich!!!! That sounds epically awesome:)
oh my goodness, this is heaven. pickles. always pickles.
for some reason the phrase “with his smelling nose” made me giggle. a lot.
Dude, how did you know?! you’ve combined all my favorite sandwich things in one delicious masterpiece! I can almost taste this–salty, melty, crispy, rich with butter, and a kick of sour crunch. WOW… homegirl is seriously inspiring!
This post makes me SO HUNGRY. I miss sandwiches! Did you know you’re not supposed to eat deli meat when you’re pregnant? Me neither. It SUCKS. I will live vicariously through your sandwiches for the next 5 months.
You are the coolest ever– it takes a TRUE Blogger to blog about an awesome sandwich. woot woot.
I love potato chips in my sandwiches! Usually it’s with PB&J’s (my husband prefers Nacho Cheese Doritos on his), but I might just try this tonight, sans pickles. I like my pickles cold n’ crunchy, all by themselves.
I love that this recipe follows one for a healthy, vegan vegetable soup. (And that both recipes sound equally delicious though, if I’m being honest, I’m more likely to make this sandwich than that soup.)
Hold the pickles and bring on the extra chips!!
If you want to get all super fancy? Rock barbecue chips. With the ham? Shut-up, people. It’s like a crunchy pork barbecue sandwich. Not really, but it’s still awesome.
I hate ham and mayo yet you somehow made this look great!!! Must be the pickles and chips. Oh and your cat. Not that I want to eat Jules.
Happy Monday.
This would be awesome with dill pickle potato chips (my hubby would probably like his with ketchup chips though).
ha! so FUN!
Potatoe chips, that’s a great idea!!
Why is it that I NEVER have the ingredients I need to make your most fabulous recipes?!?! But I MUST have this sammich, so I’m going BACK to the store now…
I used to (and still do) love Fritos on my sandwich. Do you remember the old commercial? (of course you don’t – you are much too young!) Munch a bunch a munch a bunch, Fritos Corn chips go with lunch!! Love it.
Oh my. I heart grilled cheese. I heart grilled cheese with ham and pickles. Potato chips? why not? Joy your recipes complete me
that’s a brilliant combination – potato chips always add the right touch to most sandwiches. Try them with you next falafel (seriously!)
this is great! when I was a kid I always added chips to my sandwich specially doritos, there is just something awesome when you bite it and you have all the crunchiness inside
…Oh for YUM sakes Miss Joy! This sounds and looks delish’! :o)
…I thought you were vegan, no? While your sandwich looks yummy I could so easily turn vegan with the way farm animals are treated and processed, it’s sickening that our society has even gotten to this point with Factory Farms and CAFO’s. If I could find a local farm close by that properly raised and slaughtered their beef, poultry and pork humanely then I really wouldn’t have a problem eating meat more often, right now I eat very little.
…Thank you for the great sandwich idea!
…Blessings :o)
And here I thought I was the only one who liked potato chips in my sandwiches…. of course, it’s gotta be classic Lay’s potato chips….inside grilled sammies or cold sammies…… YUM! I like mine in my chicken salad sammies, my roast beef and mustard, my tuna salad…. have to have one today!
I LOVE chips on my sandwiches! I used to do that with bologna sandwiches all the time :)
LORD ALMIGHTY YES.
I stick tortilla chips in my breakfast burritos. It gives me joy in this life.
Ohmaigawsh. I <3 grilled cheese, I'ma make this without the pickles though. I hate pickles for some reason D<
Oh man, this takes me back. I used to work at a sandwich shop and one summer I would make a cheesy cuban for lunch every day. Heaven! Then I went to Boston and had the best tuna sandwich of my life. Wanna know why? Potato chips in, not about, the sandwich. Genius! Now I’ll have to marry those two ideas and make my ultimate sandwich. Thanks for connecting the dots for me!
My mom always put potato chips on her sandwiches and passed the yummyness down to me. Now I do it every chance I get. It rocks!
I have a friend that always ALWAYS puts potato chips in her sandwich, I have watched her do this FOREVER and never tried it. I have no idea what’s wrong with me
YES PLEASE!! Looks so good…. pickles AND potato chips, come on!! Joy you rock!
Mmm… It’s been years since I’ve had chips and pickles on my sandwich but I may just have to try it again soon. Thanks for the reminder!!
Dear Joy,
Please come over. Now. And make me a sammy.
Thanks.
Bridget
PS
Mayo on the outside of the bread for grilling is awesome.
LOVE the sammich….but LOVE even more that your kitteh is in the kitchen with you…just like mine!!
This isn’t so far from my own bologna, mustard, and potato chip sandwich. Just writing this makes me hungry for one!
Oh yea! I’ve always loved eating potato chips inside my sandwiches. Must try your grilled version!
YumTOWN
i would say you are the devil if you weren’t so damn sweet… that sandwich is the stuff of dreams and absolute hell on this first morning of my “must look better in that dress at the wedding than i did yesterday at the fitting” health and fitness regime. that bridesmaid dress leaves little to the imagination. gah. must…wait…till…day..after…wedding…to…shove…pickle chip sammich…IN. MY. FACE.
mmm…. this is definitely my lunch today
Wow. This is awesome. I need this now.
YUM! looks so good. Almost like a take on a Cuban sandwich- my favorite.
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When I went to university in Vermont from Michigan, the food truck I visited on a weekly basis was shocked when I ordered my sandwich with a bag of crushed potato chips thrown on. Common midwestern indulgence, although I don’t think you can say its an indulgence when you eat it that way daily. I’ve since become a bit more savvy in my calorie-counting, and don’t order potato chips anymore, but you are throwing me back to a very happy food time.
omg–i haven’t had one of these in forever! i love potato chips in my sandwich, but never had it grilled….yum! now, i don’t eat ham, but the sammie would still be good! hooray for potato chips!
I’ve heard of a butter and chips (crisps, whatevs) sandwich on white bread from some Irish friends of mine. They were very insistent that the chips be Tayto cheese ‘n onion, and they spoke with great fervor about the necessity of smooshing the sandwich well, I suppose to crunch up the chips a bit and get everything assimilated. I’d like to try that on some good white bread, but in truth I think this looks even better. I’d have to try it with regular kettle chips, then salt and vinegar. For research.
High five! This inspired a bit of nostalgia for me. I used to put Tato Skins in my sandwiches. Remember those?
I’ve always wanted to try the potato-chip-sandwich concept … who needs sides?
I add chips to my non-grilled sandwiches all the time, but never thought about this. Very nice!
Ohhh this reminds me so much of college! I used to smoosh in potato chips in my sandwich,. But no pickles (what was I thinking??). I kinda wish I were home now – instead of you know, this little thing called work – to make these!!
Tuna and crisp sandwiches are what do it for me… sometimes with some cucumber. Ah, but they have to be salt and vinegar – the crisps not the cucumber!
Don’t eat ham as I am veggie but I got so excited that you have crisps in your sandwiches! I have just had a pitta bread sandwich with hummous, grated cheddar cheese and crisps for my lunch. That is one of my all time favourites! Joy, this is real life real food. LOVE it.
As soon as I saw pickles and chips and cheese in the subject line I knew this is something I need. I love me some pickles on a grilled cheese and I’m all about the chipwhich. Yum.
chips on your sandwich is where it’s at! that cat just knows what’s good.
I heart potato chips on my PB&J, but never thought of it on my grilled cheese… you’re such a smartypants!
I do this too with salt and vinegar chips. So Dang delicious!!!!
Ingenious! I will be making these very soon! Just gotta add them to my “to make” list!
Great pics as well!
I love adding things to my grilled cheese! Lately it’s been roasted red peppers and bacon.
Okay, so I am totally relieved that I’m not the only one that stuffs salty potato chips in their sandwiches… it’s THE best isn’t it?!!
Love potato chips on tuna, but have never tried them on grilled cheese. And with pickles?! Ooh, this is serious.
The picture with the very fluffy kitty is priceless.
LOVE chips on a sandwich!! I used to do this all the time at my grandmother’s house on Christmas Eve – we’d have a bowl of Ruffles and they would all go on my sandwich!
Oh, how salty and wonderful this looks! When I was a kid, I loved putting corn chips on a bologna sandwich. Go figure.
Now I am hungry. Nothing like a good sandwich but I think they are always better when someone else makes them…
How HAPPY am I that you put potato chips in your sandwich?! I do the same thing all the time. It’s my favorite. I call it my crispy lettuce. Ha!
One word: Doritos We used to put them on our ham sandwiches at the beach when I was younger. They were delicious!
Not sure if I would include the potato chips myself, but you have definitely got something going with the pickle idea. And a sandwich is always better toasted!
Oh YUM!!! I want to go and make one right now! If only I had potato chips! You’ve got me craving it haha, I’ll probably have to go out and buy some tomorrow morning (it’s 11pm here).
P.S. I love that your cat is sitting alongside, sniffing out all the goodness. My puppy does the same thing, its too cute!
It’s like a Cuban sandwich with an extra special something, love it!
this is MY kind of sandwich…you can tell me to make this one all you want!
I used to LOVE potato chips in my sandwich when I was a kid! That and ketchup. Weird, I know.
i’ve been putting chips inside sandwiches of all kinds & fries in the burger since I was a kid and now my 2 kids do it that way. and chips on tuna melt sandwich is one of the best.
AH! I love potato chips on sandwiches! What a childhood classic! The best is on tuna fish!! Great post!
potato chips on sandwiches is my most favorite thing ever. reminds me of my grandma and sunday afternoons and easy living. love.
This sandwich is wild, I tell you, wild! I need more cheese and pickles in my life.
WOW! ….end of story!
I love chips in a sandwich! A few years ago I was introduced to (one of) the Ultimate Sandwich: baguette with cream cheese, smoked salmon, black pepper and salt&vinegar chips. It doesn’t have pickles though, and pickles are gooood..
Sounds jummy…never thought about adding chips to my sandwich. Iโm defiantly have to try this!
Greatings from Vienna
It doesn’t get much better than this.
Chips and french fry sandwiches are awesome on its own, these is the rolls royce version, perhaps best for really special occasions!
Oh yeah, we Aussies love chips on our sandwiches. Even hot chips! That delicious looking sandwich is not helping my health kick I can tell you ;)
Yum-belstiltskin!
Chips – good
Cheese – good
Ham – good
Mustard – good
Pickles – good
Chuck em all together – REAL GOOD!
ughhh… those potato chips are calling out for me!
I think my husband just cried tears of joy.
This looks amazing!
I’m all about potato chips on sandwiches. I especially love them on pb&j, which a lot of people find gross. It’s really delicious though since you get the sweet and salty combo going. Yummm.
I bet your cat is thinking: Yeah, yeah, add some tuna!
Man, I used to love putting potato chips in sandwiches and this just takes it to a whole new level. This is why I love you Joy.
I used to just put French’s mustard on brown bread and fold it over and eat it. I can also eat just cheese and pickles with mustard on them. Combining them all is even better. In England they have cheese and pickle as a thing, but their pickle is not like our pickles, it is like a brown chutney. The first time I ordered a cheese and pickle sandwich I was like: what.
Jess
makes a good breakfast! or brunch…at least for me :)
I am so doing this! How wikkid!
Can I just say that this is exactly what I miss living here in Italy! My Italian fiance is not so keen to make things like this, and in fact, I always have to substitute the cheese and bread because cheddar is a bit too orange for Italians and bread, well, don’t get me started—- buuuuuttt, we do have potato chips here as well as great ham and mustard, so, mission accomplished. This will have to be my lunch.
have a nice day from Greece. The best sandwich for brekfast! thank you
A cheeky little combination… but no protests from me!
I grew up with grilled cheese + potato chip sandwiches! And even better, the whole thing was dipped in ketchup :)
Love your creation!
After a night out of cocktails (eek! It’s a Sunday!) I can’t tell you how good this sandwich sounds to me!
This just made my mouth water. I can’t think of anything else now. Right before bed, teeth already brushed. Thanks, Joy.
PS. Mmm, pickles.
Lol awesome Joy! Over here in Northern England a “crisp butty” is typical if somewhat cringeworthy fare! I wonder how many Americans secretly do it too? It sure is delicious. And as for pickles – how could you not have them?!?
Wow this looks amazing! I am now eyeing the contents of my fridge to see if I could make this and have it for lunch today. Yum.
I used to have crisp (chip) and ketchup sandwiches when I was younger- this is a slightly upgraded version!
We could be brothas from anotha motha. My sandwiches are always loaded with pickles–pref spicy bread and butter–and a tuna sand isn’t a sandwich without crunchy chips.