Meals in minutes – that’s the answer to those busy days. Add “melt” sandwiches to your arsenal of answers. They are fast and good. You can vary them to match your mood or the tastes of your family. If you have company, make several types and serve a platter of mixed sandwiches, without investing a lot of time. Each one is made with toasted English muffins, spread with a filling and topped with cheese. The sandwiches cook for about five minutes under the grill element, the top element of your oven, until the cheese is melted.

Melted Sandwich # 1. Crispy Crab Sandwich

If you choose a good crab salad, this one is delicious. Just stop by the deli on the way home and pick up your favorite crab salad. You will need some English muffins. The preparation time for four sandwiches is less than ten minutes. That is how:

1. Toast the English muffins.
2. Load each with the crab salad. Top each with a slice of cheddar cheese.
3. Place your sandwiches on a baking sheet and slide it under the broil element in your oven. Cook them for about five minutes or until the cheese is melted. Serve them hot.

Melted Sandwich # 2. Shredded Chicken and Cheese

When we think of pulled pork, we think of the Carolinas and great barbecue restaurants. These are made with chicken instead of pork. If you choose a good barbecue sauce, they will be great and, although they take longer to prepare, they only have three ingredients. This recipe will make four sandwiches.

1 chicken breast
1/2 large sweet onion, sliced
3/4 cup barbecue sauce

Fry the chicken breast in a frying pan. Let the chicken cool. While it cools, sauté the onion in the same skillet.

Using your fingers and a fork, pull the chicken breast into strips. Return the chicken to the skillet with the onions. Add the barbecue sauce and stir.

Now that the filling is complete, you can assemble and cook the sandwiches as before. We cover the chicken filling with provolone cheese.

Melted Sandwich # 3. Chicken and Cheddar Salad

They are very good and very fast sandwiches. Make your favorite chicken salad for sandwiches or stop by the deli for a bite to eat. Toast the muffins and load them with the chicken salad. Top with slices of cheddar or other cheese and grill until cheese is bubbly.

Of course, you can make the exact same sandwiches with a tuna salad or a canned salmon salad.

Melted Sandwich # 4. California Turkey, Bacon and Avocado

Instead of creating a spreadable filling, you can top your sandwiches with meat, vegetables, and seasonings. The following is a very good snack.

Spread the English muffin with a little mayonnaise. Top that with turkey and then a couple of half slices of cooked crispy bacon. Top the bacon with sliced ​​avocados and tomato slices. Top with cheese of your choice and grill until cheese is melted.

Melted Sandwich # 5. Rueben Melt

If you like Rueben sandwiches, you will like this version. Toast your muffins and add some thousand island dressing topped with deli corn meat. Add a thin layer of sauerkraut and top with Swiss cheese. Grill the sandwiches until the cheese is melted.

We find this sandwich a bit overwhelming if we don’t keep the ingredients in short supply. It was very good with just a couple of layers of roast beef and a dollop of sauerkraut evenly spread over the meat.

Melted Sandwich # 6. Summer Tomato, Fresh Basil, and Mozzarella

This is a classic summer combination when the tomatoes are ripe and fresh basil is available. Since this is a meatless sandwich, you’ll probably want extra cheese.

Spread some butter or mayonnaise on your toasted muffins. (The mayonnaise or butter will help protect the bread from the tomato juices.) Place tomato slices, fresh basil, and cheese on top of muffins in that order. Grill the sandwiches until the cheese is melted and bubbly.

Make or buy

It will make great sandwiches with store bought muffins, but homemade ones always seem a little better … and satisfying. English muffins may be the easiest yeast bread to make, not much more of a problem than pancakes. You have to wait 40 minutes for the yeast to work and you have to use English muffin rings to hold the batter. Other than that, it is a lot like cooking pancakes. Because they are thicker, they take a little longer to grill.