3 creator recipes compared

3 ways creators make grilled cheese sandwich

Ryan Miller, Shobhana Haldar and Ben Chelin have each posted a version of grilled cheese sandwich on Instagram. Most of them use olive oil, onion, red bell pepper, tomato and butter. Total time runs from 10 min to 1 hr 5 min. Below, each one is compared on time, ingredients and method, with a link to the full recipe and the original video.

  • 3 versions
  • 3 creators
  • 10 min to 1 hr 5 min
  • Instagram

Side by side

From each creator's recipe as we saved it: total time, servings, ingredient count, cooking method, and what no other version uses.

  1. Grilled Cheese Sandwich Variations

    Serves
    1
    Ingredients
    11
    Method
    Grilled
    Only this one
    bread loaf, vegetable oil spread, american cheese and sourdough loaf
  2. Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese Sandwich

    Serves
    2
    Ingredients
    13
    Method
    Grilled · Simmered · Blender
    Only this one
    garlic, sugar, parsley and bread
  3. Ben Chelin1 hr 5 min

    Sheet-Pan Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese

    Serves
    2
    Ingredients
    17
    Method
    Oven · Grilled · Blender
    Only this one
    hot house tomatoes, garlic heads, red pepper flakes and broth

What most versions share

In most of them

  • olive oil
  • onion
  • red bell pepper
  • tomato
  • butter

Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ

  • Ryan Miller is the only one to use bread loaf, vegetable oil spread, american cheese and sourdough loaf.
  • Shobhana Haldar is the only one to use garlic, sugar, parsley and bread.
  • Ben Chelin is the only one to use hot house tomatoes, garlic heads, red pepper flakes and broth.
  • Only Shobhana Haldar simmers, poaches or braises.
  • Shobhana Haldar and Ben Chelin use a blender; Ryan Miller doesn't.
  • Only Ben Chelin uses the oven.
  • Ryan Miller takes the least time (10 min); Ben Chelin the most (1 hr 5 min).
  • Ryan Miller uses the shortest ingredient list (11); Ben Chelin the longest (17).

The other 2 versions

How this comparison works

Every version here was saved from the creator's own public video and turned into a structured recipe card. The comparison reads only those cards: ingredients, steps, times and servings. We haven't cooked these side by side or ranked them on taste.

Reposts and the same video saved twice count once. Times and servings come from each recipe card; short videos don't always state them, so treat them as a guide. Every version links to the creator's original video.