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Chopped cheese might just be the best sandwich you have ever had. Although a chopped cheese sandwich has ground beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato and condiments (like most hamburger recipes<\/a>), it’s not exactly a burger. The way it’s cooked and assembled in a split hoagie roll makes it unique.<\/p>\n

Hearty and slightly greasy in the best possible way, the chopped cheese sandwich is a go-to hangover cure<\/a> at bodegas around New York City. It’s the thing to get when you want to soak up the drinks after a long night out, or to grab the next day as an epic hangover food<\/a>. And thanks to this easy recipe, you can skip the trip to New York and enjoy it any night of the week\u2014beverages optional.<\/p>\n

What is a chopped cheese?<\/h2>\n

A chopped cheese is a burger-meets-cheesesteak sandwich mashup thought to have originated in a bodega in the Spanish Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Although chopped cheeses and Philly cheesesteaks<\/a> have some overlapping ingredients, they are very different sandwiches. Chopped cheese is made with well-browned ground beef chopped up into crumbles on the griddle, and then topped with lightly cooked onions and cheese (some melt the cheese on top, others chop it into the meat). The whole shebang is tucked into a toasted and mayo-ed hoagie roll and finished with lettuce, tomato and the condiments of your choice. A Philly cheesesteak is made with thinly sliced steak and is traditionally topped with melted Cheez Whiz or sliced provolone. It does not usually have fresh toppings.<\/p>\n

Ingredients for Chopped Cheese<\/h2>\n