Chilli Cheese Toast is a quick and tasty cheese toast made with bread, cheese, green chillies, ginger and seasonings. In this post, I am also sharing a cafe-style variation topped with jalapeños, olives and herbs. Both versions are crisp, cheesy and perfect for breakfast, snacks or tea-time.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 4 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 14 minutes
  • Yield: 3
  • Category: Breakfast, Snacks
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 5 to 6 slices of bread (– brown bread, whole wheat or white bread)
  • ½ cup mozzarella (– grated)
  • ½ cup cheddar (– grated)
  • salt (– as required, optional)
  • crushed black pepper (or ground black pepper, as required)
  • butter (– salted and softened or melted, as required)
  • ½ to 1 teaspoon or 1 green chilli (– finely chopped)
  • 1 teaspoon ginger (– peeled, grated or minced)
  • 3 to 4 olives (– black or green, add as required)
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons jalapeño (– chopped)
  • dry mixed herbs (– as needed)

Method

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven at 230 degrees C (440 degrees F) for 15 minutes.
  2. In a bowl, mix together cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, green chillies, ginger, black pepper and salt. Mix well.
  3. Slice the bread into triangles or rectangles. You can keep or remove the edges as you prefer.
  4. Spread butter or olive oil evenly on the bread slices.
  5. Spread the ginger-chilli cheese mixture evenly on some of the bread slices and set aside.

Making Chilli Cheese Toast

  1. Place all the prepared bread slices on a baking tray.
  2. Bake or grill in the preheated oven at 230 degrees C (440 degrees F) for 5 to 7 minutes or until the cheese melts and the bread becomes crisp and lightly golden.
  3. You can place the tray on the center rack or lower rack. Keeping the tray on the lower rack helps the bread toast and brown better.
  4. Use both the top heating elements of the oven while baking or grilling.
  5. Bake just until the cheese melts well and the bread becomes crisp and toasted. Avoid over-baking, as the cheese can turn chewy.
  6. Serve the chilli cheese toast hot with tomato ketchup or your favorite dipping sauce. Sprinkle red chili flakes if you like.

Cafe Style Variation

  1. For a cafe-style version, top 3 buttered bread slices with a mixture of ¼ cup cheddar and ¼ cup mozzarella cheese.
  2. Add sliced olives, chopped jalapeños, mixed herbs, black pepper and bake until the cheese melts and the bread turns crisp.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.