{"id":2201,"slug":"monte-cristo-sandwich","title":"Monte Cristo Sandwich","description":"A Monte Cristo sandwich is a sandwich composed of ham, chicken, and Swiss cheese enclosed in bread that is dipped in beaten egg and fried until golden brown.","ingredients_raw":["Butter","3 slices of white bread","Sliced lean baked ham","Sliced cooked chicken","Thinly-sliced Emmental cheese","Egg batter"],"ingredients_norm":["butter","white bread","lean baked ham","cooked chicken","emmental cheese","egg batter"],"steps":["Butter the first slice of bread and cover with ham and chicken.","Butter the middle slice on both sides, place on meat, and cover with cheese.","Butter the third slice and place, butter down, over cheese.","Trim crusts, then cut sandwich in two and secure with toothpicks","Dip in light egg batter, and fry in butter on all sides until golden brown.","Remove toothpicks and serve with currant jelly, strawberry jam, or cranberry sauce."],"categories":["Sandwich recipes","Recipes for sandwiches","Recipes using ham","Recipes using chicken","Recipes using emmental","Pan fried recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using bread"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Monte_Cristo_Sandwich","source_ref":"4518264","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Monte_Cristo_Sandwich&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"5ee2450e25041b26854d921fdfa6bcd347bc9abe4345e013c2768cbd1021298f","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:10Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/monte-cristo-sandwich"}