Easy & Delicious Chopped Ham and Cheese Croissant Recipe
This easy chopped ham and cheese croissant is filled with caramelized onions, crispy ham, fig jam, truffle cheese, and hot honey mustard. It's buttery, sweet, salty, cheesy, and ready in about 15 minutes.
Equipment
- small fry pan
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ½ small sweet onion thinly sliced
- 1 cup ham about 5 ounces
- 2 slices truffle Monterey Jack cheese (or swiss!)
- 1 tablespoon fig jam
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 large croissant
- 1 tablespoon hot honey mustard
- Kosher salt
Instructions
- Add butter to a small frying pan over medium heat.
- Once melted, place the croissant cut-side down. Cook for 1-2 minutes until golden brown and crispy. Remove and set aside.
- Wipe out the pan and add the olive oil over medium heat.
- Add the onions and a pinch of salt. Cook for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened and slightly caramelized.
- Push the onions to one side and add the ham. Cook for 2-3 minutes, undisturbed, until it begins to brown.
- Stir the ham and onions together and cook for another minute.
- Add the fig jam and reduce the heat to low. Toss until the ham and onions are evenly coated.
- Add the truffle Monterey Jack cheese. Stir until the cheese is completely melted into the ham mixture.
- Spread the hot honey mustard over the toasted croissant.
- Spoon the cheesy ham mixture onto the croissant, close the sandwich, and serve immediately.