What Is Sourdough bread and How Can I Use It?

Wondering what to do with sourdough bread? This guide covers how to pick it, cook it, store it, and swap it — with 35 recipes to put it to work.

Recipes using sourdough bread

There are 35 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Easy Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Very tasty. An excellent way to make and serve grilled cheese sandwiches.

Creamy Caesar Salad with Spicy Croutons

Just delicious. Love the health factor considered in developing this recipe, especially since I'm watching my saturated fat and cholesterol intake. I'd never have made caesar salad for a party recently if not for this one. There was not a romaine left on anyone's plate. Thanks!

Arugula Salad with Garlic Croutons, Gruyere & Eggs

Great salad, looks elegant but is reasonably easy to put together. Loved the combination of textures, crunchy croutons, slightly spicy rocket (arugula) and perfectly dressed with just a bit of tang from the dressing.

Stove-Top Macaroni & Cheese with Roasted Tomatoes

Three words for this recipe ... yum, yum and YUM! Very easy to make and great flavor.

Roasted Chicken with Nutty-Herb Sauce & Sage Salt

Roasted chicken is served with nutty-herb sauce and sage salt, enjoying this delicious main course with any your favorite salad.

Cream Cheese in Sour Dough

Hot baked sourdough bread bowl stuffed with cream cheese, sour cream, dried beef, cheddar, and a kick of hot sauce. Wrap in foil, bake, and tear into it with friends.

American-Style Strata

Savory bread pudding layered with cheese, cooked meat, and vegetables soaked in an egg custard. Perfect for brunch or using up leftovers.

Grilled Asparagus with Roasted Garlic Toast & Balsamic Vinaigrette

Though it need a little long time to cook, good to try and all the time is worthy.

Brunch Eggs

Make-ahead brunch egg casserole with sourdough bread, cheddar, Swiss cheese, and green chilies baked in an egg custard. Assembled the night before and baked the next morning.

Roasted Garlic with Fresh Thyme & Goat Cheese

Whole garlic heads roasted in chicken broth with fresh thyme until soft and spreadable. Served with creamy goat cheese and toasted sourdough bread.

Onion Soup Fondue

French onion soup fondue with butter-sauteed onions simmered in beef broth, chilled to remove fat, then broiled with Monterey Jack cheese on thick sourdough toast.

Vegetarian Ribollita

Classic Tuscan ribollita, a thick bread soup with cannellini beans, cabbage, spinach, zucchini, and rosemary. Finished with Romano cheese and a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.

Grilled Cheese with Mushrooms & Apple

This recipe is from a Toronto restaurant called "The Stockyards". There's no reason to settle for a boring average grilled cheese when it's so easy to kick it up a notch and create something very special.

Grilled Ham, Caramelized Onion, Apple, & Cheese Sandwiches

Grilled ham and Swiss sandwich loaded with sweet caramelized onions, tart Granny Smith apple, and a brush of Dijon glaze on crusty sourdough. The contrast of sharp cheese, salty ham, and crisp apple makes every bite layered.

Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Smoky Red-Onion Salsa

Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Smoky Red-Onion Salsa recipe

Lunchbox: Cheesy Micro-Melt Hot Pepper Ham Sandwich

Microwave ham and cheddar melt on toasted sourdough with hot pepper jelly. A sweet-spicy lunchbox sandwich that melts in one minute, packed separately with crunchy coleslaw on the side.

Peach French Toast

It is an easy and nice peach french toast, I always make them for breakfasts, or desserts between the meals, they taste very great.

Dip in Sour Dough

Spinach dip in a sourdough bread bowl with sour cream, mayo, leek soup mix, water chestnuts, and garlic. A no-cook party dip served with cubed bread from the hollowed-out center.

Eating Well Pbt (Portabello, Basil & Tomato Sandwich)

Portobello, basil, and tomato sandwich (PBT) on garlic-rubbed grilled sourdough with a lemony mayo spread. A vegetarian take on the BLT with meaty grilled mushrooms instead of bacon.

Butternut Squash & Shiitake with Pumpkin Seeds Dressing

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Sour Dough Beef Dip

Hot sourdough bread bowl filled with a creamy chipped beef dip made from cream cheese, sour cream, and green onions. Baked in foil until warm and bubbly, then served with torn bread for dipping.

Dinosaur Burger

A massive 9-inch burger patty broiled and served on a hollowed-out sourdough bread round with lettuce, tomato, and pickles. A party-sized burger that feeds 6 to 8 when sliced into wedges.

Grilled Portobello with Mediterranean Salad Sandwiches

This mediterranean style burger definitely will express everyone, grilled mushrooms with mediterranean salad on top and grilled sour dough bread slices.

Dagwood Sandwiches

A triple-decker Dagwood sandwich stacked with smoked turkey, ham, Emmentaler cheese, spinach, and romaine on whole grain and sourdough bread. A deli lover's dream.

Banana Stuffed French Toast

Banana Stuffed French Toast cuts pockets into sourdough slices, tucks in fresh banana quarters, dips in egg and cream custard, grills until golden, and finishes with a cinnamon-sugar sprinkle. Ready in 20 minutes.

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