A restaurant style cheesy garlic bread that’s ooey, gooey, rich and creamy, and crisp and crunchy. A fabulous side dish for whatever you’re grilling or your next Italian meal.
This month’s theme for Progressive Eats, our virtual progressive dinner, is a Summer Barbecue hosted by Liz of That Skinny Chick Can Bake. It’s a delicious end of summer menu that will be perfect for your next cookout or Labor Day gathering. I signed up to bring bread to the virtual diner, and my favorite cheesy garlic bread came to mind.
There use to be a Black Angus restaurant near where we live; my husband and I use to go there about once a month. They served a pretty good steak, but it was the cheesy garlic bread that kept me coming back. We’d order it as an appetizer and then usually by the time my steak came, I was too full to eat it. So sometimes we’d stop in to the restaurant, head to the bar and just order a drink and the garlic bread before heading to a movie. The bread really was the reason I wanted to go to the restaurant any way.
All the Black Angus restaurants in Utah closed. They’re still open in six states, so if you live in California, Washington, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico, or Alaska, you can still go and try this bread. For the rest of us, this is my adapted version of their recipe you can make at home. Just be careful, it can be addicting.
Three Cheese Garlic Bread
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter softened
- ½ cup shredded Asiago cheese
- ½ cup shredded cheddar jack cheese
- ½ cup light mayonnaise
- 3 green onions finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic finely chopped or pressed
- 1 loaf French bread
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- In a small bowl, mix butter, Asiago cheese, cheddar jack cheese, mayonnaise, green onions and garlic until well blended.
- Cut French bread in half horizontally. Spread the cut side of the French bread with the cheese spread. Bake for 10 minutes, until spread is melted.
- Set the oven to broil, and broil until the cheese starts to brown, about 3 minutes. Cut into slices and serve immediately.
Notes
Now that you’ve had your bread, go and feast on all of the other delicious recipes the group put together for our summer BBQ progressive dinner:
Main Course
- That Skinny Chick Can Bake – Whiskey Marinated Pork Tenderloin
Appetizers
- Sunchowder’s Emporia – Grilled Tequila Lime Shrimp Skewers
- Stetted – Pimiento Cheese Jalapeño Poppers
Bread
- Barbara Bakes – Cheesy Garlic Bread
Salad
- Healthy. Delicious.– Grilled Vegetable Panzanella
Soup
- Pastry Chef Online – Grilled Vegetable Gazpacho
Sides
- Never Enough Thyme – Curried Corn
- The Heritage Cook – Amped up BBQ Beans
- SpiceRoots – Grilled Rosemary Potatoes
Beverage
- Miss in the Kitchen – Summer Fruit Spritzers
Desserts
- Creative Culinary – Peach Melba Pavlova with Caramel Sauce
- Life’s a Feast – Rum Roasted Plum Mousse
More about Progressive Eats, our virtual version of a progressive dinner party: If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, a progressive dinner involves going from house to house, enjoying a different course at each location. With Progressive Eats, a theme is chosen each month, members share recipes suitable for a delicious meal or party, and you can hop from blog to blog to check them out. We have a core group of 12 bloggers, but we will always need substitutes and if there is enough interest would consider additional groups. To see our upcoming themes and how you can participate, please check out the schedule at Creative Culinary or contact Barb for more information.
Lana@NeverEnoughThyme
Oh wow. Just give me a couple slices of this, a salad, and a glass of cold white wine. I’ll forget all about the rest of the dinner menu!
Rocky Mountain Woman
I’ll have to make this for my grandkids – they love the cheesy garlic bread at Bucca di Beppo (sp?)
xxoo,
RMW
Jessica @ Sweet Menu
How fabulous does this restaurant-style garlic bread look? I bet it tastes amazing, looks so much better than store bought !
Amanda
This is seriously amazing!
Jane, The Heritage Cook
Oh My Goodness Barbara, you are singing my song with this garlic bread! I need a napkin because I am drooling so much 🙂 Absolutely beautiful!
Wendy Read
I want to adapt this for a gluten free versions, this looks scrumptious! Gorgeous photos too, I am pinning for later 🙂
My Inner Chick
Barbara,
inside my mind, I am devouring and lovin’ this cheesy bread A LOT:)))!!!!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
Whoa!! This bread looks absolutely fantastic!
Valerie H.
This is my favorite recipe. It’s so good!
june
It is called three cheese but it has only two listed. It sounds great… I was just wondering.
Barbara Schieving
Hi June – The shredded cheese I used was a blend of cheddar and jack. You could certainly buy both and shredded your own. Thanks for the question
Winnie
This looks so delicious! I love garlic bread, and add cheese, well, that will be heaven for me.
Angie@Angie's Recipes
This would be really nice with a large plate of late summer salad for the lunch. Looks so delicious!
Melissa @ My Recent Favorite books
You are making me hungry! This bread sounds so good!! =)
Meagan @ A Zesty Bite
This cheesy bread is perfect for the start of any meal especially a progressive dinner.
Ansh
I would go to a restaurant to just eat this bread too. Crunchy, oooey gooey and so flavorful. I wish this was a real progressive dinner so I could taste this bread.
Kitchen Belleicious
the mayo is the kicker as I have definitely found the cheese doesn’t adhere to the bread as well without it. Love this bread. It would be a winner with everyone in my family
Jenni
Ha! I’d be the one at the steak house all full of bread, too! I can see why this would be addictive, Barbara–yum!
Jess @ whatjessicabakednext
This garlic bread looks amazing! Love the three cheeses, so good!
Liz
Wow! I could never resist eating a slice of this magnificent, ultra cheesy garlic bread! I’m definitely making this for our next dinner guests! YUM!
Rosa
Wonderfully cheesy and really scrumptious looking!
Cheers,
Rosa