Croque monsieur is originally from France, but in Japan it's popular as breakfast or lunch. We can get it at a coffee shop, and a Western restaurants. In this recipe, I make it more healthy, I substitute wheat flour with rice flour to make a bechamel sauce. Also, I use soy milk instead of milk.
![croque-monsieur-step-1](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-1-510x286.jpg)
Prepare the ingredients of this recipe.
![croque-monsieur-step-2](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-2-510x286.jpg)
Bake the white bread in a frying pan until the surfaces are slightly burned.
![croque-monsieur-step-3](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-3-510x286.jpg)
Put the butter to a frying pan. Heat it up, and melt it. Add the rice flour, and mix them until combined.
![croque-monsieur-step-4](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-4-510x286.jpg)
Add the soy milk at a time, bring it to a boil while mixing.
![croque-monsieur-step-5](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-5-510x286.jpg)
Reduce the heat to low, and season it with sea salt.
![croque-monsieur-step-6](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-6-510x286.jpg)
Mix it well, and check the taste.
![croque-monsieur-step-7](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-7-510x286.jpg)
Remove it to a bowl. Separating the sauce in half in advance is easy to spread it.
![croque-monsieur-step-8](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-8-510x286.jpg)
Spread the white sauce on the toasted bread thinly.
![croque-monsieur-step-9](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-9-510x286.jpg)
Put the two sliced cheese and two hams on it.
![croque-monsieur-step-10](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-10-510x286.jpg)
Spread the white sauce on it thickly. Coating the white sauce thickly in the middle is well-balanced for a presentation and taste.
![croque-monsieur-step-11](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-11-510x286.jpg)
Cover it with the toasted bread, and spread the white sauce on it thinly again.
![croque-monsieur-step-12](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-12-510x286.jpg)
Put half of the shredded cheese evenly on top at the end.
![croque-monsieur-step-13](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-13-510x286.jpg)
Bake the surface that is on the cheese in a frying pan until slightly burned. Don't burn it too much because the texture will be tough, and the appearance will be bad.
![croque-monsieur-step-14](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-14-510x286.jpg)
Cut it in half, and dish up on a plate. You can add the egg on top to taste. In this case, it is called croque-madame.
Ingredients
Directions
![croque-monsieur-step-1](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-1-510x286.jpg)
Prepare the ingredients of this recipe.
![croque-monsieur-step-2](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-2-510x286.jpg)
Bake the white bread in a frying pan until the surfaces are slightly burned.
![croque-monsieur-step-3](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-3-510x286.jpg)
Put the butter to a frying pan. Heat it up, and melt it. Add the rice flour, and mix them until combined.
![croque-monsieur-step-4](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-4-510x286.jpg)
Add the soy milk at a time, bring it to a boil while mixing.
![croque-monsieur-step-5](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-5-510x286.jpg)
Reduce the heat to low, and season it with sea salt.
![croque-monsieur-step-6](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-6-510x286.jpg)
Mix it well, and check the taste.
![croque-monsieur-step-7](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-7-510x286.jpg)
Remove it to a bowl. Separating the sauce in half in advance is easy to spread it.
![croque-monsieur-step-8](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-8-510x286.jpg)
Spread the white sauce on the toasted bread thinly.
![croque-monsieur-step-9](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-9-510x286.jpg)
Put the two sliced cheese and two hams on it.
![croque-monsieur-step-10](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-10-510x286.jpg)
Spread the white sauce on it thickly. Coating the white sauce thickly in the middle is well-balanced for a presentation and taste.
![croque-monsieur-step-11](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-11-510x286.jpg)
Cover it with the toasted bread, and spread the white sauce on it thinly again.
![croque-monsieur-step-12](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-12-510x286.jpg)
Put half of the shredded cheese evenly on top at the end.
![croque-monsieur-step-13](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-13-510x286.jpg)
Bake the surface that is on the cheese in a frying pan until slightly burned. Don't burn it too much because the texture will be tough, and the appearance will be bad.
![croque-monsieur-step-14](https://ayana-gohan.com/wp-content/uploads/croque-monsieur-step-14-510x286.jpg)
Cut it in half, and dish up on a plate. You can add the egg on top to taste. In this case, it is called croque-madame.
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