{"id":3712,"date":"2024-03-28T22:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T22:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curlsnpearlsss.com\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2025-08-07T01:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:59:54","slug":"chopped-cheese-new-york-bodega-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curlsnpearlsss.com\/es\/chopped-cheese-new-york-bodega-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chopped Cheese (New York Bodega Recipe)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A chopped cheese sandwich can be found at bodegas across New York, especially in Hispanic neighborhoods. It is made with seasoned chopped meat, melted cheese and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and special sauce also known as bodega sauce. This New York City favorite is easy to make at home with just a few simple ingredients. Let’s dive in to this New York bodega recipe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is a chopped cheese?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A chopped cheese is kind of like a cheeseburger but the beef is chopped up and it’s served in a hoagie, kaiser roll or pan sobao. It is said that this bodega-style sandwich originated at Hajji’s Deli<\/a><\/strong> in East Harlem in the 1990s. This bodega can be found on the corner of First Avenue and 110th Street and is now called Blue Sky Deli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chopped cheese gained popularity when Rahim Mohamed<\/a><\/strong> also known as Ocky started creating uncommon versions of chopped cheese at his bodega Red Hook Food in Brooklyn, NY. Ocky makes chopped cheese sandwiches with anything from pop tarts and honey buns to mozzarella sticks and hot cheetos! Sometimes customers request even request a chopped cheese made in a Jamaican beef patty. The possibilities are endless when you get a chopped cheese “the Ocky way!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients for making a chopped cheese sandwich:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n