Best Patty Melt Recipe
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You can make this classic American diner favorite right at home. With my recipe tips, The Best Patty Melt will rival your favorite greasy spoon restaurant’s version.
Serve with Beer Battered Onion Rings and Caramel Apple Dump Cake for dessert.
I love a patty melt. Although I don’t splurge on them often, it is one of the few foods my entire family eats. It’s also a meal we all pitch in cooking. As the primary cook, I like that a whole lot!!
A Patty Melt is not quite a burger but it’s more than a grilled cheese. And, it’s completely delicious. This is a classic easy dinner recipe that we often forget.
BEST PATTY MELT
Pro tips!
- Get ground chuck for the meat. It has the perfect fat-to-meat ratio to give you that juicy bite.
- Season your meat. I like salt, pepper, and Worcestershire.
- When making the patties, press them out larger than your slices of bread. Because of the fat-to-meat ratio, they will shrink as they cook. You will want them to fit the bread.
- I also like to use Texas toast or sourdough bread for my Patty Melts.
- I like to caramelize my onions instead of a quick saute. If you like mushrooms, you can cook sliced mushrooms with the onions.
- Finally, I cook the sandwich in the same pan that the onions and burgers were cooked in. I cook it exactly like a grilled cheese.
When you think about it, a Patty Melt is just a grilled cheese… with a couple more steps. A couple more steps that make this ‘burger’ a mouth-watering, comforting splurge sandwich a spectacular meal!
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Please remember that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary based on the products used.
PATTY MELT
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Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chuck
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 8 slices bread I like Texas toast or sourdough
- 8 slices cheese I used Provolone. Try Swiss, Cheddar, or your favorite.
- 1 and ½ cup caramelized onions This will take about 3 large onions.
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- In a medium skillet melt 2 tbsp of butter. Add the sliced onion and fry until golden brown. Remove from skillet and drain. Wipe skillet with paper towels
- For the hamburger: in a bowl place the ground beef, salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. Mix well and make 4 patties (a little larger than the size of the bread).
- Fry the hamburger patties in the same skillet as you cooked the onions in. Remove patties from the skillet and with a paper towel clean the skillet.
- Assemble the sandwiches: 1 slice of bread + 1 slice of cheese + 1 hamburger patty + ¼ of the onion + 1 slice of cheese + 1 slice of bread.
- Melt butter in the skillet and grill the sandwiches on both sides until bread is golden brown. Serve hot.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
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Like the patty melt sandwich recipe but I’d rather swap out the rye bread for real Texas toast because Texas toast have a sweet flavor, cake like texture, where rye bread is thin plain bread texture and taste with a chewy hard crust that you’ll be chewing forever.
Hmmm… I’m not sure what you’re referring to regarding rye bread. In my recipe, I have Texas toast listed.
SO GOOD! How is it we sometimes forget about such classics?! Pinned it and printed it and will definitely will be making it again.
I HAVE ALWAYS USED A SOUR RYE BREAD FOR MY PATTY MELT
Do you have a good black bean burger recipe ?
yes, I love both of these> https://www.callmepmc.com/spicy-homemade-black-bean-veggie-burger-avocado-cream-sauce/ https://www.callmepmc.com/cilantro-black-bean-burger/
Love Patty Melts – it's been awhile since we've had them! I don't wear an apron unless I'm doing a lot of baking – even then, I forget sometimes!
That's me most of the time!! I forget to put it on until it's too late!
I've been on such a hot sandwich binge lately. This is perfect. I should wear an apron every time I cook, but most of the time I forget and end up just changing clothes after.