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Patty Melts
in American cheese, Beef, Cheese, Entree, Ground beef, Onions, Sandwiches on Sunday, February 5, 2012
Stacked patty melts
We love food on the grill but it was a “no go” the other night due to pouring rain ~ who wants to stand out in the rain with an umbrella and grill? Guess I could’ve gone out and held the umbrella over Bill but, that didn’t enter my mind then. ;) So, the perfect solution was patty melts for dinner.
I love burgers on the grill but a patty melt is not a burger. Burgers can have all sorts of condiments on them plus mushrooms, bacon, pickles, lettuce; any way you want to dress it up. A patty melt is just that, it stands by itself ~ it’s all about the caramelized onions cooking on the griddle, the meat and topping it with cheese ~ served on rye toast.
First of all, I caramelized the onions, then toasted the bread on the griddle, cooked the burgers, topped them with cheese, then assembled the sandwiches and finished with grilling them. I made the burgers in an oval shape a little larger than our favorite rye bread. If you prefer Swiss cheese, use that. And there you have a great sandwich.
Patty melts are quintessential diner food! And then are tuna melts… Have you ever enjoyed them?
PATTY MELTS
Ingredients:
5 tablespoons butter
2 large Vidalia onions, sliced thinly
8 slices rye bread
1½ pounds chuck ground beef
8 slices American cheese
Salt and pepper, to taste
Method:
Melt 2 tablespoons of butter on griddle or in skillet.
Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally until caramelized, about 20 minutes.
Remove onions, set aside.
Lay bread slices flat on a plate or waxed paper.
Butter each slice of bread on the top side, dividing 1 tablespoon of butter.
Flip bread and butter other side with 1 tablespoon of butter, divided.
Toast bread on both sides on the griddle until bread is a light golden color, about 1 minute per side.
Set bread aside.
Divide beef into 4 patties and season with salt and pepper.
Cook until beef is medium-rare, about 3 minutes per side.
Remove patties from griddle.
Assemble sandwiches:
Lay 4 slices of toasted bread on griddle.
Top each with ¼ of onion mixture, one beef patty, one slice of cheese and another slice of toasted bread.
Melt remaining tablespoon of butter on griddle.
Grill sandwiches on both sides, for a short time until the cheese is melted and toast is a golden brown.
Serve
This is one of my favorite sandwiches, how about you? What’s yours?
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