Description
Experience the ultimate comfort food with this delicious Patty Melt, featuring a juicy beef patty, sweet caramelized onions, and gooey Swiss cheese between crispy rye bread. It’s a nostalgic diner favorite that you can easily recreate at home!
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 slices of rye bread
- 2 large yellow or sweet onions
- 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
- 1 pound of 80/20 ground beef
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon of neutral oil
- Swiss cheese (or Monterey Jack or American cheese as alternatives)
Instructions
- Thinly slice the onions.
- In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-low heat.
- Add the sliced onions to the skillet and stir to coat them with butter.
- Cook the onions slowly for 30-45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they are caramelized and golden brown. Add water or beef broth if they start to dry out.
- Remove the caramelized onions from the skillet and set aside.
- Divide the ground beef into 4 equal portions and form thin patties.
- Season both sides of each patty with salt and pepper.
- In the same skillet, heat the neutral oil over medium-high heat.
- Cook the patties for 3-4 minutes per side for medium doneness, then remove from the skillet.
- Butter one side of each slice of rye bread.
- In the skillet, place 4 slices of buttered rye bread, butter-side down.
- Top each slice with a slice of Swiss cheese, then place a cooked beef patty on top.
- Add a generous amount of caramelized onions over each patty, followed by another slice of Swiss cheese.
- Cover with the remaining slices of rye bread, butter-side up.
- Cook for 3-5 minutes per side until the bread is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
- Remove from the skillet, slice in half diagonally, and serve hot.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 600
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 35 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 30 g
- Cholesterol: 100 mg
Keywords: Patience is key when caramelizing onions for the best flavor. Use a heavy-bottomed skillet for even cooking and don't skimp on the butter for grilling the bread.