Patty Melts with Special Sauce

These classic homemade patty melts are made with seasoned ground beef, caramelized onions , and swiss and cheddar cheese, grilled on sourdough bread.

How to prepare patty melts with special sauce

Ingredients:

• Ground chuck –
• All-purpose seasoning
• Worcestershire sauce
• Unsalted butter
• Yellow onion, diced
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Swiss cheese
• Cheddar cheese
• Sourdough or rye bread
• Special Sauce

Special Sauce Ingredients

• Mayo
• Ketchup
• Dijon mustard
• Sea salt
• Garlic powder
• Honey
• Dill pickle, chopped

Simple Steps

• Prepare special Sauce – Preparing the special sauce first will give it time to sit, while you prepare everything else.

• Season ground chuck with all- purpose seasoning and Worcestershire sauce, and form 4 equal sized balls.

• Melt unsalted in a large skillet or griddle, and add the onions. Season with salt and pepper. Cook onions until caramelized and tender. Remove from skillet, set aside.

• Melt unsalted butter in same skillet or griddle, and add beef balls. Press the balls into flattened patties. Cook for 3 minutes on each side.

• Reduce heat. Scrape and wipe away as much black residue as possible. Melt butter and add two bread slices to the skillet. On one side, add 2 slices of swiss cheese, and 2 slices of cheddar cheese to the other. On one side, add the cook onions, a burger patty and a generous amount of the special sauce. Place other slice of bread with cheese, on top of slice with onions, patty and sauce. Cook on each side for 3 minutes, or until golden brown and cheese is melted.

• Slice sandwiches in half and serve warm.

Tips and Substitutions

• You can use an griddle in place of the skillet.  This will make the cooking process a little shorter because you can cook the onions while the patties are cooking.
• Ground beef can be substituted for ground chuck.
• Rye bread can be substituted for sourdough bread.
• American cheese can be substituted for cheddar cheese.

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Patty Melts with Special Sauce

Danielle Dunn

Classic patty melts made with a homemade special sauce.

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Course dinner, lunch

Cuisine American

Servings 4 patty melts

Ingredients

  

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• 1 1/2 lb. ground chuck
• 2 tsp. all-purpose seasoning I used Dano's, but your own can be created with salt pepper, garlic powder and onion powder.
• 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 8 tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• salt and pepper to taste
• 8 slices swiss cheese
• 8 slices cheddar cheese
• 8 slices sourdough or rye bread

Special sauce

• 3/4 cup mayo
• 1 tbsp. ketchup
• 2 tsp. Dijon mustard
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt
• 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
• 1 tbsp. honey
• 1/3 cup dill pickle, chopped

Instructions

 

• In a small bowl, mix all ingredients for sauce together. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Add ground chuck to a large mixing bowl. Season ground chuck with all purpose seasoning and Worcestershire sauce. Using your hands or a large spoon, mix all contents together thoroughly. Form 4 even sized balls and set aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons of butter to the skillet. Once the butter is melted, add the onions. Season generously with salt and pepper. Continue to cook for about 10 – 15 minutes, or until onions are caramelized and tender. Remove from skillet, set aside.
• In the same skillet, add 2 tablespoons of butter. Once melted, add two of the beef balls to the skillet. Take a spatula, and press until the balls are flattened. Cook for 3 minutes on each side, or until you have an internal temp of 160 degrees. Repeat this step with the other beef balls.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Scrape and wipe away any black residue from skillet. Add 1 tablespoon of butter. Once melted, add two bread slices to skillet. On one side, add 2 slices of swiss cheese, and 2 slices of cheddar cheese to the other. On one side, add the cook onions, a burger patty and a generous amount of the special sauce. Place other slice of bread with cheese, on top of slice with onions, patty and sauce. Cook sandwiches for 3 minutes on each side, or until golden brown and cheese is melted.
• Slice patty melts in half, and serve warm.

Notes

• An electric or cast iron griddle can be used as well.  This will make the cooking process a little shorter because you can cook the onions while the patties are cooking.

 

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