If you enjoy a delicious burger melt and French onion soup, why not mix them? This French Onion Patty Melt makes an excellent portable meal.
Melty gruyere cheese, caramelized onions, double patties, and double swiss cheese are all toasted on a griddle and topped with a typical diner sauce. Yum!
Ingredients:
PATTY MELT :
3 tablespoons butter
3 yellow onions, sliced thin
1 tablespoon ketchup
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
2 cups Gruyere cheese, shredded
12 slices Texas toast
8 teaspoons mayonnaise
AIOLI SPREAD :
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon (about 3 gloves) garlic, minced
1 teaspoon fresh parsley
1 tablespoon ketchup
Instructions:
In a medium skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add onions and cook until caramelized (about 15-20 minutes), stirring often. Add water as needed to prevent burning. Remove from skillet and tent to keep warm.
In a large bowl, mix together ground beef, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
Make 8 square patties (a little larger than the bread). Each patty should be about ¼ inch thick.
Wipe out the skillet and set the heat to medium-high. Add the hamburger patties in batches (two at a time) and cook 1-2 minutes per side. Remove patties from the skillet and set aside.
Toast 4 pieces of the Texas toast and set aside.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, lemon juice, pepper, garlic, parsley, and ketchup to make the aioli spread.
Top 4 untoasted slices of bread with cheese, hamburger patty, onions, toast that has aioli spread on both sides, more cheese, a second beef patty, more onions, and top with a slice of bread.
Spread 1 teaspoon of mayonnaise on the top.
Wipe out skillet and set heat to medium. Add sandwiches to the pan, mayo side down. Place a weighted pan on top to hold the sandwich firmly in the pan. Cook until golden brown (about 3 minutes). Remove the weighted pan. Spread 1 teaspoon of mayo on the top slice of bread and flip carefully. Cook for 3 additional minutes (or until golden brown). Serve warm.
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French Onion Patty Melt
Ingredients
PATTY MELT :
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 yellow onions sliced thin
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups Gruyere cheese shredded
- 12 slices Texas toast
- 8 teaspoons mayonnaise
AIOLI SPREAD :
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon about 3 gloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
Instructions
- In a medium skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add onions and cook until caramelized (about 15-20 minutes), stirring often. Add water as needed to prevent burning. Remove from skillet and tent to keep warm.
- In a large bowl, mix together ground beef, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Make 8 square patties (a little larger than the bread). Each patty should be about ¼ inch thick.
- Wipe out the skillet and set the heat to medium-high. Add the hamburger patties in batches (two at a time) and cook 1-2 minutes per side. Remove patties from the skillet and set aside.
- Toast 4 pieces of the Texas toast and set aside.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, lemon juice, pepper, garlic, parsley, and ketchup to make the aioli spread.
- Top 4 untoasted slices of bread with cheese, hamburger patty, onions, toast that has aioli spread on both sides, more cheese, a second beef patty, more onions, and top with a slice of bread.
- Spread 1 teaspoon of mayonnaise on the top.
- Wipe out skillet and set heat to medium. Add sandwiches to the pan, mayo side down. Place a weighted pan on top to hold the sandwich firmly in the pan. Cook until golden brown (about 3 minutes). Remove the weighted pan. Spread 1 teaspoon of mayo on the top slice of bread and flip carefully. Cook for 3 additional minutes (or until golden brown). Serve warm.