Best Grilled Patty Melts With Smothered Onions Recipes

GRILLED PORK PATTY MELT

Steps:

• Slice the whole onions into half-inch thick slices.
• In a large skillet or saute pan with high sides, melt the 6 tablespoons of butter over medium high heat.
• Add the onions, salt and pepper and toss to coat then reduce the flame to low to medium low.
• Toss occasionally while they slowly cook for about one hour. Set aside and drain and discard any liquid.
• In a large bowl, tear the bread into small pieces then pour in the milk and mash with a fork. The bread and milk are not a binder but instead will help keep the mixture moist while cooking.
• In the bowl of a food processor, add the raw bacon, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, thyme and the soaked bread and process until smooth.
• Pour this back into the large bowl along with the ground pork and mix by hand.
• Form into four patties the shape of the bread you are using and line up on a parchment covered tray that has been sprayed with kitchen pan spray.
• Press your thumb into the center of each to make a large divot. When you cook these, the divot will stop the burger from mounding up in the middle and will cook flat. Place the patties in the refrigerator while you wait for the onions to cook.
• When ready, heat one side of your grill to high and the other to medium.
• Heat the cooked onions to hot.
• Butter the bread on one side with the butter.
• Clean then oil your grill and place the burgers, divot side down, on the hot side and the bread on the cooler side, butter down.
• Cover each slice of bread with a slice of swiss cheese which will melt while the bottom browns and cover four of the slices with the drained onions.
• Cook the burgers a few minutes on each side to an internal temperature of 150 degrees F. They will rise to 160 degrees F off heat.
• If the bread has browned before the burgers are cooked, remove the bread to a sheet tray so they do not burn.
• Place one burger over each pile of onions then top with the other slice of bread and serve.

GRILLED PATTY MELTS

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Pat out three 1/3-pound hamburger patties, pressing each patty down with your index and middle fingers to get a nice, flat burger instead of a ball. Season patties on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Cook on the preheated grill until no longer pink in the centers, 10 to 12 minutes, flipping halfway. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Increase heat to medium-low, add onion, and saute until tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Place 3 slices of bread on the grill. Top each with a slice of American cheese, a cooked patty, sauteed onions, a slice of Swiss cheese, and the remaining bread. Grill sandwiches until cheese melts, about 1 minute per side.

PATTY MELTS WITH GRILLED ONIONS

Steps:

• Arrange onion slices on a plate. Drizzle vinegar over onion slices. Heat a large grill pan over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion to pan; cover and cook 3 minutes on each side. Remove from pan; cover and keep warm.
• Heat pan over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Divide beef into 4 equal portions, shaping each into a 1/2-inch-thick patty. Sprinkle patties evenly with salt and pepper. Add patties to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until done.
• Spread about 1 teaspoon mustard blend over 4 bread slices; layer each slice with 2 tablespoons cheese, 1 patty, 2 onion slices, and 2 tablespoons cheese.
• Spread about 1 teaspoon mustard blend over remaining bread slices; place, mustard side down, on top of sandwiches.
• Heat pan over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add sandwiches to pan. Place a cast-iron or other heavy skillet on top of sandwiches; press gently to flatten. Cook 3 minutes on each side or until bread is toasted (leave cast-iron skillet on sandwiches while they cook).