🍔 Patty Melt

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A beef patty with caramelized onions and melted Swiss cheese between two slices of golden rye bread. The diner classic.

⏱️ 25 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Easy🔥 663 calories per serving💪 39 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • to taste salt
  • 10 oz (280 g) ground beef
  • to taste black pepper
  • 4 slices rye bread
  • 1 1/2 tbsp butter
  • 2 slices (1.5 oz) Swiss cheese

How to make it, step by step

  1. Thinly slice the onion and cook it in a skillet with the oil and a pinch of salt for 10 minutes, until golden. Set aside.
  2. Shape the beef into two oval patties the size of the bread, season with salt and pepper and cook in the same skillet for 3 minutes per side.
  3. Butter the outside of the bread slices. Build each sandwich with cheese, a patty, onions and more cheese.
  4. Cook the sandwiches in the skillet over medium heat for 2-3 minutes per side, until the bread is crisp and the cheese has melted. Serve.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

663
calories
39 g
protein
39 g
carbs
39 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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