The Ultimate Patty Melt Recipe: A Comfort Food Classic!

Swiss cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: American cheese

Low-fat cheese reduces calories while maintaining meltiness.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier for frying.

Start by caramelizing onions and mushrooms in a skillet with a little butter.

Cook the onions and mushrooms until they are nice and brown and caramelized.

Take a piece of parchment paper and place the ground beef on it, shaping it into a roughly rectangular shape.

Fold the parchment paper over the beef and roll it out like cookie dough until it's nice and thin.

Cut the beef into portions for patties.

Heat the skillet again and add more butter.

Place the beef patties in the skillet and cook until browned.

Butter the rye bread slices.

Turn the burner on low to toast the bread and melt the cheese.

Assemble the sandwich with bread, cheese, beef, mushrooms, and onions.

Toast the sandwich until golden brown and the cheese is melted.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

Allergens