The Patty Melt I'm In Love With

This classic Patty Melt Recipe is jam-packed with caramelized onions, melted cheese, and a seared hamburger patty on tasty bread for the perfect sandwich. My family often requests this over the classic cheeseburger because they like it.

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→ Ingredients
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 peeled and thinly sliced large yellow onions
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
• 3 teaspoons avocado oil
• 1 pound 80/20 ground chuck
• 6 ounces shredded Swiss cheese
• 6 thick slices of rye bread
• coarse salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste

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[ellcubed]

Made this last night for company. Oh my goodness! It was like a party in our mouths! We had all the makings to assemble our own choices of sauces and caramelized onions . . . had to send the link to everyone 😋. Had wanted to cook the burgers outside on the grill, but decided to follow the instructions exactly this first time making it. So glad I did.

[luciapulido]

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[sandya]

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[kitsune]

I love patty melts. I toast the bread by spreading some high quality mayo on the bread instead of butter. Gives a wonderful golden brown.

[phenixtalonsbane]

This is great, my suggestion is that I'd start by cooking bacon & then saute the onions in the bacon grease, chop up the bacon to add into the onions after they've finished cooking. Possible further addition, would be to add roasted garlic to the onions as well.

[trav]

My wife turned me on to Chef Parisi. She's makes his green bean casserole every year for holidays. She asked me to listen to this and give it a try. I've made it several times now, trying to perfect it. This is definitely one of our favorite go to meals!

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[gtcam]

Once upon a time a local company used to have an extra sourdough rye option. I miss that. And I used to love it for reubens and burgers. Would have been great for this.

[katjamison]

Ciao Billy, you make the best videos amico. I learned how to carmelize onions and make a good burger patty. Molto grazie ❣️

[andrewogden]

I’ve just discovered you, I love your vids, you know what you’re talking about and I take notice. You make me a better cook. Thank you.

[lfyoung]

Looks great. I’m going to make this, this weekend but I will use Gouda cheese. It’s my favorite cheese.

[LeggoMyLamb]

Came here for the Patty Melt, but found gold with the caramelizing onions tutorial. Will apply to my French onion soup recipe, which my family already loves.

[TM-nuvd]

YUMMMM - LOVE Patty Melts. Make mine with sourdough and pepperjack cheese!

[fredoakes]

Made em on home made white with Swiss...grilled onions made it great...thanx

[Vid]

The reduced onions can be used a condiment for anything. Keep a jar in your fridge

[ChezJohn]

Hi Chef, I LOVE a good patty melt and this looks delicious. At a restaurant I used to cook at we would dice up the onions, caramelize them, obviously let them cool and stick them into the fresh ground beef we would get. They were on a swirl/marble rye and they were da 💣 Have you ever had them like that? You’d get onion in every bite like the traditional way, but idk, they were just delicious. Thanks so much. Blessings to you and yours. P.S. grating your own cheese is MUCH better than the pre-shredded stuff, Geoffrey Zakarian says they put “anti caking” agents in the cheese to keep it from (A) going bad too fast, and (B) to keep it from clumping. I ALWAYS grate my own. Thanks again Chef.
(John from California)

[MarkK]

Great video. Heard that pre-shredded cheese has anti-caking agents in it, so maybe that's why off the block is better? I dunno, but it clearly is! The texture is WAY better.

[stevengough]

That Patty melt looks amazing! I will definitely be making these this weekend. Thanks Chef Parisi. 😋

[sophierenaude]

It looks absolutely fantastic. I am not a huge fan of American sandwiches in general (don't get me wrong, a good burger or hot dog is always a wonderful experience). Sometimes they are full of mayo etc. But here it's a thing of beauty! Wow

[matthewjamesduffy]

Chef that looks insane, love this recipe I def have to make it.

[jiggsborah]

you killing me ! That looks DELICIOUS !!! Thanks for this one I'm definitely going to make it