Are patty melts made on rye bread?

Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Gozde Eker. As great dinner sandwiches go, it is hard to beat patty melts: ground beef, Swiss cheese and caramelized onions griddled on rye bread until they become crisp, oozing packages of salty-sweet delight.

What is patty melt sauce made of?

Many fast food and sit down restaurants serve burgers, fries, and patty melts with a “secret sauce”. Secret sauce is usually a variation of thousand island dressing. The base is made with mayonnaise and ketchup, with other flavors added like mustard, paprika and garlic.

What is the difference between a patty melt and a hamburger?

A patty melt sandwich is a variant of the classic American cheeseburger. While both of these dishes include ground beef patties and cheese, the hamburger or cheeseburger is served on a soft bun, while a patty melt is prepared with griddled sandwich bread. The main difference, however, is in the cooking process.

Why are patty melts so good?

The beauty of the patty melt is that, when done right, no condiments are necessary, as the defining flavor-enhancing characteristic derives from lavishly buttering the outside of the bread and cooking the sandwich until it becomes one gooey, greasy, meaty, crisp-but-tender synergistic package.

What is in the Whataburger patty melt?

A longtime customer favorite, the delicious Patty Melt is made with two fresh, never frozen American beef patties, two slices of Monterey Jack cheese, grilled onions, and Whataburger’s Creamy Pepper Sauce. It’s served between two thick slices of signature Texas Toast.

How do you make a sourdough patty melt?

The order is as follows: slathered bread slice, cheese slice, beef patty, caramelized onions, second cheese slice, slathered, butter-side-up bread slice. Griddle your patty melts! Cook them over medium low heat—if your pan is too hot, the bread will burn before the cheese melts. Eat your patty melts!

What’s on Whataburger patty melt?

What side dish goes with patty melts?

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  • of 13 Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Buttermilk.
  • of 13 Tomato and Avocado Salad.
  • of 13 Simple Coleslaw.
  • of 13 Seasoned Roasted-Corn Salad Cups.
  • of 13 Melon and Cucumber Salad.
  • of 13 Grilled Potato Slices with Salt and Vinegar.

How was the original patty melt made?

Tiny Naylor owned a chain of Biff’s and Tiny Naylor restaurants in the late 1940s and 1950s. It was there that the Patty Melt made its debut. Naylor came up with putting the beef patties between slices of rye bread as a Patty Melt.

What was the original patty melt?

Patty melt is an American sandwich consisting of Swiss cheese and an onion-topped hamburger patty between slices of grilled rye bread. The flavorful sandwich was invented in California in the late 1940s by Tiny Naylor, the owner of Biff’s and Tiny Naylor restaurants.

Why is a patty melt not a hamburger?

Now, bringing it all back to the sandwich vs. burger debate, I’ll conclude that I believe it’s all about intention. If you make a patty with the intention of serving it like a burger, with tomato and sliced onions and lettuce, then it’s a burger. But the patty melt is not that.

What cheese is on Whataburger patty melt?

Monterey Jack cheese
A longtime customer favorite, the delicious Patty Melt is made with two fresh, never frozen American beef patties, two slices of Monterey Jack cheese, grilled onions, and Whataburger’s Creamy Pepper Sauce. It’s served between two thick slices of signature Texas Toast.