Anyway after trying to figure out how I would lay out my blog I decided I would try and do Tasty Thursday! Every Thursday I will try to have a new recipe to post along with pictures and instructions!
Tonight I made patty melts the idea came from the lovely Carla Hall, from Top Chef and also The Chew.
When I saw Carla Hall's Turkey Melt on The Chew on Tuesday I knew I wanted to make something like it. I knew right away I had to cut the onions for me and it couldn't be turkey, hubs doesn't really go for the ground turkey. So I had to do some improvising, which luckily is the way my dad taught me how to cook!
I used a pound each of venison and hamburger, its what I had in the freezer. I also mixed in some onion soup mix which isn't necessary but not only will it give the burger a good flavor without a lot of work but it will also cover some of the gamey flavor of the venison. *Tip: Don't use just venison if you are making burgers you need something with a little more fat so always mix it with beef or pork*
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| Mix onion soup into the meat mixture |
Make sure you mix it up really good!
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| Mixy mixy |
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| Baseball size meat wad. |
Now it is time to get ready to fry! This is the fun part... not. I really do hate frying meat on the stove, I hate getting splashed and it really messes up my clean stove. Ugh.
Anyway. Get out your skillet (I used my new heavy duty pan I just got from TJ Maxx, I love this thing! Who needs to buy thousand dollar pans when you have the best non stick pans ever for 20$ at TJ Maxx?!) Put a little oil in the bottom, just a little, lay in the burgers and cover with a tight lid.
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| Cover like so. |
While your burgers are cooking away get your bread ready. I don't personally like hamburger buns because I end up ripping off half the bun and wasting it so I use bread, plus bread works better with this recipe. You also need mayo and butter to spread on your bread. I mixed the mayo and butter together and put it on the bread I like the flavor is gave vs. just butter.
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| Bread, butter,mayo... got it? |
Once you smeared your mayo mixture on both sides of your bread throw it on the griddle and toast it up!
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| My brother decided he wanted to put a biscut on the griddle...
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After your bread is toasted and your burgers are done throw some cheese on them and cover them back up just until the cheese is melted, throw the patty on the bread and smother it in crap like my brother in the picture below!! Then enjoy!!! :)
Patty Melt Recipe
Recipe yields 6 patties
Ingredients
2lb ground meat (I used 1lb hamburger and 1lb venison)
1 package onion soup mix
12 slices of bread
2tbsp mayo
2tbsp butter
1 tbsp oil
6 slices cheese
Directions
Patties:
Mix together the ground meat and onion soup mix. Make six even sized patties. Heat your pan and add the tbsp of oil. Once the pan and oil are hot add the patties and cover. Cook patties for about 4-5 mins each side keeping the patties covered. Once the patties are cooked all the way through top with cheese and cover again until the cheese is melted.
Bread:
Mix together your mayo and butter and spread on both sides of each slice of bread, put on griddle and toast them until golden brown and crispy.
Put together your bread and pattie with what ever condiments you like and gobble it up!
