This is one of those recipes which everyone will crave once you see the melty cheese pour over the bread slices.

This is a recipe that even the pickiest eaters will love.

A childhood meal that will bring your memories back. It’s a grilled cheese sandwich topped with a delicious burger pattie inside.

A perfect combination of flavors for everyone when they feel like having a cheat day or simply enjoying comfort food.

Do you know what I love about this recipe? It’s a meal that can be served for lunch or dinner and also if you host a group of people. 

Why you’ll love the recipe:

It’s simply a comfort food that everyone will love. The perfect combination of two types of cheeses, a meat patty and a secret sauce to die for. Yum!

How to serve it:

Serve the patty melts with a salad on the side or just fries with some more secret sauce. 

Ingredients:

  • Ground beef
  • Rye bread
  • Onion powder
  • Garlic powder
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Provolone cheese
  • Butter softened and unsalted

For the secret sauce:

  • Mayonnaise
  • Bacon pieces
  • Ketchup
  • Sugar
  • Relish

How to make Patty melts with secret sauce:

Step 1. First, form the meat into three flattened patties.

Then season with onion powder, garlic powder and salt and pepper to taste. 

Step 2. Cook the patties over medium heat on the stove in a nonstick frying pan until completely cooked on both sides. 

Step 3. While the meat is cooking, mix the ingredients for the sauce until fully combined. 

Step 4. Butter one side of each piece of bread well and place three pieces of the bread butter side down in the hot skillet or frying pan. 

Step 5. Top each slice of bread with two slices of cheese, a meat patty and another two slices of cheese. Put a little bit of the sauce and cover with the remaining slices of bread. Brush with butter and flip so the patty melts can cook on the other side.

Cook for about 4 minutes more and serve to enjoy while still warm. 

These patty melts with a secret sauce will always bring your childhood memories because what we all love as kids it’s a warm grilled cheese sandwich, and this is more than a regular grilled cheese sandwich. A perfect combination of meat patty, sauce, and grilled cheese. What can be better than this? 

Patty melts with secret sauce

This is one of those recipes which everyone will crave once you see the melty cheese pour over the bread slices, this is a recipe that even the pickiest eaters will love.
Course Main Course
Servings 0

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. Ground beef
  • 6 Slices rye bread
  • ½ tsp. Onion powder
  • ½ tsp. Garlic powder
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 6 Sliced provolone cheese
  • 6 Tbsp. Butter softened and unsalted
  • For the secret sauce:
  • ¼ C. Mayonnaise
  • 2 Tbsp. Chopped bacon pieces
  • 3 Tbsp. Ketchup
  • 1 tsp. Sugar
  • 1 tsp. Relish

Instructions
 

  • First, form the meat into three flattened patties and season with onion powder, garlic powder and salt and pepper to taste.
  • Cook the patties over medium heat on the stove in a nonstick frying pan until completely cooked on both sides.
  • While the meat is cooking, mix the ingredients for the sauce until fully combined.
  • Butter one side of each piece of bread well and place three pieces of the bread butter side down in the hot skillet or frying pan.
  • Top each slice of bread with two slices of cheese, a meat patty and another two slices of cheese. Put a little bit of the sauce and cover with the remaining slices of bread. Brush with butter and flip so the patty melts can cook on the other side. Cook for about 4 minutes more and serve to enjoy while still warm.
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Can you make it ahead?

This recipe is best served when cooked fresh and served warm. 

Storage instructions:

Store wrapped in aluminum foil in the fridge for up to 1 day. 

Variations and substitutes:

The meat patties can be made with ground turkey as well. Also, you can add some pickles in the middle for extra flavor.