Grammy's Kitchen · Patty Melt · Mushroom Patty Melt
One of 19 patty melt recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
It ranks #19 of 19 for structural integrity among the patty melt recipes we compared. 6 cooks on www.budgetbytes.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 19.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 75% | 14% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 178% | 30% |
Adapts cleanly: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 109 g | 1/2 cup vegetable oil (divided, $0.33) |
| 565 g | 1 colossal onion (thinly sliced (565g, about 3 cups) $0.93*) |
| 4 large portobello mushrooms ($5.36) | |
| 6 g | 2 garlic cloves (minced, (1 Tbsp) $0.12) |
| 60 g | 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar ($0.48) |
| 32 g | 1/8 cup soy sauce ($0.11) |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp dried thyme ($0.22) |
| 320 g | 8 slices rye bread ($1.37) |
| 73 g | 1/3 cup mayonnaise ($0.30**) |
| 8 slices Swiss cheese ($1.31**) | |
| 2 g | 1/4 tsp salt ($0.01) |
| 57 g | 4 Tbsp butter (divided, $0.50***) |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I don't understand why this is called a mushroom "patty" melt, when there's nothing resembling a patty in it. I would think "Mushroom Melt" would have been fine. I don't love--or dislike, either--sourdough bread, but used some rustic Italian bread for this abs” — a cook, 5.0★
“Hey, Paige. Apologies. I was under the impression that Beth just brought in helpers because she was out of recipe ideas. I didn't realize that the corporate buyout happened more than a year ago. I thought my critiques would help Beth see that her s” — a cook, 5.0★