Grilled Cheese Burger

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What’s better than a grilled cheese? A grilled cheese stuffed with a delicious burger patty, red onions, and chipotle mayo – a grilled cheese burger.

If you’ve never had a patty melt before, it’s basically a grilled cheese burger. And what’s not to love about a grilled cheese with a burger inside? Extra cheese, crispy bread, and a juicy burger. Plus any toppings you want. We love making this simple grilled cheese burger at home for an easy restaurant style, date night in. 

What This Recipe Entails

Make a grilled cheese, make a burger, and combine them. Simple as that!

• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 10 minutes

We think this recipe is best when made with homemade burger patties because they need to be hand shaped to fit the grilled cheese. We want to make sure every bite has both grilled cheese and burger in it after all! 

Note: This recipe works great as a base for whatever creation you can come up with. Don’t let our choices of ingredients keep you from making your personal best grilled cheese burger!

Grilled Cheese Burger Ingredients

• Burger patties – Store-bought or homemade, either works. However, for best results we always make them homemade because you’ll need to shape the patties to fit the grilled cheese!
• Grilled cheese – We prefer sourdough for the bread and American cheese for the best meltiness and flavor. However, make the grilled cheese however you think is best. If you have any questions about grilled cheeses, check out our post on making a great grilled cheese. 
• Toppings – Thinly sliced red onion and a drizzle of homemade chipotle mayo are our go to patty melt toppings. But get creative here and make your own creation!

How To Make A Grilled Cheese Burger

This part is really simple, I promise. Make a grilled cheese, make a burger, and combine them. That’s really it.

1. Hand shape the patties – For a grilled cheese burger to work, the burger patty has to fit well on the grilled cheese. This means hand shaping the patties to fit the bread. 
2. Make a grilled cheese – Simple as that.
3. Grill the burgers – Cook the burgers to your desired doneness. A meat thermometer is your friend here.
4. Combine and top! – Open up your grilled cheese, add your burger, and top as desired. 
5. Serve – Serve hot with a side of french fries and a cold beer.

Serving Suggestions

What you serve with your burger is almost as important as the burger itself! Here are some of our favorite ways to turn this recipe into a delicious comforting dinner:

• A burger deserves a beer – Grab a cold beer to go with your patty melt. We like to pair this burger with a light and refreshing beer like a German hefeweizen.
• Make a side – Go with a classic like fries or onion rings. Or change it up with something a little more fun. We love making these burgers for Sunday football, so we often pair them with creamy buffalo chicken dip or other game day appetizers.
• Get creative – A burger on a grilled cheese is just the start. Play around with adding your favorite condiments and burger toppings to this recipe. Instead of red onion and chipotle mayo, how about some caramelized onions or hot honey? The sky’s the limit.

Give our grilled cheese burger a try when you’re feeling like a greasy, gooey, cheesy, comforting dinner. And let us know what you think of it in the comments below!

Cheers!