Pork Patty Melts

Name: Pork Patty Melts
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 473 milliliters fennel bulb, trimmed, cored, and thinly sliced (about; 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 454 grams ground pork (see note above); 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps malt vinegar; 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 12 slices Swiss cheese, torn in half; 8 Tbsps (1 stick) unsalted butter; 2 teaspoons olive or vegetable oil; 8 slices sturdy white sandwich bread; 473 milliliters large yellow onion, split in half and thinly sliced from pole to pole (about

Pork Patty Melts might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 35% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 1020 calories, 48g of protein, and 74g of fat. If you have fennel bulb, malt vinegar, sturdy sandwich bread, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 30 minutes. This recipe is typical of American cuisine.

Instructions

Season pork with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and work into pork using hands. Divide pork into 4 equal portions and form each into a thin patty the shape of a slice of bread.

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Salt

Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering.

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Cooking Oil

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Add patties and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 6 minutes total.

Transfer to plate.

Melt 3 tablespoons butter in now empty skillet.

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Add onion, fennel, red pepper flakes, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and beginning to char, about 8 minutes.

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Add garlic and vinegar and cook an additional 2 minutes. Season to taste and transfer mixture to bowl.

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Reduce heat to medium. Melt additional 2 1/2 tablespoons butter in now empty skillet, swirling pan to evenly distribute butter.

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Place 4 bread slices in skillet. Top each slice with 1 1/2 slices cheese. Top 2 of the slices with 1/4 onion-fennel mixture, then a pork patty. Once cheese starts to melt, flip cheese-topped bread slices onto pork patties and press down gently with spatula. Cook, turning once, until bread is golden and crisp, about 3 minutes per side.

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