Tex-Mex Patty Melts
Ready In: 25 mins
Serves: 3
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 3 tablespoons chili seasoning mix
- 2 chipotle chiles in adobo, minced
- 1⁄2 fluid ounce beer
- 1⁄4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 chipotle chile in adobo, minced
- 6 slices white bread or 6 slices Texas toast thick bread
- 6 slices monterey jack pepper cheese
Directions
- Mix together the ground beef, chili seasoning mix, 2 minced chipotle peppers with adobo sauce, and the beer in a bowl. Divide the mixture evenly into three patties.
- Stir together the mayonnaise and 1 minced chipotle pepper with adobo sauce in a small bowl. Divide the mixture between the bread slices and spread evenly. Place a slice of pepperjack cheese on top of the mayonnaise mixture on each slice of bread.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the patties in the skillet until no longer pink in the center, 5 to 7 minutes each side for well done. Remove each burger to a slice of bread, sandwiching them with the remaining slices.
- Drain the skillet, reserving 2 tablespoons of the grease. Heat the reserved grease in the skillet over medium-high heat. Grill the sandwiches in the skillet until the bread is golden brown and the cheese is melted, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
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