Whataburger Patty Melt
A burger dressed up as a diner sandwich. Two patties, melted cheese, grilled onions and a creamy pepper sauce go between slices of thick buttered Texas toast instead of a bun. It is soft, rich and a little peppery, and it has a following that borders on devotional. The grilled onions are the soul of it.
The story
Whataburger first sold its Patty Melt as a limited-time item in July 2008: two beef patties, Monterey Jack, grilled onions and the chain’s creamy pepper sauce on its thick Texas Toast. When it came back in July 2011, the company’s marketing director called it “by far one of our most popular” limited items, and fans had already set up their own Facebook page for it. After several more returns it became a year-round item. The sandwich it copies is older: the patty melt was on the menu at Tiny Naylor’s in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, and in the South it is often made on Texas toast instead of rye.
What’s inside
- 2 beef patties
- Monterey Jack cheese
- grilled onions
- creamy pepper sauce
- Texas toast
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Whataburger Patty Melt yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, cheese and a double stack
The Mr. Smiley Burger - Shares beef, cheese and a double stack
McDonald's Daily Double (Copycat) - Shares beef, cheese and a double stack
Peter’s Triple Bacon Burger - Shares beef, cheese and a double stack
Whopper (Copycat)
The Whataburger Patty Melt on YouTube
Everyone who has cooked, copied or taste-tested it on camera.
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About Whataburger
Harmon Dobson opened the first Whataburger in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1950 with a simple ambition: a burger so big it took two hands to hold and so good that people would say “What a burger!” when they bit into it. In 1961 he designed the orange-and-white striped A-frame buildings, inspired by his love of aviation, and they became as recognisable in Texas as the flag.
Around 1,000 restaurants across the South and Southwest, with Texas at its heart.
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