Sashi Made A Recipe: The "It's My Havarti and I'll Rye If I Want To" Burger (from Bob's Burgers)

 

I really do love this show, so I don't think I'm going to stop coming up with burgers based on Bob's burger of the day any time soon! Since we had havarti left over from last week's punny burger, it sort of made sense for this to be the next one in my line up. Plus, I've been on a turkey reuben sandwich kick so we already had rye on hand. I personally prefer light rye with no seeds but you do you! I treated this basically like a patty melt so feel free to leave the onion off as well. That's how my husband had his since he abhors onions.

I used bottled dressing this time but you could easily make it. Here's my recipe for an easy sauce on my old blog. In fact, the seasoning I used for the patties in this burger is from that same post!

Bob's Burgers 
"A Few Gurt Men"
Season 7

The "It's My Havarti and I'll Rye If I Want To" Burger

Makes 3 burgers

• 1/2 large sweet onion cut into thin slices
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce 
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 
• Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 3 slices havarti cheese
• 6 slices rye bread, toasted
• 3-6 Tbsp Thousand Island dressing

1. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and add the onion. Cook, stirring frequently,  until the onions are golden brown and tender, ~10-12 minutes. If the onion starts to stick, add 1-2 Tbsp of water. I usually use up to 4 Tbsp when sauteing onion this way. Once the onion is cooked, transfer to a small bowl and cover to keep warm. Wipe out the pan and put the pan back on the heat.
2. While the onion cooks, in a medium bowl, gently blend together the ground beef, Worcestershire, cayenne, and black pepper. Form into 3 large oval patties, each 3/8"-1/2" thick and a little larger than the bread.
3. Add the patties to the heated pan. Cook for 4 minutes, flip, and cook for 4 minutes more until the patties are cooked through. Flip again, add the cooked onion on top of each patty then cover with the cheese slices and turn off the heat. Cover to melt the cheese for 2 minutes.
4. Spread the dressing on the tops of 2 slices of bread. Add the patty on top of the dressing of one slice and add the 2nd slice dressing side down. Repeat for the other 2 sandwiches.