Spicy Chopped Cheese Sandwich recipe

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
¼ cup chopped onions
12 ounces lean ground beef
1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
3 slices American cheese
2 hoagie buns, split and toasted
1 cup shredded lettuce
1 roma tomato, thinly sliced

Nutrition Info

763.4 calories
carbohydrate: 40 g
cholesterol: 166.4 mg
fat: 44.9 g
fiber: 3.8 g
protein: 49.8 g
saturatedFat: 21.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 1498.1 mg
sugar: 6.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook until onions are soft and starting to caramelize, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.

  2. In a large bowl combine ground beef and Sriracha sauce. Mix well unto Sriracha is evenly distributed. Form mixture into two patties and season with salt and pepper.

  3. Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add hamburger patties and cook 5 minutes or until a crust forms on the bottom. Flip patties over and cook 3 minutes.

  4. Using a wide spatula, break patties up into large pieces. Sprinkle cooked onion in between the spaces of the hamburger pieces. Layer cheese over the beef, and cook 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.

  5. Divide meat mixture evenly between the toasted hoagie rolls. Top each with shredded lettuce and sliced tomato.

Recipe Yield

2 sandwiches

Recipe Note

The chopped cheese sandwich originated in New York City. It is not spicy and is traditionally made on a flat top grill. I do not have a flat top and also wanted to incorporate some heat so here is my not so traditional version.

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