The Rubik’s Cube Revenge Burger

If you are a grilled cheese lover and you enjoy a good burger, Deede’s Rubik’s Cube Revenge is the right fit for you. A square patty sandwiched between two grilled cheese sandwiches? Yes. She. Went. There.

Ingredients:
1 lb. Ground Beef  – for 4 burgers
Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper
Dijon Mustard
12 Slices of Kraft Singles Cheese Product (That’s right… 2 slices per grilled cheese sandwich)
Butter – softened
4 Medium-Thick or 8 Thin Tomato Slices – your choice

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Assembly
It should be noted here that master chef Deede – cut single slices of Wonder Bread in 1/2 to create thinner pieces of bread. Now those are some serious knife skills.

• Butter both sides of 12 pieces of bread.
• Assemble each sandwich with 1 slice bread, 2 slices cheese and another slice of bread

Burger

• Divide beef into 4 equal parts
• Gently form square patties just larger than the slices of bread
• Create a bowl like indentation in the center of each of the patties to ensure even heating
• Preheat a cast-iron skillet or heavy-bottom pan to medium-high
• Generously salt and pepper both sides of the burger patties
• Throw those suckers in the cast-iron pan. – BTW, I love Deede’s way with words
• Squirt/or spread a dollop of Dijon mustard on the raw side of the patty before turning over
• Cook patties about 3 minutes per side for medium – Note: cook in batches of 2 if your pan isn’t large enough

Cook Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Cook each grilled cheese sandwich until golden brown. “I recommend cooking them while the burgers are resting, so the danger of burning these babies is reduced.” (Deede’s exact words) – Cooking should take about 2 minutes for each side, but watch carefully because the thinner bread cooks faster than regular bread. Deede used a non-stick pancake grill to cook all 6 of the sandwiches at the same time. Genius! I have one, but only break it out for pancakes. To be honest, it’s a total bitch to get it out of the cabinet and I’m lazy.

Burger Assembly
Place the grilled cheese sandwich “bun” on the bottom. Add the patty on top of that “bun” along with a slice of tomato. Then place your second grilled cheese on top of that – creating the second “bun”.

Do not mentally add up the calories… o.k., I just had too…
4 pieces of Kraft Single Cheese – 320 calories
2 Slices of Wonder Bread – 140 calories
Butter – 1 pat – approximately  – 36 calories
Burger – 284 calories
Tomato Slice – 3 calories

783 calories – much better than I had thought.
For reference – a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder w/Cheese has 510 calories.

Deede’s burger delivered cheesy goodness with some good ol’ Wonder Bread stick to the roof of your mouth action.  I’m constantly amazed by Deede’s fun food adventures. I’m surprised she hasn’t tried a burger inside of some sort of baked good. 😉 You never know, she’s already mastered Charles Phoenix’s Cherpumple – Pie Stuffed Cake.