Thursday, September 18, 2008

Hand-pressed Cheddar and Jalapeno stuffed Burgers

So, after making these last night (they were good), I have a new respect for places that hand press their burgers. Kudos out to those employees at places like In-N-Out and Five Guys Burgers, my respect level is high now that I've tried it myself. Anyways, this isn't anything super original, I mean, I think you can buy a frozen variation of this somewhere, however, there's something satisfying when you make it yourself, and I think it tastes better. I have to try this again with a new batch of meat, I think it can be better.

Ingredients:

Ground beef
1 onion
salt
pepper
garlic salt
sharp cheddar
jalapenos (the deli style ones work pretty well)

Directions:

1.) Dice the onion

2.) In a large mixing bowl, mix the beef with the onions, then flavor/season with salt, pepper, and garlic salt (feel free to experiment here, maybe I should've tried some of that dry steak rub)

3.) On a flat surface make a very thin flat patty, about double the size of a bun

4.) Place one slice of cheese and jalapenos on the patty

5.) Collapse the patty on itself (usually I just fold it in half and cover everything up)

6.) Grill the burger (yes in this case a George Foreman does count as a grill)

There you have it. They'll usually come out pretty big, but they have a little kick, and flavor. I really liked it. If you want cheesier add more cheese, it's as simple as that. You can probably do the same with a chicken sandwich, in which you use chicken breast and slice down the middle, then stuff the middle, but of course, it's entirely up to you. It's not quite as easy as like a frozen burger, but it's probably healthier, and you get a certain degree of satisfaction from it, in that's it's "from scratch". If you use a George Foreman, honestly, the cleanup is pretty similar, only an extra bowl possibly, and I think you can get a lot more burgers out of it.

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