In honor of Memorial Day and the whole start of summer thing, I want to share my favorite burger recipe with you.
This isn't a recipe that starts with "use your favorite patty." This is a recipe for the hamburger patty itself. Joe and I each had a one of these burgers at 10:30 last night. We'd eaten a late lunch, and supper time came and went without notice. After he put Grace to bed, Joe decided to process and freeze the ground meat he'd gotten on sale earlier in the week. We both realized that we were starving, so he kept two burgers out and cooked them instead of freezing the entire batch. Health-wise, it was stupid to eat so late, but burgers never tasted so good! The secret ingredient in these burgers (aside from the boatload of spices) is fresh onion and pepper. The raw veggies cook along with the meat, and they give the finished burger just a hint of grilled onion and pepper.
Chili Burgers
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground meat (We like to use a combo of ground turkey and ground sirloin. The resulting burger still looks and tastes like a normal burger but it is healthier than all beef burgers.)
- ¼ cup chili powder (This makes the burgers very spicy. If you don't like spicy food you might want to scale this back a bit.)
- 2 tablespoons ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons Montreal steak seasoning
- 1 medium onion diced
- ½ red bell pepper diced
Instructions
- Mix everything together. Blend well.
- Form patties from the meat mixture. Cook immediately or freeze.
Diana Rambles says
Yum! Thanks for sharing. Mine is here.
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Laura says
Oh my, that sounds SO good! With it being warmer, we are grilling out ALL the time and I am starting to be on the look out for new and interesting ways to make burgers. Thanks for sharing!!
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Anissa says
Sounds Yummy! I need to write that down for next weekend. TFS and playing along.
Happy Memorial Day!
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Liz@HoosierHomemade says
Those sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing!
BTW-I'm adding you to my blogroll!
~Liz
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Liz@HoosierHomemade says
Those sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing!
BTW-I'm adding you to my blogroll!
~Liz
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Robyns Online World says
These sound great. I never even thought of mixing turkey and beef together for bugers either to lighten them up a bit.
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Robyn's Online World says
These sound great. I never even thought of mixing turkey and beef together for bugers either to lighten them up a bit.
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