Black and Blue Burger
Mix your favorite blue cheese into ground beef, form a patty and then cover in zesty blackening seasoning to form a crust. Served on your favorite choice of bun with your favorite burger accompaniments, this recipe includes a few of my favorite things and hopefully yours too!
Ingredients
- 1½ lb ground beef 20 oz of meat
- 4 oz blue cheese of choice
- 4 tbsp blackening seasoning
- 4 burger buns
- 4 leaves lettuce romaine or bibb work best.
- 1 tomato
- 1 small red onion
Instructions
- Put the ground beef and slices of blue cheese in a bowl.
- Crumble and break up the cheese and mix in well to the ground beef.
- Divide the mixture into 4 quarters and take the meat from 1 quarter. Between your hands form a tight ball with no cracks or air pockets.
- Take this ball and flatten between your fingers, ensuring there are no cracks or ragged edges. Form beef patties that are slightly larger than the bun diameter.
- Spoon on the blackening seasoning. Push the seasoning into the surface of the meat to help it adhere.
- Continue to spoon the seasoning onto both sides of each burger.
- If using lean meat (fat content is less than 20%), then add 1 tbsp of oil to a frying pan. My burgers had a relatively high fat content, so I was able to place them directly into a preheated frying pan. Fry the Burger patties on both sides and remove them from the pan once 160 degrees F. has been reached.
- When the Burgers are frying, prepare the vegetables. Wash and slice the tomato, peel and slice the onion, and wash the lettuce leaves. Finally, toast the buns and butter them.
Nutrition
Serving: 4gCalories: 670kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 40gFat: 44gSaturated Fat: 19gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 142mgSodium: 1721mgPotassium: 709mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 514IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 253mgIron: 5mg
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