I made these burgers and Jalapeno-Lime Mayo, Salsa, and Guacamole last night and they were so delicious. I am usually a ketchup (and lots of it) kind of girl with burgers, but with these, I just used the mayo, which was delicious, as well as the salsa and guacamole! Wow, these really have a great, intense flavor! The prep is mostly chopping, but it's well worth it! I hope you enjoy. Feel free to ad lib with the recipe, for instance, I added garlic powder in addition to the minced garlic, and I used a fresh jalapeno, seeded and deveined so that it didn't carry much heat, just flavor. The lime peel adds great flavor. We skipped the cheese.
1 1/2 lb. ground beef chuck (80% lean)
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion
1 pickled jalapeño chile, finely chopped, if desired
2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon grated lime peel
3/4 teaspoon salt
4 slices Monterey Jack cheese (we didn't use cheese)
4 Kaiser rolls or Mexican bolillo rolls, split (we didn't use buns, either)
1. In medium bowl, gently mix together beef, cilantro, green onion, chile, garlic, chili powder, lime peel and salt. Shape into 4 (4 1/2-inch) patties about 3/4 inch thick.
2. Heat grill. Place burgers on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill 4 to 6 inches from medium coals; cover grill. Grill 8 to 10 minutes or until thoroughly cooked and no longer pink in center, turning once. Top each burger with 1 slice cheese; grill 1 minute or until cheese has melted.
3. Spread each roll with 2 tablespoons of the Jalapeño-Lime Mayonnaise. Top rolls with burgers, salsa and guacamole.
Jalapeno-Lime Mayonaise
1/2 cup mayo
2 Tbsp lime juice
2 tsp lime peel
1 Tbsp finely chopped pickled or fresh jalapeno
In small bowl, stir together ingredients.
Salsa
1 large tomato, diced
2 Tbsp finely chopped onion
2 Tbsp diced canned green chiles, or fresh jalapenos
2 Tbsp chopped cilantro
Mix ingredients together in bowl. I added Fresh lime juice to this as well and added different proportions of the ingredients based on taste. Also, we made a bigger batch than this, so that there was plenty for all. Be free!
Guacamole
For the guac, I smashed up 4 avocados (for three adults and Abby, but we LOVE guac) and added some of the fresh salsa and a little bit more lime juice and salt to it. It was perfect!
4 sandwiches
2 comments:
This actually sounds delicious!!! I love avocado on ANYTHING (in fact, we have extra bleu cheese and avocado lying around--laying, or lying, Shelley!!???---and I've made a bleu cheese (bleu or blue?) and avocado omelette each morning for the past two mornings.. I also love avocado on burgers, so this might be fun.
It is fun, and super delicious! Seriously, it doesn't taste at all like a normal hamburger.
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