From Faith: The mere act of writing the word… burger… makes me salivate. As you might guess, then, we’re especially thrilled to tell you about our burger creations and tests. The recommendations here, for both carnivores and vegetarians, are our go-to burger recipes, ones we make over and over again. You’ll discover all types on the list, including burgers that are classic, stuffed, grilled, and pan-fried. If you’re a low-carb or paleo eater, please pay special attention to the burgers we feature that use no breadcrumbs.
At the moment I’m Jonesing on the buffalo burgers, the Indian veggie burger, and the burger with truffled cheese. Enjoy any of them with an American Zinfandel (red) or a dry sparkling rose.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 cup bacon cooked, chopped into small 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 cup onion chopped
- 2 ounces Swiss cheese cut into ¼ inch cubes about ½ cup
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 dashes Tabasco sauce
- salt
- pepper
Servings:
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl combine ground beef, cooked bacon, chopped onion, cubed Swiss cheese, Worcestershire sauce, and Tabasco sauce and mix well. Separate into 4 equal sized patties and season with salt and pepper. Grill to desired doneness.
Ingredients
- 2 6 ounce cans tuna chunk light, in water
- 2 egg whites
- 1/4 cup celery diced very small
- 1/4 cup red onion diced very small
- 2 tablespoons Italian dressing
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper white
- 1 tablespoon mustard dijon
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs plain
- 2 dashes Tabasco sauce
Servings:
Instructions
- Pre-heat the Forman grill. Drain the tuna and squeeze out most but not all of the water. Mix well in a medium bowl with 2 egg whites. Add the diced celery, diced red onion, Italian dressing, white pepper, Dijon mustard, bread crumbs, and Tabasco then fully incorporated. Divide the mixture into 4 balls and form into burger patties. Place the patties on the grill 2 or 4 at a time depending on the size of your grill. Gently and carefully close the lid and grill for five minutes. Serve on a toasted roll with shredded lettuce or just on top of dressed salad greens.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef lean 85%
- 4 slices cheese American
- 4 hamburger buns
- salt
- pepper
Servings:
Instructions
- While heating a thick bottomed skillet, form four thin patties from the ground beef and generously salt and pepper both sides.
- Once pan is very hot, carefully drop in the patties and allow to sizzle without moving them around. After a moment, press down with a spatula to assure meat's full contact with pan.
- After two or three minutes, check to see that a a crust is forming on the underside and if properly crusty and golden brown, flip. Again press down hard on patties to sear.
- Next, place a slice of cheese, and the bun (bottom face down and then the top) on the patties and cover using a lid; if lid squishes the buns, even better.
- Cook covered until a nice crust has formed, the cheese has melted, and the buns are soft. Serve with or without the usual accoutrements. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 4 portabello mushroom caps
- 1 cup onion chopped
- 2 ounces cheddar cheese cut into 1⁄4 inch cubes about 1⁄2 cup
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 dashes tabasco
- salt
- pepper
Servings:
Instructions
- De-stem portabella mushroom and with a teaspoon carefully scrape the gill out and discard. Then chop mushrooms into very small dices to make about 2 cups. In a large mixing bowl combine chopped mushrooms, ground beef, chopped onion, cubed cheddar cheese, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco and mix well.
- Separate into 4 equal sized patties and season with salt and pepper. Grill to desired doneness.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup green pepper finely diced
- 3/4 cup yellow onion finely diced
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons seasoned salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic minced
- 2 pounds pork ground
- 8 pieces pineapple unsweetened, sliced, drained
- 8 strips bacon
- 8 hamburger buns
Servings:
Instructions
- Pan fry eight strips of bacon until crisp and set aside.
- In a large bowl combine the first six ingredients. Crumble the ground pork into the bowl and mix well. Shape the meat into 8 burgers, pressing the center of each patty with your thumb to make a slight indentation. (This keeps the burger from puffing up on the grill and cooking unevenly.)
- Pour oil onto a paper towel and using tongs, oil the grill grate, if grilling. place pineapple slices on grill along with burgers. Flip pineapple so that both sides have nice brown grill marks. Set aside. Cook burgers to desired doneness, about 5 minutes per side, usually.
- Place the grilled or broiled burgers on buns, add grilled pineapple and two bacon strips per burger.
Recipe Notes
NOTE: If you want to kick up the heat, add Frank's Hot Sauce to the meat mixture. To add decadence, serve each burger with a slice of Swiss cheese.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground chicken
- 1/4 cup hot sauce Frank's
- 1/2 cup celery chopped
- 1 bunch scallions
- 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbled
Servings:
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the ground chicken , hot sauce, chopped celery, scallions and blue cheese.
- Divide the mixture into 8 balls and then form into patties. Place each patty on a lined cookie sheet and place into a pre-heated 400 degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until full cooked. Serve on a toasted roll with shredded lettuce and slice red onion.
Ingredients
- 1 pound hamburger
- 3 tablespoons olive oil extra virgin
- 4 slices truffle cheese
Servings:
Instructions
- Mix hamburger with olive oil. Grill and place cheese on the top.
Ingredients
- 1 14 ounce can chick peas drained and chopped
- 1 14 ounce can lentils drained and chopped
- 1/2 cup brown rice cooked well and drained
- 1 red pepper small, diced
- 1 green pepper small, diced
- 6 green beans sliced thin
- 1 cup red onion diced
- 1/2 cup mushrooms diced
- 1/2 cup corn frozen
- 1/2 cup carrots shredded
- 1/2 cup walnuts toasted and chopped
- 1 tablespoon Curry
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons hot sauce
- 2 cups panko bread crumbs
Servings: burgers
Instructions
- Mix ingredients together and pan fry.
