What is the 4th of July without a great BBQ? We have gathered our best burgers to get your party started! And how about some fun hot dog toppings? Mix up some of your favorite mango salsa and top a jalapeno cheddar dog with it or try baked beans, cheddar cheese and diced red onions on a beef brat. The choices are endless! #4thofjuly #burgers
Smokey Cheddar Bacon Burger
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef sirloin
- 4 small sesame seed buns
- 4 slices good bacon
- 1 small sweet onion thinly sliced
- 1 cup microgreens
- 6 oz. Tillamook Smoked Cheddar cheese sliced thinly
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 4 tsp ketchup
Crispy Oven Fries:
- 4 russet potatoes cleaned and cut into squared strips that resemble hand cut french fries (not too thin, but make sure they are all relatively the same thickness)
- S & P
- ¼ cup olive oil
Instructions
- Start charcoal grill
- In a large saute pan, cook bacon over low heat until almost crispy, remove to paper towel and rest
- In a small saute pan, add 1 tsp of bacon grease and cook onions over medium low heat until caramelized, set aside
- Divide ground sirloin into 4 equal portions
- Place 2 slices cheese in middle of each portion and form patties
- Season with S & P and drizzle with some cooking oil
- Grill burgers, when you flip them, add 4 slices cheese, cover until cooked through and cheese is melted.
- Mix mayonnaise and ketchup together
- Spread on each bun
- Place burger on bottom, then bacon, then onions, then microgreens and top bun
Crispy Oven Fries:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees (If you have a convection oven, use that for crispy in less time)
- Place potatoes in a medium saucepan and cover with water
- Bring to a boil and cook about half way, until still firm
- Remove potatoes to a paper towel and pat dry
- In a medium bowl, toss potatoes with olive oil and a good amount of S & P
- Place on sheet pan and bake until golden and crispy on the outside, about 30 minutes unless using convection, may be quicker.
Grilled Portabella Burger
Looking for a vegetarian burger for your next BBQ? This grilled portabella burger is packed with so much flavor that you won;t even miss the meat.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 4 portabella mushrooms stems removed
- 4 hamburger buns
- 20 cherry tomatoes halved
- 4 thick slices vine tomato
- 1 cup vidalia onion diced
- 6 tsp. olive oil
- 8 slices provolone cheese
- 8 tsp. balsamic glaze
- 8 tsp basil pesto
- 4 tsp mayonnaise
- 1 cup herb salad mix
Instructions
- Start your grill.
- In a saute pan over medium heat, cook onions in 1 tsp olive oil until softened, add cherry tomatoes and cook until softened. Set aside.
- Drizzle 1 tsp balsamic glaze inside each mushroom cap
- Place 1 slice provolone cheese inside each mushroom cap
- Place ¼ of tomato mixture inside each mushroom cap
- Top filling in each mushroom cap with 1 tsp basil pesto
- Brush all sides of each mushroom with 1 tsp olive oil
- Grill until browned and softened, top each mushroom with 1 slice provolone and grill until melted
- While mushrooms are grilling, make tomato topping by sauteing thick tomato slices in 1 tsp olive oil over medium heat until browned
- Spread each bun with 1 tsp mayo and 1 tsp basil pesto (dividing amount between top/bottom bun)
- Place portabella on bun, top with ¼ cup herb salad and 1 cooked thick tomato, drizzle with 1 tsp balsamic glaze and top with bun
Tangled Up & Blue Burger
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 4 ¼ lb beef sirloin burger patties
- 4 small sesame seed buns
- 1 tsp olive oil
- S & P
- ¼ cup mayonnaise split in four portions
- ½ red onion thinly sliced (split in four portions)
- 4 slices bacon cooked
- 1 cup microgreens split in four portions
- ¼ cup blue cheese crumbles extra to the amount in the sauce, split in four portions
Crispy fried onions:
- 1 yellow onion thinly sliced
- 1 cup buttermilk or milk with a dash of vinegar
- ½ cup flour
- ½ cup cornstarch
- Cooking oil for frying
Blue cheese sauce:
- ½ cup blue cheese salad dressing
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup blue cheese crumbles
Instructions
- Start grill, I prefer charcoal.
Make crispy fried onions:
- a. Place buttermilk and sliced onions in a medium bowl to soak for about 15 minutes.
- b. In another medium bowl, mix together flour and cornstarch.
- c. After onions have soaked, dredge them in flour/cornstarch mixture.
- d. In a small saute pan over medium high heat warm enough cooking oil to submerge
- onions.
- e. Fry onions until golden brown and crispy.
- f. Drain on wire rack or paper towel and set aside.
Make blue cheese sauce:
- a. Combine blue cheese dressing, heavy cream and blue cheese crumbles together and set aside.
Grill burgers to desired doneness, adding a mound of the ¼ cup blue cheese crumbles,
- split between the four burgers.
- Assemble burgers: Bottom bun, mayonnaise, red onion slices, burger, slice of bacon,
- ¼ of crispy fried onions, 1 tbsp blue cheese sauce, ¼ of microgreens, top bun.
Beecher’s White Cheddar, Mushroom, Bacon Burger with Arugula and Garlic Aioli
Local to Seattle, Beecher's white cheddar is the perfect pairing for this mushroom burger with arugula and garlic aioli.
Ingredients
- 4 small sesame seed buns
- 4 ¼ pound sirloin beef patties S & P and drizzle olive oil
- 4 slices bacon cooked
- 8 slices Beecher’s Flagship cheese
- 1 cup arugula
Mushrooms:
- 6 oz crimini mushrooms sliced
- 1 garlic clove diced
- 1 small yellow onion frenched (sliced in half then slivered)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 pinch dried thyme or fresh
- 1 tbsp butter
Garlic Aioli:
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 clove garlic minced or pressed fine
- ½ lemon squeezed
- S & P cracked black pepper is best
Instructions
- Heat grill
- In a small saute pan over medium heat cook onion in olive oil until cooked about half way
- Add mushrooms and garlic, saute until softened
- Add worcestershire, balsamic and thyme, blend together
- Add butter and toss. Move over to one side of pan, turn off heat and add arugula to empty side of pan to just barely wilt.
- Grill burgers and add Beecher’s cheese after flipping
- In a small bowl blend together garlic aioli ingredients and set aside
- Assemble burgers: garlic aioli on each bun, burger,bacon, mushrooms, arugula