Sonic Burger - American Classic Drive-In

Recently my 17 year old daughter enlightened me on the Sonic Burger, a new spin on an old American Classic - the drive-in burger joint. Sonic Burger is truly a fun experience, the wait staff is on roller skates, the menu is simple and they serve tater tots! The burgers are big which was a very nice surprise and for dessert, hot fudge cake and slushes. A new Sonic Burger opened up in Wayne, NJ on Route 46, it was such a grand opening they were directing traffic and hired a police officer just in case the crowd grew too big.

Butter Burgers - Decadent!

Preparation Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 10 minutesServings: 4Milwaukee's great flavors include wursts and sausages of every kind, dreamy custard, fish fries, and wondrous German, Czech, Polish, and Serbian dishes found in few other cities in America. Milwaukee also happens to be hamburger heaven, its unique specialty the butter burger. This recipe calls for 6-8 tablespoons, but as the accompanying picture (of a butter burger -- with cheese -- from Solly's Grille) shows, there is no such thing as too much butter on a Milwaukee butter burger.

Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground hamburger meatsalt6 bunscondiments to taste6-8 tablespoons butter, soft enough to spread1/2 to 1 cup chopped onions (optional)

Directions:
Form hamburger meat into 6 round patties 1/4 to 1-/2-inch thick. Dust with seasalt.
Prepare the insides of the tops of the buns with whatever condiments you want on the burgers. Spread the bottoms of buns with butter, using up about half of the total amount of butter.
On a grill or in a heavy skillet, melt the remaining butter over medium-high heat. If you want grilled onions on your burgers, toss in the onions and cook them until just barely soft; then scoot them to the side of the pan. Fry hamburgers on both sides until cooked to desired degree of doneness, about 3 minutes total for quite rare up to 6 or 7 minutes for well-done. Move the hot burgers onto the prepared bun bottoms, so heat from burger melts the butter on the bun. Serve immediately.

Hamburger Dress - Latest in Food Fashion

I couldn't resist! I had to post this fun dress. Not too many places to wear it but LOVE the creativity
The designer

, Joy Kampia O’Shell

Texas Chili Burgers

These Texas Chili burgers have the chili flavors in the beef patties and should be topped off like a bowl of nachos. Makes 4 Texas Chili Burgers.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground beef or ground turkey
  
• 1/2 small onion, minced
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 4 burger buns

****OR for a quick recipe use 1 package of Chili Powder Mix

Method:

• Combine the beef, minced onion, chili powder, cumin, lime juice, garlic and oregano in a large bowl and mix well.
  

• Shape the mixture into 4 patties and Broil or Grill them for around 4 minutes on each side or until the meat is cooked through.

• Serve on regular burger buns and top with your choice of refried beans, chopped onion, jalapenos, nacho cheese and salsa.

Tex-Mex Burgers Texotic-Mexotic Burgers

These are AMAZING!

SERVES 20 , 40 mini appetizers (change servings and units)

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Caramelized Adobo onions

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 texas sweet onions, sliced (and reserve 1/8 cup for salsa below)
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1 tablespoon adobo sauce (from the can of prepared chipotle peppers in adobo or make your own Chipotles En Adobo/ Chipotles Chili in Adobo Sauce)

Tomato and Avocado Salsa

• 1 tomato, diced fine
• 1 avocado, diced fine
• 1 lime, juice of
• 1 teaspoon tequila
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped (divided for burgers)
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped (divided for burgers)

TEXotic-MEXotic BURGERS

• 1 lb ground beef (vegetarians use tvp as described in the description)
• 1/3 cup corn (fresh or frozen)
• 1-2 chipotle chilie in adobo seasoning (seeded for less heat and finely minced plus 2 tablespoon chipotle sauce)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon Mexican oregano
• 5 ounces monterey jack cheese or queso blanco, finely diced

Garnishes

• 1 ounce light sour cream (optional) or fat free sour cream (optional)
• 4 ounces fat-free refried beans
• 40 tortilla chips (use No trans fat)

Directions

1. Caramelized Adobo Onions:.

2. Heat the oil over medium high heat.

3. Add onions and reduce the heat to medium-low.

4. Cook slowly, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and caramelized, about 20 minutes.

5. Add the salt and pepper to taste, sugar and adobo sauce stir well to combine.

6. Meanwhile make Tomato and Avocado Salsa:.

7. Add all ingredients from the salsa using 1/2 the cilantro and parsley and added the 1/8 cup finely mined onion. Chill till ready to serve.

8. TEXotic-MEXotic BURGERS:.

9. Preheat oven to 375°F.

10. Mix all burger ingredients together including the remaining cilantro and parsley. Make burgers using 1 tablespoon full of meat mixture.

11. Place on a cookie sheet pan and bake for 5-10 minutes. Don`t overcook.

12. Meanwhile place chips on serving platter topping with just a tad of refried beans (used just to hold the mini burgers on).

13. Remove burgers from oven and place on beans be sure to get the cheese that oozed out (go ahead sneak some for yourself ;) ), topping with a tad of sour cream, Caramelized Adobo Onions, and salsa.

14. Enjoy these finger licking good burgers!

15. Alternate: Yes you can make regular sized burgers just bake a bit longer till desired doneness.

Poor Man's Hamburger Steaks

Perfect recipe in this economy!

"An old fashioned hamburger steak recipe topped with cream of mushroom. Serve with some warm mashed potatoes and your favorite green vegetable or salad.

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

• 3 pounds ground beef or ground turkey
  
• 25 saltine crackers, crushed
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 3 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
• 1 (8 ounce) can mushrooms, drained (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, mix together the ground beef, crackers, milk, pepper, salt, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning. Form 6 or 8 large beef patties, and place in a 9x13 inch baking dish, or other shallow casserole dish. Pour the condensed soup evenly over the top of the patties, and sprinkle canned mushrooms over the top. Cover the pan with a lid or aluminum foil.
3. Bake for about 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until beef patties are well done.

Surprise Burgers

At first I thought the "Surprise Burger" would be too sweet but we really enjoyed it! I would have never thought to sneak a pineapple ring inside the burger. These burgers are messy but tasty.

Here's the recipe - serves 4:

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 4 pineapple rings
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat a grill for high heat.
2. Divide the ground beef into four portions, and form patties around pineapple rings so that none of the pineapple is showing. In a small saucepan, mix together the ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard. Heat until sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
3. Place burgers on the grill, and cook for about 5 minutes per side, or until well done. Spoon some of the brown sugar sauce over the burgers before serving.