Stuffed Hamburgers

See instead of being on the outside, the cheese is inside! Wow!!!

[edit] Background

The idea of this dish has been around, but it was Geandily's suggestion that had me make it. From Geandily's description of it I made my own recipe and it was really good! My tummy thanks you, Gean!

Submitted by --icepaxx 23:34, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Let's Cook

[edit] Ingredients

• Hamburger meat (leaner the better, I used 85/15 ground)
• Green pepper
• Onion
• Cheese of choice, I used Havarti
• Bacon
• Bun, toppings, etc
• Salt/pepper

[edit] Directions

1. Dice up all you peppers/onions/cheese
2. Mix peppers/onions with beef and season with anything you want, I kept it simple with some fresh pepper/sea salt/garlic powder
3. Cook bacon, break into small pieces
4. Using beef mixture, mold a bottom half of the burger. The goal here is to make like a bowl for your fillings
5. Fill burger bowl with cheese/bacon and put a 'top' on it, then like mold it till it's a solid burger wit da fillings inside
6. Cook it slower and with a little less heat than you would a normal burger. You don't want to be pressing this burger at all.
7. Serve and eat! I made some fresh skin on french fries to go with it and they were great! =]

[edit] Important Notes

• Really as a general rule for burgers I only touch them 3 times. Once to put in pan, flip once and again to take it out. Putting a top on it will help melt the cheese on the inside, so I did that for a little bit at the end after the sides got a good crust on them.
• If the seal isn't tight enough before you put it into the pan you could have some leakage while cooking. But, we're not going for looks here, the taste of these delicious burgers will compensate for any flaw in aesthetics!!!
• Remember to cook it slower and with a little less heat than you would a normal burger.

[edit] User Experiences

• YUMMO!!

• A variation on this is instead of bacon/havarti you can use basil leaves (chopped) and feta cheese. You can always go a cheaper route and just use any kind of shredded cheese you want, but I went with something "fresh" and specific.