Best-Ever Grilled Burgers
Ingredients
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1 egg, lightly beaten
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½ cup water
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¼ cup finely chopped onion, leek, shallot, or green onions
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¼ cup grated Parmesan, Romano, or Asiago cheese (1 ounce)
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2 tablespoon snipped fresh basil or parsley or 1 teaspoon dried basil or parsley, crushed
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2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce or steak sauce
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1 ½ teaspoon instant beef bouillon granules
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1 teaspoon garlic powder
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½ teaspoon black pepper
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1 pound ground beef*
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1 pound ground pork*
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8 onion buns, hamburger buns, or kaiser rolls, split and toasted
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1 recipe Mustard Sauce
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Lettuce leaves (optional)
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Thin tomato slices (optional)
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Thin red onion slices (optional)
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Dill pickle spears (optional)
Mustard Sauce
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⅓ cup stone-ground mustard
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2 tablespoon beer or apple juice
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1 tablespoon honey
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½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce or steak sauce
Directions
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In a large bowl combine egg, the water, onion, cheese, basil, Worcestershire sauce, bouillon granules, garlic powder, and pepper. Add beef and pork; mix well. Shape meat mixture into eight 3/4-inch-thick patties.
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For a charcoal grill, grill patties on the rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium coals for 14 to 18 minutes or until done (160°F), turning once halfway through grilling. (For a gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium. Place patties on grill rack over heat. Cover; grill as directed.)
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Serve burgers on buns with Mustard Sauce. If desired, top with lettuce, tomato slices, and onion slices, and serve with pickle spears.
Mustard Sauce
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In a small bowl combine mustard, beer, honey, and Worcestershire sauce.
*Tip:
To grind your own meat, cut 1 pound boneless beef chuck roast and 1 pound boneless pork sirloin into 1-inch pieces. Using the meat grinder attachment of your mixer, grind the meat according to manufacturer's directions.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| 343 | Calories |
| 15g | Fat |
| 26g | Carbs |
| 24g | Protein |
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Per Recipe 8 | |
| Calories 343 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 15g | 19% |
| Saturated Fat 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol 91mg | 30% |
| Sodium 661mg | 29% |
| Total Carbohydrate 26g | 9% |
| Total Sugars 6g | |
| Protein 24g | 48% |
| Vitamin C 0.6mg | 1% |
| Calcium 111.1mg | 9% |
| Iron 3.6mg | 20% |
| Folate, total 60.5mcg | |
| Vitamin B-12 1.4mcg | |
| Vitamin B-6 0.3mg | |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.