The Hot Belly Buster Burger
Large, Delicious, Hot Hamburger
This Hot Belly Buster Burger is so-called because of the ingredients that include jalapeno peppers and Tabasco sauce and its size - 1/2 pound of beef.
The hamburgers I usually prepare are a third of a pound of ground beef. But on certain days when there is a special sports event on TV, I make the Hot Belly Busters for guests in the restaurant's lounge.
They really are entire meals. Rarely do the guests that order these burgers ever order fries or any other side dish. They do order a beverage or two, however. Beer sales are good!
And of course, even though this is a large hamburger, it is certainly not one that competes for the world's largest. The current record is 123 pounds!
I don't participate in the "burger wars for size" that seem to be a rage in the U.S. I like to focus on quality, instead. This Belly Buster is one the guests seem to enjoy, especially with a cool beverage. :-)
The Hot Belly Buster Burger
Preparation time: 10 minutes. Makes 8 burgers, 1/2 pound each
Cooking Conversion Table
Ingredients:
4 pounds ground chuck
5 fresh jalapeno peppers
1 egg
1/4 cup Heinz 57 steak sauce
1/4 cup minced white onion
1 teaspoon Tabasco™ or your favorite hot pepper sauce
1 pinch dried oregano
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 cup Fritos® corn chips, crushed
8 large hamburger buns
8 slices pepperjack cheese
Lettuce
Sliced tomato
Sliced onion
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
Preheat a grill to high heat
When the grill is ready, roast the jalapeno peppers until blackened on all sides
Place the peppers in a plastic bag to sweat and loosen the blackened skin
Rub the skin off the peppers (use disposable latex gloves), then seed and dice (leaving seeds will increase the "heat" alot)
In a large bowl, mix together the ground beef, salt, pepper, egg, steak sauce, onion, hot pepper sauce, oregano, Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt
and Fritos®
Divide meat mixture into 8 balls and flatten into patties
Grill patties for 10 to 15 minutes, turning once (burgers are done at 160 degrees F)
Butter the hamburger buns and either place on grill or warm in oven
Remove hamburger buns and dress with lettuce, sliced tomato and sliced onion
Top each burger just before removing from grill with a slice of pepperjack cheese allowing the cheese to melt slightly
Remove each of the burgers from the grill and place on buns
Enjoy your Hot Belly Buster Burger Recipe and the company of those you share it with!
Donna
Bookmark Real Restaurant Recipes
|
