Burger of the Gods
For my last burger, I wanted to do a beef burger. I headed over to my Google Reader to see what fellow bloggers had to offer recipe wise. I honestly didn’t see anything that jumped out at me. Then I remembered that Alton Brown did an episode where he made a meatloaf and a burger. I had high hopes for this recipe because 1, it’s from Alton Brown 2, of the 62 reviews online it still had an average rating of 5 stars and 3, the recipe is called Burger of the Gods.
I set out to grab the ingredients and of course, I couldn’t find just 8 oz of chuck and sirloin. The smallest amount of each was 1.3 lbs. Luckily the only other ingredient is Kosher salt, so I didn’t have to do too much math to adjust the recipe.
I ended up with 8 patties, which again, I froze. This time I froze them prior to cooking them. I figured a beef patty is best medium rare and that’s hard to accomplish if you cook it, then reheat it.
I was thinking about toppings for our burger and I decided to go with tomato and mustard – one of my favorite topping combos. This burger is awesome. It tastes like steak on a bun. We enjoyed them and are excited to have a couple more meals worth in the freezer!
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Burger of the Gods
Yield: 3
Ingredients:
8 ounces chuck, trimmed, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
8 ounces sirloin, trimmed, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Directions:
In separate batches, pulse (for a few seconds) the chuck and the sirloin in a food processor 10 times. Combine the chuck, sirloin, and kosher salt in a large bowl. Form the meat into 5-ounce patties.
Heat a cast iron skillet or griddle over medium-high heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Place the hamburger patties in the pan. For medium-rare burgers, cook the patties for 4 minutes on each side. For medium burgers, cook the patties for 5 minutes on each side. Flip the burgers only once during cooking.
Recipe from Alton Brown
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
This sounds DIVINE! Around my house Mondays are known as ‘Mexican Monday’ and I already have some yummy burritos planned for tonight but I know what I’ll be serving next Monday! Thanks for sharing 🙂 xox
Those look delicious! We do fajitas a lot but we always do them EXACTLY the same. It’ll be nice to have a new and different recipe to try!
Yum…I was thinking of making fajitas tonight anyway…and I think I’ve got leftover chimichurri. It’s all coming together now…thanks!
Yum! I love my Food Network magazine too. I look forward to getting it and totally agree about the 2 month increments…it should be once a month. Now onto the recipe. It looks great:) I love fajitas but never have made them at home. I will have to give it a try.
The contrast of colors looks fantastic! I love the idea of chimichurri with fajitas!
so beer is the secret! yum!! Sounds delicious 🙂
We love fajitas in my house and the chimichurri sauce looks great!