Monday, May 30, 2011

Cajun Raging Burgers

I've been a slacker in the kitchen lately but I do have an excuse..it was my birthday a week ago and Eric made a fabulous dinner (spicy crab imperial, crispy chicken, and veggies---I wanted to post the recipe for the crab imperial but he said he has to 'perfect' it... I laughed at that) and we had left overs for a day or two.  We also had some easy, uninteresting meals, which were not blog-worthy.  Being that it was Memorial Day weekend, we had to grill so we tried our luck at making burgers from scratch.  They were yum.



sauce:
1/4 c mayo
1 scallion, thinly sliced
1 tsp spicy brown mustard
1 tsp Creole seasoning
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 tsp grated lime peel
1/2 tsp lime juice
1/4 tsp black pepper
pinch of salt
dash of hot pepper sauce
dash of Worcestershire sauce

burger:

1 tsp dried onion flakes
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 c finely chopped carrots
1 tsp dried parsley
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp Cajun seasoning
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp hot pepper sauce
1 lb lean ground beef
1 egg
1/8 c Italian bread crumbs
4 rolls
EVOO spray

In a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients.  Mix till well blended and and chill until burgers are ready to be served.  In a skillet, sautce carrot, garlic, onion flakes, and parsley in melted butter for 5 minutes.  Cool slightly.  In a large bowl, combine the vegetable mixture with Cajun seasoning, salt, and pepper sauce.  Crumble in beef.  Add egg and bread crumbs.  Mix well.  Shape into 4 patties.  Grill burgers over medium heat for 5 minutes on each side.  Spray inside of rolls with EVOO and toast on grill.  Serve burgers on toasted rolls with sauce and cheese of choice.  I used blue cheese crumbles and Eric used slices of Colby Jack cheese.

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