Grilled Burgers with Onions and Peppers
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Cooking time: 30 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for "menu" instructions |
Grilled Burgers with Onion and Pepper Time: 30 minutes
For Burger:
12oz (350gr) ground beef
1 tbs paprika
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tbs olive oil
1/4 red or green pepper, about 1/4 cup
1 rib celery, about 1/4 cup
1/4 onion, about 1/4 cup
1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 tbs ketchup
Finely chop onion, celery and green pepper. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add paprika and garlic powder and sauté 1 minute stirring constantly. Add green pepper, celery and onion and sauté until onion is transparent. Put peppers, celery and onions in a large bowl. Add Worcestershire sauce, ketchup and beef to peppers/onions. Mix well and shape into 4 patties. Return skillet to medium heat. Add burgers and sauté 5 - 8 minutes a side, depending on how you like them done. OR cook on barbecue grill for the same amount of time - until done to your liking. Serve on buns if you like, we eat them without, with the Peppers and Onions.
For Peppers and Onions:
1 red or green pepper I'm using the half of the red one left from the small bits for the lentils and the
burgers and half of a green one - saving the other half for the Steak Salad
1 large or 2 small onions less the 1/4 cup for the burger
1 tbs oil
1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
Slice pepper (cut in half from bottom toward stem, discard seed and core) into large slices - 1/2 inch wide (1.25cm). Slice onion into 1/2" (1.25 cm) thick slices. Put olive oil and Worcestershire in large bowl, add vegetables and toss well to coat. Sauté in nonstick skillet until tender and starting to brown OR put on a mesh grill pan (the idea is not to have the stuff fall through the grate into the fire....) and cook on the barbecue grill. Either way they will take 10 - 15 minutes.
Hot German Potato Salad Time: 30 minutes
4 - 6 medium potatoes, depending on size.
3 slices bacon
1 medium onion
3 ribs celery, about 2/3 cup chopped
2 large dill pickles or 4 small, about 1/3 cup chopped
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup beef stock
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp sugar
1 tbs olive oil
Slice the potatoes for salad (see techniques), put in a steamer basket over an inch of water and steam over medium heat for 15 minutes or until done. Chop onion, celery and pickle. Sauté bacon in oil in medium skillet. When done remove and set on paper towels to drain. Remove all but 1 tbs oil from pan. Add onions and celery to pan and sauté until tender, 10 - 15 minutes. Add sugar, stock and vinegar, stirring and scraping up any brown bits on bottom of pan. Dissolve cornstarch in stock and add to pan stirring constantly to thicken. Add pickles and potatoes and stir gently to combine. Remove from heat. Crumble bacon and add to potatoes. Stir to mix and serve.
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Cooking Schedule: 30 minutes |
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