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Some refer to these as "stuffed burgers", "ultimate burgers", "Jucy Lucy's" or "inside-out burgers". Call it whatever you like, but donât forget to call me when you make them! Burgers are simple. Anyone can throw some hamburger meat on a grill and make a decent burger. This recipe isnât that type of burger. This is the advanced course on how to grill burgers. It's the type of burger youâd happily pass over a steak to get. This is a real gourmet steak burger.
Ultimate burgers like these are such a favorite among my facebook friends that Iâve included all they ways that they like to make theirs - or at least how they did âem before I shared mine. This will be one of the best burgers youâve ever had.
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Recipe
Yield: 4-6 hamburgers (depending on size of burger press)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hours
Ingredients
Hamburger Patties Stuffing
4 lbs ground beef â I did my own grind of ground chuck and Tri-tip roast
1/4 cup worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp Bullsy Beef Rub
4 slices of thick-cut or butcher-cut bacon
10 dried shiitake or crimini mushroom caps, rehydrated in 1 cup of water, juice, wine or beer
2-3 tbsp gorgonzola cheese
1 tsp Cholula hot sauce per burger
Chop and saute the mushrooms while you mix up the ground beef. For this burger I mixed 2 lbs of an 80% grind of chuck with a 2 lb Tri-tip roast using my KitchenAid meat grinder Follow the pictures to the right to make the stuffed hamburger patties. You can do it by hand, but a stuffed hamburger press You now have a gourmet ultimate burger ready to go. To grill it youâll want to use a lower temp to start with than a regular grilled hamburger. This will help it cook evenly and maintain the juices. If you have a problem with hot spots or stuff sticking to your grates you may even want to look at a product called GrillGrates For wood I prefer the taste of either oak or hickory with my burgers. On this cook I used a little bit of pecan with the oak. For charcoal or gas grillers I recommend starting with just a large handful of soaked wood chips and seeing what you prefer. For gas grills you can use a smoker box or pouch. Light only one or half of your burners where your smoker box/pouch is. Cook your burgers on the other side (indirect heat). For charcoal grills place your chips/chucks directly on your lump charcoal. We are cooking indirectly, so bank your coals to one side. You may want different heights on your grates if your grill/smoker allows. We'll move the burgers to the other side (direct heat) to sear them when they're finished. You can run these on a smoke setting before you crank these up, but I like to cook them at 275-300F for 45-60 minutes and then lightly sear them at the end. This ensures your burger will cook to the proper temp and loses the least moisture. Cook your burger to 5-10°F short of your desired doneness (the USDA recommends 160°F for ground beef) and then move your stuffed burger over direct heat and crank up the temp. The goal is to sear the outside without charring it. Allow the burgers to rest 3-5 minutes. This is, after all, a steakburger - you donât lose all the juices to the plate. Now is a good time to toast the buns while you allow the burger to cool down a little. Plate up your burger and add any toppings if you dare. For this burger I didnât want to disgrace it with a plain old ketchup or guild its flavor under a barbecue sauce. I used Heinzâs ketchup with balsamic vinegar. The flavor was spot on. Now the only thing left to do is lean over and do your best impression of Guy Fieriâs âhunchâ. Enjoy! Once you have a stuffed burger like this one you'll crave it nightly. These put burgers from the fast food giants to shame and may make you wonder what you've been eating. When I asked some of my followers what they like inside their burgers, here's what I got:Directions
I use dried mushrooms as a trick to add different flavors into the burgers. To rehydrate the mushrooms you should rinse them thoroughly. Then place in a bowl with cold water or other liquid. This takes as little as 20-30 minutes, but can also be done up to a few hours or overnight.
. Grinding your own burgers is the key to getting them to taste EXACTLY like you want. Other cuts I would suggest mixing with beef chuck are brisket points, ribeye, top round, eye of round, etc.
will seal everything in and produce a consistent shape. The Stuff-a-Burger
is the press I used in the picture. It's about half the price of the StufZ burger press
. Both work great and are available on Amazon from the links above.
Ready for the Grill
(they come in all different shapes and sizes - even some for kamados). I even use my wireless maverick thermometer so I can keep a close eye on the temp (you know itâs a real hamburger when you need a thermometer).
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