It was an ordinary Saturday afternoon with an extraordinary appetite….One man with a grill and one woman with an idea: STUFFED BURGERS! Coming to a patio table near you this Summer.
Actually, it wasn’t all that dramatic…This was a recipe I saw in a Martha Stewart Living magazine years ago, which I tried out only once way back when. I decided to give it a go again this weekend on a whim and I don’t regret it at all.
In a mixing bowl, add your ground beef. I like to use the leanest beef possible (ground sirloin if it’s handy). Add a generous amount of onion and garlic powder, italian seasoning and a dash of salt and pepper.
(This is where people go wrong in making burgers…not enough seasoning. So be liberal with it, trust me…)
Mix the beef and seasonings together.
The next step is prepping your stuffing ingredients which are: Basil, fresh mozzarella and small grape tomatoes.
Stuffing the burger instructions:
Make yourself a nice fat patty with a well in it (press your thumb in making enough room for the stuffing ingredients.
Add the ingredients (obviously you’re not going to put 5 tomatoes in there, but if you’re a huge tomato freak, you can add a slice on top when you’re done.)
Cover the patty with a thinner patty and make sure to close all the seams so it won’t fall apart on the grill or in the pan.
Cooking:
You can use any method to cook these burgers. The easiest is to broil them in the oven, ensuring that they won’t fall apart from all the flipping. Since it was such a nice day outside this weekend, we decided to barbecue them.
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This looks really good!
mmm, stuffed burgers. i like how you went all fresh and healthy on it, when i do this i’ll probably stuff my burgers with pulled pork.
Pulled pork? Hmm…I think you’re onto something there!
That. Is. Awesome. I would be tempted to go the non healthy route, and rock the bleu cheese and bacon stuffing.
Hi, I bookmarked this entry of yours, it looks good.
Looks very tempting. Have to try it out. Try stuffing it with a mixture of sweet and hot peppers sauted in roasted cumin powder and dried mango powder.
Honestly, I think the stuffing options are endless. I like all of these ideas!!!!
Those stuffed burgers look great!
Wow! Sounds great. I like the photos of the burger (whole and cut in half) too!
yumyumyum, that’s a tasty-looking burger!
This looks so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Stuffed Burgers are great. We have just discovered them and have a special burger press to make them – in fact we sell the product now, we like it so much. I cannot agree with you more – seasoning of the burger is really key to a great tatse. Stuffing a tomato is a new idea – did they warm through?