Once A Year Cholesterol Busting Burger
From krumkake 16 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 3
There is no "High Fat Food" category, so I had to select Beef...even though I only make this for my husband about once a year, he waits for the splurge. Beef, bacon, cheese, grilled onions, topped with a fried egg, nested on a buttery toasted bun - yeah, don't have your cholesterol tested for a couple days after eating this. Read more The history of the recipe? When my husband was in Vietnam, we couldn't afford for me to fly to Hawaii to meet him for R&R, so he went to Australia by himself - he ate this burger at Minsky's (spelling?) in Sydney, he thinks it was in the Kings Cross area - any of you Aussie's recall this place?? He came home and explained it to me, and this is the version I came up with...don't destroy the total decadence of it with some healthy topping like lettuce or tomato - this burger stands alone with perhaps a bit of mustard...you gotta let the fat flavor shine through! Serve it with an ice cold beer... See less
Ingredients
- 1 pound mixture of ground sirloin and ground chuck shopping list
- 4 tablespoons water shopping list
- seasonings (I use some garlic salt, pepper and a maybe a bit of steak seasoning) shopping list
- 1 large onion, sliced in rings shopping list
- 8 slices bacon, fried crisp shopping list
- real butter, and lots of it, for frying the onions (about 4 tablespoons) shopping list
- American or Velvetta cheese, any cheese that melts creamy (cheddar is a bit too “solid” for the topping – you want the cheese to “drip” off the burger a bit) shopping list
- 4 large eggs (why go small on this burger – you’re splurging, remember??) shopping list
- 4 hamburger buns, cut sides spread with MORE real butter shopping list
How to make it
- In a medium bowl, GENTLY combine meats with water and seasonings (yes, trust me, the water will give you an unbelievably moist burger), and shape into 3 patties.
- Melt butter in large skillet and fry onions until nicely browned and beginning to caramelize – you don’t want a wimpy sauté for these…you want them FRIED.
- Remove onions from skillet and fry bacon in same skillet – no need to clean out first…the flavors blend well.
- Remove bacon from skillet and pour out MOST of the grease, but not all (leave about 1 tablespoon in the pan). Add a pat of butter (come on, you’re splurging).
- Fry the burgers in the bacon drippings and butter. Place cheese slice on top of each burger just shortly before done (the cheese will finish melting as the cooked burgers “hold” while the eggs fry)
- While the burgers are frying in all that fat, butter the cut sides of the hamburger buns and toast them in a skillet or place under the broiler to get a nice crispy bun.
- While buns are toasting, finish frying the burgers and then set them aside. Add another pat of butter to that same skillet (we’re getting a lot of use out of that one skillet).
- Now fry those eggs in that skillet (I break the yolks, because it’s just too messy to eat the burger with the yolk running out).
- You are READY to assemble your masterpiece: bottom buttery toasted bun, cheese-topped burger, 1 fried egg, 2 slices of bacon, fried onions, a squirt of mustard (optional), and top it off with the remaining toasted top bun.
- You’ll probably find this burger is easiest eaten with a knife and fork, but if you don’t have company, pick it up and let it drip!
The Rating
Reviewed by 15 people-
OHHH! This just sounds wonderful!! Can't wait to try it! How ya been? Haven't seen you in a while, but, I have been off and on, too...maybe I have been off when you have been on...? LOL...good to see something from you, anyway. Saving this one!
sparow64
in Sweetwater loved it
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My gosh, I'd like to make that Once A Year Cholesterol Busting Burger right this minute! Mercy!
chihuahua
in Sonoma County loved it
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i make these for my husband too. he fell in love with them at a local hamburger place (now sold and turned into a mexican place} They called it kates burger after the owner. after they closed i had to make them out of self preservation. (he whined so...more
cheryilyn
in Salem loved it
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