Cheddar Jalapeño Stuffed Burger
A juicy Lucy cheddar jalapeño stuffed burger grilled to perfection; summer doesn't get much better than this.
Ingredients
- hamburger buns or sliced sourdough bread
- lettuce
- tomato, sliced
- mustard & ketchup
For the filling:
- 4 tbsp cream cheese, softened
- 3 oz cheddar cheese, finely shredded
- 1 Jalapeño pepper, seeded & diced
- 1 tsp garlic powder
For the patties:
- 1 lb ground beef
- ⅓ cup yellow onion, finely minced
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine, cream cheese, grated cheddar cheese, diced jalapeño and garlic powder.
- Use your hands to roll filling into a ball and flatten into 3 equal sized patties.
- In a mixing bowl, use your hands to combine ground beef, minced onion, salt and pepper.
- Separate meat into 6 equal sized portions.
- Flatten out each piece of beef into thin patties slightly larger in diameter than the cheese filling patties.
- Place a cheese filling patty in the center of a beef patty, and top with another beef patty.
- Use your fingers to pinch together the edges to enclose cheese filling and form evenly shaped burger patties.
- Baste patties with olive oil.
- Preheat barbecue grill.
- Grill patties for 6-7 minutes on each side over medium high heat until cooked through.
- Top patties with your favorite burger toppings to serve.