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- From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Chicago Beer Burgers
- Date: 6 Dec 1994 12:19:45 -0500
- Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site
- Message-ID: <3c26fh$9gc@junior.wariat.org>
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- CHICAGO BEER BURGERS
- Preparation time: 30 minutes
- Cooking time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
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- 1 1/2 pounds ground chuck
- 2 tablespoons beer
- 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Salt, pepper to taste
- 4 1/2-ounce slices brick cheese
- 4 hamburger buns
- Beer-braised onions, recipe follows
- Mushroom-beer ketchup, recipe follows, optional
- Sliced tomato and lettuce leaves, optional
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- 1. Gently but thoroughly combine the ground chuck, beer, hot red pepper
- sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Gently form
- into four 6-ounce, 1-inch thick burgers. Cover the burgers with plastic
- wrap and refrigerate up to several hours.
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- 2. Grill the burgers over a medium grill or charcoal fire. Cook to the
- desired doneness: 3 to 4 minutes on each side for rare, 5 to 6 minutes on
- each side for medium, and 8 to 9 minutes on each side for well done. Top
- each burger with some of the beer-braised onions and a slice of cheese and
- allow it to melt.
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- 3. Toast the buns, cut side down, on the grill or in a non-stick skillet
- until golden brown, about 1 minute.
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- 4. Serve the burgers on the toasted buns with lettuce and tomato, with the
- mushroom-beer ketchup on the side.
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- Beer-braised onions: Melt 1 tablespoon unsalted butter in a 3-quart
- saucepan over medium-high heat. Add 1 large onion, thinly sliced, and cook,
- stirring frequently, until tender, 5 to 6 minutes. Add 3/4 cup beer, 1
- teaspoon sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook until all beer has been
- absorbed by onions and they begin to brown, 16 to 18 minutes. Stir in 1/4
- cup beer and heat to a simmer. Serve hot.
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- Mushroom-beer ketchup: Melt 1 tablespoon butter in 3-quart saucepan over
- medium heat. Add 1 small onion, chopped, and cook until tender, 3 to 4
- minutes. Stir in 1/4 pound sliced mushrooms and cook 3 to 4 minutes. Stir
- in 1/3 cup each beer and ketchup, 1 tablespoon white vinegar, and 1/4
- teaspoon each sugar and salt. Puree in blender if desired. Return to
- saucepan and simmer until thickened, about 12 minutes.
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- Nutrition information per sandwich with 1/4 of each topping: 850 calories
- (50 percent calories from fat), 24 g protein, 48 g fat, 47 g carbohydrate,
- 187 mg cholesterol, 1,812 mg sodium.
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