Chipotle Burger

Name: Chipotle Burger
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 680 grams ground beef; 79 milliliters grated onion; 2 chipotle peppers (from a can of chipotles in adobo), depending on how much chile heat you like, minced, plus 1 tablespoon of the adobo sauce; 1 teaspoon Kosher salt; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 6 hamburger buns; 6 slices jack cheese; 2 avocados, sliced; 1 serving Chipotle hot sauce to taste (we use Tabasco brand); 79 milliliters chopped cilantro, for garnish; 2 poblano chile peppers (optional)

You can never have too many American recipes, so give Chipotle Burger a try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 954 calories, 49g of protein, and 64g of fat each. This recipe covers 41% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have ground cumin, onion, poblano chile peppers, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 35 minutes.

Instructions

Roast the (optional) poblano chiles: If including poblano chiles in your burger, you will need to roast them first. Coat the poblanos with a little oil and grill or broil them until they are blackened on all sides. Alternatively, you can take the plain, un-oiled peppers and place them directly on a gas stovetop burner, turning them as needed, until they are blackened on all sides.

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Poblano Pepper

Peppers

Cooking Oil

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Stove

Grill

Place the blackened peppers in a covered bowl for 15 minutes or so to steam. Peel off the charred skin and remove all the seeds. Slice into thick ribbons and toss with a little vegetable oil and salt and set aside.

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Vegetable Oil

Peppers

Seeds

Salt

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Bowl

Make the chipotle burger mix:

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Chipotle Chiles

Mix the ground beef, grated onion, minced chipotles, the adobo sauce, salt, cumin, and black pepper together in a large bowl.

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Black Pepper

Adobo Sauce

Ground Beef

Chipotle Chiles

Cumin

Onion

Salt

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Bowl

Mix gently, just until the ingredients are combined. Do not over-mix or the burgers will be tough.

Form the burger patties: Form 4-6 patties from the burger mix, about 1/4 pound to 1/3 pound each. Press a shallow indent in the middle of the patties to keep the burgers from puffing up while grilling (read about why this works here).

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Burger Patties

Prepare the grill: Prepare a gas or charcoal grill for medium-high heat grilling, or until you can hold your hand about an inch over the grates for 1 second.

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Grill

Grill the burgers:

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Grill

Lay the burgers on the grill and cook with the lid down for 6-7 minutes. Raise the lid, flip the burgers, and continue grilling with the lid down for another 6-7 minutes, depending on how hot your grill is and how well-done you prefer your burgers. Cook until the internal temperature is 140°F for medium rare, or 160°F for well done.

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Grill

Add the cheese and grill the buns: When the burgers are almost ready, place a slice of jack cheese on each patty and close the grill lid. The cheese should melt in a little over a minute.

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Monterey Jack Cheese

Cheese

Roll

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Grill

If you want toasted burger buns with your burgers, toast them after you've flipped the burgers. Watch that the buns don't burn; when they are lightly toasted move them to a tray near the grill.

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Hamburger Bun

Toast

Roll

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Grill

Serve: When the burgers are ready, place them on the buns. Top with slices of avocado, then some of the roasted poblanos (if using), a little cilantro, and hot sauce

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Hot Sauce

Cilantro

Poblano Pepper

Avocado

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Servings:

680grams

ground beef 79milliliters

grated onion 2

chipotle peppers (from a can of chipotles in adobo), depending on how much chile heat you like, minced, plus 1 tablespoon of the adobo sauce 1teaspoon

Kosher salt 1teaspoon

ground cumin 1teaspoon

black pepper 6

hamburger buns 6slices

jack cheese 2

avocados, sliced 1serving

Chipotle hot sauce to taste (we use Tabasco brand)79milliliters

chopped cilantro, for garnish 2

poblano chile peppers (optional)

Recommended wine: Malbec, Merlot, Zinfandel

Malbec, Merlot, and Zinfandel are my top picks for Burger. Merlot will be perfectly adequate for a classic burger with standard toppings. Bolder toppings call for bolder wines, such as a malbec or peppery zinfandel. You could try Sur de los Andes Malbec. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.9 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 10 dollars per bottle.