Southwestern Backyard Burgers

Southwestern Backyard Burgers
Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave American food. Try making Southwestern Backyard Burgers at home. This recipe makes 8 servings with 318 calories, 14g of protein, and 17g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have bulk pork sausage, pepper, ground cumin, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a main course. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 30 minutes. Hearty Backyard Burgers, Grilled Backyard Beer Burgers, and Backyard Big South-of-the-Border Burgers are very similar to this recipe.

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In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Crumble beef and sausage over mixture and mix well. Shape into eight patties.
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Grill, covered, over medium heat for 5-7 minutes on each side or until no longer pink. Top with cheese. Grill 1 minute longer or until cheese is melted.
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Grill buns, cut side down, for 1-2 minutes or until toasted.
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Serve burgers on buns with lettuce, tomato and toppings.
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Recommended wine: Merlot, Malbec, Zinfandel

Merlot, Malbec, 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. The Famille Vincent Cremant de Bourgogne with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 24 dollars per bottle.
Famille Vincent Cremant de Bourgogne
Famille Vincent Cremant de Bourgogne
From the Chardonnay grapes this sparkler allies freshness, body, and smoothness. The Cremant Brut is dry and offers fine bubbles (1.5 Million/30 minutes - we counted them but you do not have to believe me for this!), hints of flowers at the nose, crisp and fruity on the palate. It is a great Classic for all festive occasions.
DifficultyMedium
Ready In30 m.
Servings8
Health Score4
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