Butter Burgers

I was watching some man-grilling-in-nature show on PBS one day (I have no idea why) and they were demonstrating different ways to cook dinner recipes on a grill. I'm actually intrigued by this topic. Did you know that you can make cobbler on a grill? One day I'll venture out on a limb and try a grilled pizza, but not today. I much prefer a great grilled burger. The man-grilling-in-nature show caught my attention because of a small addition they made to the typical grilled burger. They suggested folding the meat around a piece of butter before putting it on the grill. Genius!! I know it sounds weird, but seriously TRY THIS!!! I of course had to fru-fru mine up a bit with herbed butter, but anyway you try it, it makes the burger juicier. The butter melts when it cooks and kind of slides into all parts of the burger- so yummy! Even though I'll eat turkey burgers, I'm sure we can all agree that they could use some "juicy-ing up". So here's your solution...butter in the burger!!

For this recipe, feel free to substitute herbs that you love for the ones I used. You could also leave out the herbs and substitute fun seasonings like chili powder, paprika, powdered onion...lots of options. The weather is warming up so you should have ample opportunity to give this a whirl. Thank you PBS for this lovely addition to my burger!

~Wendy

Butter Burgers

Recipe Type: Dinner

Author: Wendy

Prep time: 20 mins

Cook time: 15 mins

Total time: 35 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef, sirloin or turkey


• 4 Tbsp butter, softened


• 1 tsp garlic powder


• 2 tsp basil


• 1 tsp oregano


• 1/2 tsp black pepper


• 1/2 tsp salt


• 4 slices of cheese, monterrey jack recommended

Instructions

1. Add all of the herbs and seasoning to the softened butter, stir until combined.


2. Form the softened butter back into a block or long tube-shape and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in the freezer for 10-15 minutes


3. While the butter is hardening back up, fire up your grill to medium, medium-high heat


4. Form your ground beef into four 1/4-lb patties leaving an indent the size of your thumb in the middle.


5. Take the butter from the freezer and cut it into four 1-Tbsp sized pieces. Put one piece in the center of each burger patty and wrap the burger around the butter, hiding it completely. Flatten the burgers out slightly for even cooking.


6. Cook the burgers on the grill to your desired temperature and top with cheese just before removing from the grill.

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