Thursday, October 5, 2017

Cheddar Pork Burger with Chipotle Mayo and Grilled Sweet Potato Fries



Sometimes you just want a good tasting burger and for me this is that burger a recipe passed down from my old man which works with pork, beef, turkey, or even chicken.  I personally chose pork since my family has always eaten more pork then beef and the sweet potato fries in my opinion works a lot better with a good old fashion pork burger rather then a beef burger but should be good regardless of the type of meat you choose.

Ingredients.

  1. 2 lbs of Ground Pork
  2. Worcestershire Sauce
  3. 1 TBSP Powdered Onion
  4. 1/2 TBSP Seasoning Salt
  5. 4 Large Sweet Potatoes
  6. Salt
  7. 4 TBSP. Olive Oil
  8. 4 Gloves Garlic, Minced
  9. 1 1/2 TSP. Chopped Thyme
  10. Chipotle Pepper Powder
  11. Sliced Mild Cheddar Cheese
  12. 2 Thick Slices of Sweet Yellow Onion
  13. 1 Large Tomato
  14. Lettuce
  15. 6 Slices of Butcher Cut Bacon cut in half
  16. 1 Cup Mayo
  17. 1/2 Cup Sour Cream
  18. 1/4 TSP. Lime juice
  19. 4 Hamburger Buns
Directions:

  1. Place in a bowl ground pork, 5-6 dashes of Worcestershire sauce, powdered onion, and seasoning salt and mix by hand until completely mixed together.
  2. Divide the ground pork mixture into 1/2 lb balls (or 1/4 lb balls if you wish for a thinner patty). then flatten into patties then round the edges back together.
  3. Prepare the chipotle mayo by combining mayo, sour cream, and lime juice in a small bowl.  mix in chipotle powder till desired heat is achieved and place in refrigerator till the rest of meal is close to being done.
  4. Place sweet potatoes into a large pot with cold water, add 2 TBSP of salt and cook until the potatoes are tender, but still firm, about 15 minutes then drain and allow the potatoes to cool.
  5. Preheat the grill to 450 °F (~232 °C).
  6. Mix together in a bowl olive oil, garlic, thyme, and chipotle powder to desired heat.
  7. Slice the sweet potatoes into julienne slices then coat and toss the sweet potatoes with the olive oil mixture until evenly coated then place into a grilling pan with out over lapping each other.
  8. Place pork burgers and sweet potatoes on the grill and allow them too cook for 40-45 minutes (Thinner patties should be added later due to less cooking time required) or untill sweet potatoes are cooked and burgers develop and nice crunchy crust on the outside but are firm on the inside.
  9. in the last 5 minutes of cooking place the bacon and onion slices onto the grill and allow them to cook for about 5 minutes flip half way though cooking.  Add hamburger buns to the grill and cheddar cheese to the burgers in the last minute. toast the buns facing inside down on the grate.
  10. Allow Burgers to rest for 5 minutes during this time dress the top part of the buns with chipotle mayo, lettuce, a tomato slice, and grilled onions.  Plate the sweet potato fries and add the burger to the bottom bun.

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