Ingredients
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4 tablespoons butter, cut in small pieces
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1/3 cup mild hot sauce (they mentioned Durkee, I used Frank's RedHot)
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1/2 cup finely crumbled blue cheese
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1 tablespoon minced garlic (you may want to use less if you're not a big fan of garlic)
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2 lbs 85% lean ground beef or 2 lbs ground buffalo meat
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1/2 teaspoon celery seed
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1/3 cup finely chopped onion
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6 hamburger buns, split
Instructions
- Melt butter and whisk in hot sauce.
- Mix blue cheese and garlic in a small bowl.
- Using your hands, gently mix beef (or buffalo), celery seed, onion and 1/4 cup hot sauce mixture in a medium bowl until blended. Form into 12 patties, using a light touch; the patties should be about 4 1/2 inches in diameter and no more than 1/2 inch thick.
- Spoon about 2 teaspoons of cheese-garlic mixture in center of 6 patties, then top with remaining patties and press together, sealing edges.
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to grill. (Even if you aren't making these ahead of time, I think they hold together better after a little chill time).
- Heat grill to medium and oil grate.
- Grill burgers about 4-5 minutes on each side, or until cooked to taste. (I'll only eat ground beef cooked well, so I cooked a bit longer.) Brush with remaining hot sauce mixture during last 2 minutes of cooking. Toast buns if you like.
- (I couldn't think of many traditional condiments I wanted on this burger, so I just ate mine with extra buffalo sauce and lettuce).