THE CALIFORNIA COWBOY BURGER
THE CALIFORNIA COWBOY BURGER
INGREDIENTS
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1lb. Ground beef (or try pork, chicken or a blend!) separated into 4 1/4lb. patties
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4 thick slices of Cheddar cheese
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1 stick room temperature butter
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4 Brioche buns
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8 bacon slices, cooked
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Your Favorite BBQ Sauce
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1 avocado (peeled, pitted, sliced and divided into 4 stacks)
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Lager battered onion rings (recipe follows)
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Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
DIRECTIONS
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Prepare a charcoal or gas grill while you assemble your ingredients. When your coals are covered with gray ash and/or the grill is hot, scrape the grilling grate clean. Liberally season your burger patties with Kosher salt and cracked pepper. Place them on the hot grill. Grill for about 3-4 minutes on each side for medium (or around 135° to 140° on a digital thermometer).
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Place the cheese on the patties in the last minute of cooking, transfer them to indirect heat and allow the patties to rest while you toast the buns.
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Butter the cut sides of the buns and grill them over the coals, cut sides down. Buns will cook quickly on a hot grill, so keep an eye on them.
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Serve burgers with BBQ Sauce, bacon, avocado and the onion rings.
LAGER-BATTERED ONION RINGS
INGREDIENTS
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3 cups cake flour
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3/4 cups corn starch
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1 tablespoon baking soda
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1 tablespoon salt
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1 12oz can of cold Lager
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3 large onions, skin removed
DIRECTIONS
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Combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl
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Whisk Lager into the dry ingredients until the batter has the texture of
pancake batter. You can adjust the consistency to your liking by adding more
or less beer. -
Slice the onions in approximately 3⁄4 inch thick slices and separate into
individual rings. -
Drop 8-10 rings into the bowl of batter and use a fork to coat each ring.
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Using a small electric fryer or a medium sauce pot fitted with a candy
thermometer and filled half-way with canola oil, bring oil temperature up to 360° and begin frying the rings in batches of three or four until they are golden brown, approximately 2 minutes in the oil. While one batch is frying, drop a few more into the batter and use the fork to coat them.