BBQ Blue Beef burger

original post: http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2015/08/bbq-blue-beef-burger.html

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef

1 tablespoon coconut oil

1 small Onion chopped fine

3 teaspoon Salt

½ teaspoon Black pepper

Blue cheese chive sauce

2 tablespoon mayonnaise

3 tablespoon buttermilk

2 tablespoon sour cream

1 teaspoon vinegar

½ cup blue cheese

1 clove garlic

2 tablespoon chopped chives

½ teaspoon sugar

Caramelized onions

1 Onion

2 tablespoon oil/butter

1 pinch of salt

½ teaspoon sugar

water for deglazing

Topping

Spinach

Bbq lays/bbq chips

Toasted buns

Instructions

For the quick caramelized onions

• Slice onions
• Sauté in oil until it begins to brown stir constantly med/high heat
• Sprinkle with salt and continue to stir
• Once it starts to stick and brown add a little water to deglaze the pan along with the sugar
• Repeat the process of deglazing when the pan has dried out and adding water and simmering
• Do this until the onions have reached your desired color and consistency
• Takes approximately 15 minutes
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Blue cheese sauce

• Mix all the blue cheese chive sauce ingredients and set aside in the refrigerator

For the burgers

• In a bowl combine ground beef, oil, chopped onion, salt and black pepper
• Lightly mix to incorporate and form into 4 balls, press down each one into the desired patty shape
• On a hot grill place the burger patties and cook 2 minutes per side
• Wrap each loosely in foil and steam cook the patties for 5 minutes on the same grill
• Toast the burger buns in a pan with butter or coconut oil
• To assemble spread blue cheese sauce on the bun, followed by the burger patty caramelized onions, spinach, more sauce BBQ lays and top with the final bun.