Onion Burger

Ingredients

• 1/4 teaspoon canola oil
• 5 ounces freshly ground beef, divided into two 2 1/2-ounce balls
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced (about 1 cup sliced onions)
• 2 slices American cheese
• 2 soft hamburger buns
• Mustard, pickles, and other condiments, if desired

• Directions

  1. 1.
     Spread canola oil in the inside of a large cast iron skillet with a paper towel. Heat over high heat until lightly smoking. Add balls of beef and press down with the back side of a spatula until completely flattened. Season generously with salt and pepper.
  2. 2.
     Working quickly, spread onions evenly over cooking burgers and press down to embed onions into meat. Let cook with no further pressing until burgers are well browned, about 2 minutes.
  3. 3.
     Carefully flip burgers with a stiff spatula, making sure to pick up all browned meat from skillet. Let cook until onions start to soften, about 1 minute. Add cheese and top with top bun. Place bottom bun upside-down over top bun to allow it to steam in the onion vapors.
  4. 4.
     When buns are soft, transfer bottom buns to a plate. Add condiments if desired. Lift up onions, burger, and top bun together and transfer to bottom bun. Repeat with second burgers. Serve immediately.

     For crispy onions see below

     • 1 Large Yellow Onion, peeled and Thinly sliced (don’t cut the onion, make really thing onion rings shapes)
     • 2 cups of Whole Milk
     • 1-1/2 cups of All Purpose Flour
     • 1 tsp of Paprika Pepper
     • 2 tsp of Granulated Onion Powder
     • Salt and Pepper, to taste
     • Vegetable Oil for frying
     1) Separate the onion slices with your fingers and place them in a bowl. Pour the milk over them and let them sit in the milk for about an hour.
     
     2) In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, paprika, onion powder, salt and pepper.
     
     3) Heat the oil to 375 degrees.
     
     4) Take a handful of the onions at a time, shake off the excess milk, dredge them in the flour making sure you shake off a lot of the flour and add them to the hot oil.
     
     5) Fry them for a couple minutes making sure you stir them around half way through the cooking time to make sure every strand is crispy.
     
     6) Remove them from the oil and place them on a paper towel lined plate.
     
     7) Repeat with the rest of the onions and enjoy them on top of your burger 🍔 

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