My Favorite Burger Ever (for now) Pioneer Woman

By JJCR

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. 80/20 ground beef
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1 whole red onion, sliced
• 2 tbsp. brown sugar
• 1 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1/4 cups mayo
• Tabasco sauce, to taste
• kaiser or sliders
• lettuce

Preparation

Step 1

Place the ground beef into a medium mixing bowl. Add 1 tsp. salt and 1/2 tsp. pepper. Add a few dashes of tabasco sauce. With your hands, mix the meat and seasoning well. Set aside.
Next, for the onion, heat a medium skillet over low heat. Add in 2 tbsp. butter. Dump in the sliced (not too thick, not too thin) onions. Now add 2 generous tbsp. brown sugar. Give it a toss to combine the ingredients, and then allow the onions to carmelize over low heat for about 20 min., tossing occasionally.
While the onions ar caramelizing, make the spicy mayo: place 1/4 cup mayo into a small bowl and simply add a few dashes of tabasco. Stir together and test for taste.
Next, slice the rolls in half and spread each half with 1/2 tbsp. of butter. Place them face down on a grill pan or skillet over med. heat. Lightly grill the rolls so they'll be tough enough to hold the spicy mayo. Let the rolls cool on a plate until you need them.
Form the meat into 2 patties and place on a grill pan or skillet over med. to med. low heat. Allow ea. to cook about 3 min., then using a spatula, rotate 45 degrees, leaving it on the same side. Flip the burger and cook it for a couple of minutes, rotating it 45 degrees again to get the nice grill marks. Now add a large helping of onions over top of that glorious patty, followed by an equally generous helping of crumbled blue cheese. As it finishes cooking, spread the spicy mayo on the rolls and transfer the burger onto the bottom half of the bun. Top with a handful of greens and top with the bun.