Equipment
- Cast iron skillet
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 2/3 lb ground Beef
- burger Seasoning Use your favorite or mine
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 4 Pieces of bread
- 4 Slices of sharp cheddar cheese
For My Caramelized Onions (Or make your own)
- 1 onion
- 3 Tbsp. butter
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes optional
- 1-2 Tbsp. Worcestershire
- 3 Tbsp. butter
Instructions
- In your cast iron skillet, caramelize your onions.
- Remove when deeply golden brown and set aside
- While the onions are cooking, slit your ground beef into 2 patties and shape them into squares slightly bigger than the size of your bread (they will shrink when they cook).
- Generously season both sides of your meat. If you don’t have the Kinder’s rub I use, I suggest mixing equal parts salt, pepper, and garlic powder, and using that!
- Add the burgers to your pan and cook to medium rare (about 2.5-3 mins per side). Make sure to only flip once to lock in juices. (You can cook longer if needed, but the meat will cook more later.)
- Remove the meat and set aside. Wipe out the pan if there is a lot of grease.
- Butter one side of the bread and place it on the pan, butter side down.
- Add a piece of cheese, then some of the onions, then a cooked burger patty, 1 more slice of cheese, and the final piece of bread (buttered with butter facing up).
- Cook until deeply golden brown and flip. Do the same for the other side.
- Slice and eat.
- Enjoy!
Notes
GLUTEN-FREE SUBSTITUTIONS: For those of you who need it, I always like to talk about substitutions to make a meal gluten-free. This one is an easy one: substitute in your favorite gluten-free bread. My wife loves Canyon Bakehouse from Costco!
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