Grilled Steakhouse Burgers
Ingredients
For the burgers
8 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon pepper
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 1⁄2-2 pounds ground beef
4 hamburger buns
For the steak sauce
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2⁄3 cup beef broth
1⁄3 cup raisins
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
1. For the burgers: Melt butter in 8-inch skillet over medium-low heat. Add garlic, onion powder, pepper, and salt and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour all but 1 tablespoon butter mixture into bowl and let cool slightly, about 5 minutes.
2. For the steak sauce: Meanwhile, add tomato paste to skillet and cook over medium heat until paste begins to darken, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in broth, raisins, soy sauce, mustard, vinegar, and Worcestershire, and simmer until raisins plump, about 5 minutes. Process sauce in blender until smooth, about 30 seconds; transfer to bowl.
3. Add 5 tablespoons cooled butter mixture and soy sauce to ground beef and gently knead until well combined. Shape into four (or more) 3⁄4-inch-thick patties. Brush each patty all over with 1 tablespoon steak sauce. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons cooled butter mixture with 2 tablespoons steak sauce; set aside.
4. Prepare grill.
5. Grill burgers until meat registers 120 to 125*F (for medium-rare), 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer burgers to plate, tent loosely with foil, and let rest 5 to 10 minutes. Brush cut side of buns with butter-steak sauce mixture. Grill buns, cut side down, until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Place burgers on buns. Serve with remaining steak sauce.
Comments
This recipe is from the 2011 Cook’s Country Annual and it’s awesome. The burgers are supposed to be like the burgers you’d get in a fancy steakhouse. The steak sauce was great and, unlike most steak sauces in stores, was HFCS free. Always a big plus there since food I can eat is superior to food I can’t eat! The buns were fantastic, the burgers themselves were juicy and flavorful. These burgers rock.
Shown here with New Funeral Potatoes.
Cook’s Country 2011