TEX-MEX BURGERS with the housemates

TEX-MEX:  cheese burger....that's a burger with cheese INSIDE the burger....W1N!

So I moved back to UNI town same day as my new housemate. After bonding with some wine cut with lemonade, we decided to make TEX MEX burgers, the recipe for which we were watching on the 'Start Cooking' video podcast of which I am a big fan.

This is very easy and quick to make taking no longer then 20mins including prep time (which can get messy/fun depending on your outlook on life)

So here's the recipe:

INGREDIENTS: (for four)

• 1lb of mince beef
• Two types of grated cheese of choice, 75g each (we chose cheddar and mozzarella)
• Salt (pinch)
• Pepper (pinch)
• Ketchup (healthy dollop/squirt)
• Small onion x1
• Burger buns.

Optional:

• Tomato
• Lettuce
• Chilli powder
• Mixed herbs
• The onion

EQUIPMENT:

• Chopping board
• Knife for onion
• Knife for burger buns
• Mixing bowl
• Frying pan
• Cheese grater
• Baking tray
• spatula

Method:

1. Dice your damn onion.

2. Put the mince, ketchup, sprinkles of salt and pepper / optional seasoning, cheese and onion in the mixing bowl. Then with clean hands mix it all together for a few minutes.

3. Pre heat the frying pan on a medium heat (greasing optional but recommended), mean while begin turning the  meat mix into burger pattys. First you grab a generous handful then roll the mixture into a ball. Place on the baking tray and squish it down till its shaped like the burger of your desire. Repeat untill all the mixture is gone as you probably cannot freeze and re-use it.

4. Begin frying your burgers. Try to fit as many as you can in the pan without over crowding it. Fry on each side for four minutes (4 mins) and that should be enough, however depending on the thickness of your burger you may need to give or take a minute opn each side.

5. Serve!


This recipe is based on 'start cooking's' recipe for the TEX-MEX burger with some changes made to the recipe as we dont have mexican mixed cheese in england so I changed the cheeses and I didn't put in curry powder as I can't take the heat. The original recipe can be found on itunes, its free and awesome or on http://startcooking.com/ with the lovely Cathy, seriously go check it out.

........Go on then!