1&1 Burger with Hickory BBQ Sauce

1&1 Burger with Hickory BBQ Sauce

Recipe type: Entree Yield: 4 Prep time: 45 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 1 hour 15 mins

No other food says Labor Day like a juicy and delicious burger. Chef Brian Landry shares his wildly popular burger recipe, with cheddar cheese curd, homemade hickory sauce, and onions. Perfect burgers guaranteed every time.

Ingredients:

Bayou Bar Burger

4        Brioche bun

2 lb    Premium ground beef (made into 8 oz each)

8 oz   Cheddar Cheese Curd

1/2 C Mayonnaise (Blue Plate recommended)

8 oz   Hickory sauce (recipe below)

1        Vidalia onion – thinly sliced

4 T     Steen’s Cane Vinegar or equivalent

1        Butter lettuce head – washed, shredded

1        Creole tomato – sliced for sandwiches

1 C     Sweet & spicy dill pickle (Mount Olive brand recommended)

4 oz   Butter – unsalted, cubed 

          Salt – to taste

          Black pepper – to taste, ground

 

Hickory Sauce

Yields: 2 cups

1            Yellow onion – peeled, julienne

4 T         Canola oil

1 1/2 C Ketchup

3/4 C    Apple cider vinegar

1/2 C    Brown Sugar – unpacked

1 T        Black Pepper – ground

1/4 C    Worcestershire

1/2 T    Chili flake

             Salt – to taste

Directions:

1. Bayou Bar Burger
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5. Using a cast iron griddle, melt four cubes, which is about 2 tablespoons of butter.
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9. Season the prepared patties with salt and pepper, and place into hot butter.
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13. Sear the patties until a golden-brown crust forms for about 2 minutes.
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17. Flip, and cook to desired doneness.
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21. In a separate non-stick pan, use the remaining butter to toast the slider buns until golden brown.
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25. As the burgers finish cooking, place 2 tablespoons of hickory sauce on each burger and top with cheese curd.
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29. As the cheese starts to soften, toss thinly sliced onion with a pinch of salt and cane vinegar and allow to marinate.
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33. Coat the insides of the top and bottom bun with
34. mayonnaise.
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38. To really melt the cheese place the burgers with sauce and cheese on top under the broiler in the oven for 1 to 2 minutes.
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42. Assemble the burger starting from the bottom with bun, patty, sliced onion, sliced pickles, tomato slice, shredded lettuce, and top bun.
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46. Hold together with a toothpick.
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50. Hickory Sauce
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54. Use the oil to caramelize onions in a sauce pan.
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58. Once onions are caramelized, combine all other ingredients in saucepan and cook until combined.
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62. In blender, starting on low speed and gradually increasing, puree all ingredients until smooth.

Published on August 21, 2020 by Teri Williams