soul food
Grilled Chorizo Pig Shots with Blue Cheese Stuffing
INGREDIENTS
Grilled Chorizo and Blue Cheese-Stuffed Burgers
- 250 Grams bacon use bacon strips
- 1/4 Cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 piece chorizo diced
- 1 piece red onion minced
- 500 Grams Beef use ground beef
- 1/4 Cup blue cheese divided
- 2 pieces Burger buns
- 6 leaves arugula leaves
- 2 pieces tomatoes sliced
INSTRUCTIONS
- Arrange bacon strips in a single layer on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with brown sugar and bake for 20 minutes. Set aside and keep warm.
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan and saute chorizo and red onion for 5 minutes. Set aside.
- Divide ground beef int o 4 portions. Sandwich half of the blue cheese and chorizo mixture between 2 portions of ground beef, making sure to seal the edges of the patty around the filling. Repeat to make another patty.
- Preheat the grill. Grill burger patties for about 5 minutes on both sides. Finish cooking the burger patties in an oven preheated to 350 degrees fahrenheit for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Toast burger buns on the grill for 1 to 2 minutes. Place 3 arugula leaves and a burger patty on a bottom bun half. Top with the tomatoes and candied bacon; cover with the top bun half. Repeat to make a second burger.