Recipe courtesy Chef Rodrigo Albarran-Torres, Mission Restaurant
5 burgers
Chef Rod’s Chorizo Burger recipe from Pati's Mexican Table Season 4, Episode 6 “Mexamericana”
Ingredients
For the burger:
- 1 1/4 pounds ground beef
- 3/4 pounds Mexican chorizo
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 1/4 tablespoon black pepper
- 1/4 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 2 cloves of garlic, whole and peeled
- 1/4 cup water
To Serve:
- 5 slices bacon, cooked
- 5 slices pepper jack cheese
- Tomato slices, to garnish
- Red onion slices, to garnish
- Green leaf lettuce, to garnish
- Hamburger buns
For the Chipotle Mayo:
- 1 chipotle pepper from chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
- 1 cup of heavy mayonnaise
To Prepare
To make the burger:
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground beef and the chorizo.
- In a blender, add the onions, black pepper, salt, cumin, and garlic and mix at medium speed adding water. Pour the blender mixture into the beef mixture, mix well, and form into burger patties by hand.
- Cook burger on a skillet, grill pan, or grill to desired temperature. Butter the buns and heat in the oven for 5 minutes.
To make the chipotle mayo:
- Using a blender, mix the mayonnaise and chipotle pepper on low speed.
- Spread chipotle mayo on both halves of the buns.
To assemble burger:
- To assemble burger, start with the base of the bun and layer on the lettuce, a slice of tomato, sliced onions, the cooked burger patty, pepper jack cheese, cooked bacon, and the top of half of the bun.
What am I missing, why do you need to heat up oven? You don’t use oven?
It is to heat the buns and get the butter on them a little toasty Pru 😉
Made these today, they turned out great! I used Supremo pork chorizo and we put avocado on them, left out the bacon. MMMM!
They are a perfect summer dinner…so glad you enjoyed them, Mike.
Omg!!!!!! DELISH!!!!!
Thank you, Gene!
What is the best store bought chorizo? We live in the Boston area. Thanks
FUD makes a great chorizo: https://fudusa.com/en/producto/chorizo-original-2/
Made these last night, they did not disappoint. Delicious!
Yay! Thank you Valerie.
I cannot wait to make this for my husband. He was watching your show with me and was so impressed – we were recently in DC visiting our daughter we went to Mission Restaurant- it was wonderful!! Looking forward to your next season!
Hope your husband loves the burgers Maria!
This looks delectable! I’m saving your recipe to make soon…I’m a cumin addict!! Thanks for sharing.
I hope you love it as much as me Kelle!
the chorizo burger looks good. I make a burger with half beef half pork. I then add cooked thick cut maple bacon to it cooled and add chili powder to it and cook them.
Sounds delicious, Sara!