Recipe Chili-Lime Burger

[The Late Night Gourmet]

Check the web, and you'll see many recipes for chili-lime chicken, chili-lime shrimp...even chili-lime tofu! If this is the first chili-lime beef recipe, I'll be shocked, but it's the first I've seen.

The sirloin I ground for this is absurdly lean (something on the order of 93%/7%). This is unusable by itself as a burger (not enough moisture from fat), but definitely workable with a few adjustments (I've found chopped mushroom integrated into the meat works incredibly well). I made my own guacamole, but any good quality one will do.

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground sirloin
2 white mushrooms, diced
1 lime, seeds and skin discarded
4 Calabrian chili peppers
2 pickled habanero peppers
salt and pepper
4 ounces guacamole (or more according to taste)
4 ounces cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Chop lime flesh and peppers finely, together with the mushroom and a dash of salt and pepper. NOTE: after taking the picture, I decided to chop it much more finely than you see here.

2. Blend thoroughly with ground sirloin and form into 4 equal patties. Sprinkle salt and pepper on one side of the patty.

NOTE: Meat this lean cooks faster than you might expect. This cook time yields a slightly pink center that's also very juicy and flavorful.

3. On medium heat, cook patties for 4 minutes, then flip over. Continue cooking for another 4 minutes, or more if you like it more on the well-done side. Add cheddar to the top of the patty and heat until melted.

4. Place burger on a bun and top with guacamole.

 

[Morning Glory]

Nice! And guess what - I just made a chilli lime Tofu 'burger' - well faux crab cake which you will see when i get time to write it up.

 

[Morning Glory]

I like the idea of using the lime flesh in the burger. I've certainly not seen that done before.

 

[detroitdad]

I bet that is full of flavor!!!!

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

I bet that is full of flavor!!!!

It is! I first tried using some preserved lime peels that I had. It tasted good, but the lime flavor was overpowered by the peppers (no surprise there). Fresh lime is much more tart, and so it cuts through the heat as it wrestles with the peppers.

 

[flyinglentris]

If this is the first chili-lime beef recipe, I'll be shocked, but it's the first I've seen.

I don't think it is. But I think you rate the title of "Burger Man."

 

[flyinglentris]

If this is the first chili-lime beef recipe, I'll be shocked

Damn! I forgot to mention ... I am preparing for dinner tonight something Pork with Lime. Imagination is a wonderful thing.