I was craving a burger today, and since we had a laid-back night, we decided to draw inspiration from a few of the fancier burger places in the city. (Notably, at
J. Wellington's, we really enjoy a burger with a fried egg and blue-cheese-aioli sauce. It's so good that Oscar loves it, even though he hates blue cheese.)
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| Oscar's burger awaits its fate. |
We seasoned ground beef and patted out burgers and tossed them on my cast-iron grill pan. I cracked eggs into a separate pan and fried them with butter. Oscar sliced some onion into rings, and I wedged the onions into the spaces between the burgers on the grill pan. We had leftover aioli from when I made
tapas a few weeks ago.
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| The partially-eaten burger. |
When the burgers were almost cooked, I put cheddar on top of them, then took the whole cast-iron grill pan and stuck it under the broiler to melt the cheese. (This is one more reason why cast iron is great--don't ever try this with teflon.) We tossed the buns under the broiler for about a minute to toast them, too. Then we topped each burger with a fried egg, grilled onion, and aioli sauce.
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| This is aioli suace--it's basically mayonnaise with garlic, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Very tasty! |
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These burgers were absolutely great. We're definitely going to have more fancy burger nights in the future.
