West Coast Cheese Burgers

West Coast Cheese Burgers

Special Sauce:
1/3 cup mayonnaise
3 Tbsp catsup
1 Tbsp yellow mustard
1 Tbsp Frank's Red Hot Sauce
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
2 tsp honey

Combine all sauce ingredients in a small bowl and whisk together until well blended. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Grilled Onions:
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 large Vidalia onion, chopped
1 Tbsp BBQ sauce

Heat the oil in a medium sized skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until soft and lightly caramelized, about 15 minutes. Add the BBQ sauce and cook 2 minutes more. Remove the onions from the pan to a small bowl and set aside.

Burgers:
1 lb ground chuck
Garlic Salt & Pepper
4 slices American cheese
4 Hamburger Buns with sesame seeds
2 Tbsp butter
Splash of Worcestershire sauce
Sliced ripe Beefsteak tomatoes
Shredded Lettuce

Preheat the broiler. Shape the ground chuck gently into 4 patties. Season with garlic salt and pepper and set aside. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Lightly brush the split buns with some of the butter and place cut side up on a sheet pan. Cook the hamburger patties in the buttered skillet 4-5 minutes on the first side, then flip and cook the other side until the burger is as done as you want it. Splash on some Worcestershire sauce after you flip them. Top with cheese slices about 1 minute before they're done. In the meantime, lightly toast the buns under the broiler.

To assemble, spread about 1 Tbsp of the sauce on both bun halves. Place the patties on the bottom half of each bun and top with the BBQ onions, tomatoes and lettuce. Cover with the top half of the bun to serve.

Good burgers! The sauce and the onions were very tasty! John ate 2!

Adapted from a Brian Boitano recipe.