Juicy Lucy and French Fries

Is there anything better than a hamburger? Certainly not many things. Especially when the beef is locally sourced and ground, and the burger is made at home. Usually we eat hamburgers only during the summer months when we can cook them on the grill, but here in Minnesota that is a LONG time to wait, so tonight we are frying them on the stove. Daryl picked up the beef at the Heartland's deli, which I have mentioned before here. When you are having a hamburger, in my mind, there is no other side to have other than french fries, which I have also given that recipe previously here.

Ingredients:
1 lb of high quality ground beef
2 fire roasted jalapenos
2 T. Cheese, we used Wisconsin Sartori Montamore cheese
2 Hamburger buns
3 or 4 Pomodori al Forno Tomatoes
1 T. mayo/ sriracha mix
2 eggs, fried
1 sweet onion, sliced and caramelized
Salt and pepper

Daryl prepared the beef patty earlier today by first fire roasting 2 jalapenos, He roasted the jalapenos on a burner on the stove. Each jalapeno took about 3-4 minutes. Next, he diced Wisconsin's Sartori Montamore cheese creating a little ball of those 2 ingredients and then stuffed them between to 1/4 oz patties of ground beef. It's best to prepare these at least an hour before you are planning on cooking them so that they can create a better seal.

Daryl fried both of the eggs in the olive oil from the Pomodori al Forno, over easy. Set aside until the burgers are both done.

Fry the patties over medium high heat. For medium rare about 3 minutes per side.

We buttered both buns and toasted in the same pan that the burgers were cooked in. Then we spread the mayo/sriracha mix on one side and the pomodori al forno on the other. Place each patty on the bun and then place the the egg on top of each patty.

Almost done....forgot the onions!

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