Inside Cheesy Hidden Burgers

Submitted by weekend cooker

"Cheese and more inside these hamburgers."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 4 hamburgers
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 lbs ground beef
• 1⁄2 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1 tablespoon dry breadcrumbs
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1⁄3 cup shredded monterey jack pepper cheese
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 (2 ounce) jar chopped pimiento, drained
• 4 slices pickled jalapeno peppers, chopped

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients up to and including salt.
3. In a seperate bowl, combine cheese, cayenne pepper, pimentos, and jalapeno peppers.
4. Form beef mixture into 4 balls, and press well in center of each.
5. Stuff each with equal amounts of cheese mixture, and press meat around filling to seal.
6. Place on baking sheet, and press gently into thick patties.
7. Bake 20 minutes or until well done.
8. Place patties on buns, and add your favorite toppings.

Reviews

[breezermom]

These are very good! I left out the pimentos and used sugared jalapenos instead of pickled, but otherwise kept to the recipe. Almost killed me not to grill a burger, but it was pouring outside and I thought, why not follow the recipe? Loved the method of stuffing the burger....worked perfectly in the oven....not sure if it would work on the grill....but I will be trying that out. The only problem with baking them on a sheet is the grease would run into my oven, so I used a baking dish with sides. So the accumulated fat and grease were sitting on the burgers....so I wiped it all off the bottom of the burger and then let the fat drain into a papertowel. Used Monterrey Jack with Jalapeno's for the cheese, and topped the burger with more Monterrey Jack with Jalapeno cheese and a good teaspoonful of sugared jalapenos. Wished I'd had an avocado, but didn't have one on hand....so I threw on some baby spinach and swiss chard for greenery. Fabulous! Thanks for sharing! Made for Holiday Tag.