TACO Burgers {7 of 10}

For those who had a long weekend this past weekend, we hope it was an enjoyable one for you. At our place we had a really busy but productive long weekend. On Sunday, we had dinner at my parents to celebrate my Dad's Birthday. On Saturday though it was a perfect day to use the BBQ and cook some Taco Burgers -- one of our favourite summer time meals. These guys are completely made from scratch including the taco seasoning.

Here's what we use for our taco seasoning.

 

The finished taco seasoning. You can find the taco seasoning recipe here.

 

 

We added about half the batch to make the burgers.

 

Before starting on the burgers slice up some cheddar cheese if you are planning on stuffing the centre of the burgers. We only do this sometimes as a treat (it is a bit time consuming).

 

 

For this specific dinner we used about two pounds of ground beef. 

 

 We added 1 egg, 1/4 cup of bread crumbs and 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce.

Mix everything together well.

 

 

Start to shape your patties. Once done add some sliced cheese like so ...

 

 

 

Then add the other half of the patty on top and pinch the edges together.

 

 

 

Your finished stuffed burger should look like this ...



If you just want to make a plain patty, they taste great to. A couple years ago we bought this Adjust A Burger Patty Press and it works great!

 

 

 

Here they are once they are done. The cheese seeped out a bit with these guys ...

 

 

 

To serve, we just put them on a burger bun, add salsa, hot peppers, cheese (if it is not stuffed in the centre) and that's it.  They are fun to serve to guests because they are often surprised with the melted cheese in the centre when they take their first bite!

Have you had taco burgers before?