Reeni at Cinammon Spice & Everything Nice started a Burger Club, a sort of burger of the month club. The idea is for bloggers to make the posted burger and rate the fixings, toppings, and preparation of the burger more so than the burger itself.
The ratings will be based on a four-star rating:
1 Star = Didn’t like and wouldn’t make again.
2 Stars = Liked but wouldn’t make again.
3 Stars = Liked and will make again.
4 Stars = Loved! Will make often.
My boys are always happy to eat a burger, but not always happy to stray from just ketchup on their burgers. So I thought it would be fun to expand their horizons and give the Burger Club a try, especially with BBQ season just around the corner.
Since I’m usually satisfied with half a burger and I didn’t want to hear too much complaining, I decided I would make sliders instead of full sized burgers. That way if they didn’t like the burger of the month, they could have another one with just ketchup. (I was planning on making homemade slider rolls, but ran out of time and found some sourdough rolls at Winco that were the perfect size and had a great texture and flavor.)
The first recipe was Green Chile & Cream Cheese Burgers. I thought I would hear lots of complaining putting chilies and onions on their burgers, but surprisingly the boys liked the peppers on the burger. Their only complaint was they didn’t care for the cream cheese. Since I used hot green chilies, I thought the cream cheese was a good balance to the spiciness of the chilies. I did feel like it needed something more though. Just not enough juicy, crunchy goodness going on. So I am giving it a 2 Star rating. I liked it but wouldn’t make it again.
Thanks Reeni! Bring on the next burger.
Green Chili and Cream Cheese Burger
Ingredients
- 1 small yellow onion diced
- 1 4.5 ounce can Green Chiles or Jalapenos diced
- Vegetable/Olive oil for sauteing
- Sea Salt & Fresh Black Pepper
- 10 ounces Ground Beef 80-85% lean or Ground Turkey
- 2 sturdy but soft Burger-size Buns I used slider buns
- 4 ounces Cream Cheese I used reduced fat
Instructions
- Saute onion in a small skillet in a tablespoon or so of oil over medium-low heat until translucent. Add chiles, season with salt and pepper and saute for five minutes.
- Cook the burgers in whatever way you like.
- Divide and slather the cream cheese evenly over top halves of the buns. Place burgers on bun bottoms and divide the chile mixture evenly between them. Place the tops on.
Maria
Interesting burger. It is always fun to try new flavors!
Mary
Well, this looks delicious. I can't wait to see your next burger!
xxMK
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Juliana
Barbars, love the idea of using cream cheese in the burger…I have to try this one…looks delicious 🙂
Lucie
This looks delicious – I love the star rating – great idea!
Lisa
Mmmmm..green chiles and I have loads on hand due to your 'fill in blank' 'thingy' 🙂 Love the idea of cream cheese paired with them. Great idea to make them into sliders. For some reason, sliders just seem yummier. They look phenomenal!
Megan
Your pictures are awesome! Will you give me a photo lesson in San Fran? 😉
Kathleen
This burger sure looks good. Very smart to make it as a slider. I'm glad to hear that winco has nice sized buns for sliders.
Barbara
Your sliders look wonderful, Barbara…they made my mouth water! Sorry they didn't go over as well as you'd hoped. Hard to please all palates!
I think the idea of a burger club is great and can't wait to see what else you come up with!
Gera @ SweetsFoodsBlog
A burger club, mmmm sound good! This burger with cream cheese and green chile is perfect 🙂
Cheers,
Gera
Antonella-Vera55
it sounds very good!!!Delicious!!!Have a great day!