Tabasco Chipotle Burgers

 Tabasco Chipotle Burgers

Tonight we just want a quiet simple dinner, a little beer for me and wine for Patti. I have my new Tabasco topper and am enjoying playing with that. The Tabasco chipotle sauce is full of flavor and on the 1 – 10 heat scale for me it does not register so I am a little free with its application. But for Patti I think it is about a 4, but Patti thinks it’s a 7. Anyway, after this she asked me do anything without Chipotle for a while. Again I am not sure there is any point in life without Chipotle but I am sure I’ll find out…

Chipotle is a jalapeno smoked in pecan wood. It adds a sweet smoky flavor to your food. I find it is really hard to find as a chili powder, but you can get it anywhere in cans packed in a sauce.

Ingredients:

2 lbs. ground beef
3 Tbsp. crushed garlic, or to taste
4 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
Steak seasoning, to taste
Tabasco Chipotle sauce, to taste
Your condiments of choice

Directions:

In a large bowl mix your meat together with your seasonings. Here you can either return your meat to the refrigerator or make your patties first then into the fridge. You want to give your seasonings time to get happy. Also, burgers are best grilled right out of the fridge, they hold together better, unlike steak that you grill at room temperature.

When the time is good for you, put them on an oiled grill around 350- 400 degrees for 5 minutes or so on each side. This varies of course depending on how big the burgers are, how hot your grill is and how well done you want them. A big ½ pound burger will be a little pink inside on my grill, just the way we like them. Actually, Patti likes them a bit raw and our daughter Katie likes them burned. So, this recipe is a compromise for my two favorite women.

Splash some of your Tabasco sauce on them as they go down and when you flip em…

Remember to give them some time before you try to flip them. If they are not ready they will stick to the grill and flipping them will tear them up. When they are ready they will come up easily…

                 Tabasco Chipotle Burgers Ready for The Grill                 

                                             
                                              Looks Good

Preparing Grill: Medium High Direct Heat

Preheat your grill to medium heat (350-400). Add your wet hickory chips to the fire and oil the grill. A cooking spray is easiest for this. (Note: you can add your hickory directly to the grill or you can use foil smoke packets.(Two handfuls wet chips and one dry, fold foil into a packet, poke holes in it with a fork and you’re good to go.)

Note: I use a spray bottle when cooking on the grill filled with a Worcestershire sauce and liquid smoke mix that keeps things moist and adds tons of flavors. (Mix is 3 parts Worcestershire with 1 part liquid smoke)

Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to  suit your taste.

Take it and run with it….

Enjoy,

Ken & Patti