Jalapeño Popper Burgers
Take your burgers to the next level
Upgrade a simple burger recipe and make it pop with an easy three-ingredient jalapeño cheese topping. Ground sirloin is lean ground beef made exclusively from the center loin cut and makes a super-tender burger. These days, more flavored cheddar cheeses (like jalapeño, chipotle or habanero) are filling up the specialty cheese section. But easy-to-find pepper jack works great in this recipe for Jalapeño Popper Burgers, too.
Jalapeño Popper Burgers
Serves 4
Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup shredded spicy cheese, such as chipotle cheddar or pepper jack
- 1 medium jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 pound ground sirloin
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 whole-wheat hamburger buns
- 1/4 cup ketchup
Directions:
- Preheat grill to medium-high.
- Combine cream cheese, shredded cheese and jalapeño in a medium bowl, stirring and mashing with a fork. Divide the mixture into four portions and form each into a 3-inch disk. Form sirloin into four patties about 4 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick. Season with salt.
- Grill the burgers until almost done, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Place a cheese disk on each and continue cooking until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of a burger registers 160 F and the cheese starts to melt, 1 to 2 minutes more. During the last few minutes, toast buns on the grill.
- Top each burger with 1 tablespoon ketchup and serve on the buns.
Recipe nutrition per serving: 458 Calories, Total Fat: 24 g, Saturated Fat: 11 g, Cholesterol: 91 mg, Carbohydrates: 29 g, Fiber: 3 g, Total Sugars: 9 g, Protein: 33 g, Sodium: 749 mg, Potassium: 590 mg, Iron: 4 mg, Folate: 26 mcg, Calcium: 246 mg, Vitamin A: 488 IU, Vitamin C: 5 mg.
Try Southwestern Black Bean Burgers with these jalepeño cheese disks!
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