Nothing beats summertime grilling when it comes to backyard cooking! And one of the most common foods for grilling is the good old-fashioned cheeseburger. Sounds good – but lets put a new spin on the term “cheeseburger” and how they are made.
First, we are skipping the part where you just toss a slice of cheese on the top of a grilled hamburger. For this recipe, the cheese goes into the meat before you make your patties. The next bog difference is that we are skipping past the normal condiments and making a zesty sauce with a few basic ingredients.
Time to get started!
Here’s an easy way to do a different version of a cheeseburger. The good news is that you can always top with additional cheese when the burgers are cooked!
Shredded Cheese Burger with Zesty Sauce
Equipment
- BBQ Grill
Ingredients
Hamburger Patties
- 1 – 1½ lbs ground beef
- 1 cup shredded or chopped cheese of your choice
- 1 pinch salt and pepper
- soft yeast roll style buns
Zesty Steak Sauce Ketchup
- ½ cup ketchup
- ½ cup steak sauce
- ½ tbsp melted butter
- 2 tbsp water
Instructions
Prepare the Steak Sauce Ketchup
- Place the zesty steak sauce ketchup ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for a few minutes. Best served warm!!
The Burgers!
- combine the beef, cheese, salt and pepper to form 4-6 patties
- cook on the grill and serve with zesty ketchup, on yeast buns or buns of your choice
Nutrition
Burger Tip: You can use any type of cheese that you want with this burger. I prefer something like or pepper Jack cheese or cheddar. However, I did an Italian inspired version with Italian seasonings and shredded Mozzarella cheese and the flavor was amazing, but the zesty ketchup was not a good match. So the next time I used a junked up marinara sauce with French bread as the bun!
Author Bio: Kent Whitaker, also known as “The Deck Chef,” is an award-winning culinary writer and cookbook author. He’s also penned Young Reader, NASCAR and History titles. The former winner of the Emeril Live Food Network Barbecue Contest also covers football, motorsports, and bass fishing. Kent currently lives in East Tennessee with his wife, son, and a couple of dogs that love when he fires up the smoker or grill. You can reach out to Kent at www.thedeckchef.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.