Tailgate Sliders

I have a confession.

For the longest time I preferred my burger to come with the standard ketchup-mustard-pickles-onions get up that McDonald's offers. If I was eating at Wendy's I could stand the mayo, lettuce and tomato but only because they were surrounded by cheese, bacon and a burger. Only recently have I started thinking about different condiments and toppings on my burgers.

The recipe I was given for this swap was Tailgate Sliders from Jaida at Sweet Beginnings. Her recipes always make me hungry so I couldn't wait to try out these burgers.

Recipe

Recipe Swap: Tailgate Sliders

NicholeL

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Course Sandwich

Cuisine American

Servings 8 -10 sliders

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Ingredients

  

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Burger Ingredients:

• 8-10 sweet Hawaiian rolls
• 1 lb. lean ground beef
• ¼ cup breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper

 Red Pepper Sauce:

• 1 large red pepper
• ½ teaspoon olive oil
• 4 tablespoon cream cheese softened
• 2 tablespoon mayonnaise
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• salt and pepper to taste

Guacamole:

• 1 avocado ripe
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• salt and pepper to taste

Toppings:

• cheddar cheese
• lettuce
• tomato
• red pepper sauce above
• guacamole above

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Directions

 

Creamy Red Pepper Sauce Directions:

• 1. Preheat the oven or your toaster oven to broil. Line a baking sheet or toaster oven sheet with foil.
• 2. Cut off the top of the red pepper and remove seeds. Cut into large chunks and place on the sheet. Drizzle with oil.
• 3. Broil for just a few minutes until the pepper pieces are slightly charred. Set aside until cool enough to touch.
• 4. Meanwhile, combine the cream cheese, mayo, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a food processor. Once you can, transfer the red pepper into the food processor and pulse until all of the ingredients combine and only small pieces of the red pepper remain.
• 5. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate until ready to use.

Guacamole Directions:

• 1. Peel the avocado and remove the seeds.
• 2. Place the avocado in a small bowl and mash until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until combined. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Burger Directions:

• 1.Place the ground beef, bread crumbs, Worchestershire sauce, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix until combined.
• 2. Form the burgers into 8-10 slider sized patties.
• 3. Cook the burgers to your desired done-ness. (2-3 minutes on the Foreman)
• 4. Transfer the burgers to a plate and top with cheese. Tent with foil to melt the cheese and keep the burgers warm.
• 5. Lightly toast the burger buns, then spread the red pepper sauce on the bottom bun and the avocado mixture on the top bun.
• 6. Layer the burger, lettuce and tomato between the buns.

Notes

Barely Adapted from: Sweets Beginnings

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OMG yum! These burgers were amazing. I refuse to admit just how many of them I ate.

The original recipe calls for using roasted red peppers from a jar which probably provide more flavor than a fresh red pepper. I couldn't find jarred ones so I opted to roast the red peppers myself. Tom and I both really liked the red pepper sauce but wish that it had a stronger red pepper flavor. I think next time I'll use more than one red pepper or maybe less cream cheese and mayo. As proof of how good the sauce was, I opted to use it in instead of ketchup to dip my fries in. Tom suggested using a milder cheese like provolone next time so he could taste the other ingredients better. I'll have to try that out.