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I’m of the opinion that sometimes you just need an epic burger to watch the game with and these French Onion Burgers with Gruyere Cheese Sauce are the ultimate “must make” tailgate recipe for the next game.
Here’s the problem I have when making burgers for a crowd – personally, I tend to like my burger medium rare as do some of my friends. Others like it medium to well done and a couple like it “charred like a hockey puck” and, when you are using an indoor grill pan, I’ve found that sometimes you need a little help when to tell the burger is “just right.” I tend to over think cooking sometimes and I’m always worried if it is cooked to the right temp. Don’t even get me started on my confusion on how to tell if meat is okay – I get a bit paranoid about that.
Recently, I received some Cook’d Right™ Sensors that helped me with my Goldilocks-eque burger temp situation. Check out these lovelies:
Essentially, it takes 10 seconds and you know exactly if the burger, chicken, meat or poultry is just right. For my recipe, I used the “Rare, Medium, Well” Cook’d Right™ Sensor and while I was able to have my burger at the perfect medium rare temp, my guests could have theirs done “Well” or “Medium” – I drew the line at “charred like hockey puck” – they’d have to deal with “Well” only. What’s that – you haven’t seen the Cook’d Right Sensors before? You can ask for the Cook’d Right™ Sensors from your local butcher, grocery store and favorite brands.
Now that it’s fall, I LOVE making French Onion Soup – but I wanted those flavors in the burger without having to use a premixed dip packet. So – after doing a lot of thinking, I decided to improvise. I seasoned the ground beef with a bit of onion and roasted garlic powder from the spice rack and made the onions “French Onion Soup Style”, simmering them down for a bit with some beef broth and thyme. The kicker to this – the brioche buns which are the perfect accent to the Gruyere cheese sauce. Yes – you heard me right – GRUYERE CHEESE SAUCE. Hey – what can I say – I decided if I was going to go “all out” for this burger, why not go all. the. way!
This, my friends, is the ultimate tailgate burger. You can even make it into sliders for entertaining, make extra of those divine caramelized onions for swirling into some scrambled eggs, on pizza, etc. and that Gruyere cheese sauce – I’m speechless. Seriously – this isn’t a quick burger and there are a few components to this recipe but the flavor at the end is well worth it. Added bonus – I was able to tell which burger was whose by the temps and for those that wanted a bit more onion love, they got it and for those that were all about the cheese sauce, I could get a bit heavy handed. I aim to please.
So – for your next tailgate or game night, make these French Onion Burgers with Gruyere Cheese Sauce – and don’t forget the Cook’d Right™ Sensors – the burgers will come out perfect every time!
On to the recipe:
Gather your ingredients
Let’s make the French Onion Soup Style Onions
And we can’t forget the cheese – if you add a little extra Gruyere, I’ll never tell
Testing the burger with the Cook’d Right Sensor – Perfectly Medium Rare
Don’t you want one of these French Onion Burgers?
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