Barbecue Burgers, Zola Style
There are three stages to making burgers this way. The Rub. The Burger. The Sauce. If you are not a major cook don’t worry. This looks harder than it is. Stick with this and you’ll love your burgers.
Servings: 3 burger patties (1/3 pound each)
Ingredients:
For The Rub
½ tsp of smoked paprika
1 tsp of chili powder
1 tsp of Truvia
1 tsp of garlic powder
1 tsp of celery salt
1 tsp of dry mustard
For the Barbecue Sauce
1 small onion, minced
1 clove of garlic minced (you can use jar garlic)
1 tsp of liquid smoke
6 oz of tomato paste
1 cup of white wine or low carb beer (water is ok, too)
¼ cup of tomato sauce
1 Tbl cider vinegar (or a bit more of you like your sauce to have a vinegar bite)
3 Tbl of dry mustard
2 pinches of pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp of vanilla extract
1 tsp of Truvia (stevia)
hot sauce to taste
For the Burgers
1 pound of ground sirloin
olive oil spray
Instructions For the Rub:
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