BBQ Ranch Burgers
I cook them for about five to seven minutes and then begin to check them with a meat thermometer. The four-ounce patties might already be done. You are looking for 160 degrees on your thermometer. The 8 oz patties might take about 5 minutes more. 160 degrees will give you a burger with some pink still in the middle but not medium-rare. More medium to medium-well.
Serve the burger on a big piece of iceberg lettuce, with a thick slice of tomato. Maybe add a slice of onion, too.
If you want to jazz it up a bit more and have BBQ Ranch Burgers, make the sauce below and put a smear on the burger before you top it with the tomato and onion.
BBQ Ranch Sauce (Smear) for Burgers
This will go well with beef burgers or even ground chicken breast burgers or grilled chicken breasts; even a steak.
Ingredients:
1 Tbl of mayonnaise
1 Tbl of ranch dressing
1-1/2 Tbl of bbq sauce (try to find one with sugar toward the bottom of the ingredient list. Almost all bbq sauces have sugar but you are not eating much of it). You are going for the essence of bbq flavor; not full-on bbq.
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Spread a smear across the top of your burger. So delicious!
Enjoy!
Cheers,
Zola
