Canning, A Lost Art: The Everything Burger

Welcome back! I'm going to be sharing one of my all time favorite burger recipes. This is something I threw together one night a few years ago and has become the only burger that is ever made in my house. This burger has all of the classic condiments that BELONG on a burger, that's why it's called the everything burger. Of course one of those condiments is our awesome canned pickles! Honestly other than eating our pickles as a snack; egg salad sandwich and this burger are the only two things I use pickles on haha. Okay this burger is awesome! I usually tend to eat healthy but when it comes to burgers forget about it! Talk about a cardiac attack all wrapped in one bun. Can't wait!

The Everything Burger

If you can't see the patty it's because it's smothered in melted cheese ;)

Beef Patties

1 lb ground beef
Worcestershire Sauce 2 1/2 T.
Kosher Salt 1/2 tsp
Pepper 1/4 tsp
Garlic Powder 1 1/2 tsp
Onion Powder 1/2 tsp

Toppings

Dill Pickles
Red Jalapeno's (Also garden grown and canned. I'll be sharing that later)
Onion's
Lettuce
Tomato
Cheese
Bacon

Sauce's

Mayo
Ketchup
BBQ Sauce

Mmm look at that crisp pickle!

1. First off if you're going to do bacon I highly recommend baking it. I will never fry my bacon in a pan ever again. It's so nice to not have any painful splatter. Make sure to put your bacon on a rack over a cookie sheet so you don't have to flip them. Preheat your oven to 450° F and cook your bacon for fifteen minutes or until crispy.
2. While your bacon is baking mix up your beef. Put your beef in a bowl add the worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, kosher salt and pepper. Mix with a spoon but I prefer to use my hands wearing gloves.
3. After your beef is all mixed up flatten the beef into the bottom of the bowl and then with a knife cut into four equal pieces. Like cutting a pie ;).
4. Roll all pieces into a ball and shape into patties. You want to shape your patties thinner in the middle and thicker on the outside. When the patty cooks it will shrink and become all the same size.
5. When the bacon's done baking start cooking your burgers until browned. Ideally these burgers should be grilled, but if you don't have a grill, or like in our case it's winter time, they taste just as great cooked on a griddle or frying pan. 
6. About five minutes before your patties are cooked through add your cheese and let melt.
7. Now that your patties and bacon are cooked toast your hamburger buns.
8. Now top your hamburgers with the condiments and this is my preferred order. Take your toasted bun and put a light layer of mayo on each bun. Put your lettuce on the top bun and your onion, jalapeno's and pickles on the bottom bun. Place your patty on top of the pickle condiments. Put a light layer of ketchup on top of the patty, place your tomato's and bacon on top add a slight drizzle of bbq sauce and top with your top bun. Perfecto!

And what's burgers without tots and fry sauce??

Wow now that was good. I'm now going to exercise for an hour to work off all of those yummy fats. Yikes! Come back soon I'll be sharing how to can tomatoes which is the staple vegetable in our home!