Recipe: Hair of the Dog Burgers

I love to cook.  I love beer.  When I cook with beer.... awwwww damn.  Watch out.  I'm going to start off my recipes on the blog by sharing this great burger I threw together today.

First off, I have to give some credit to Epic Meal Time for the egg hole idea.  As douchey as those Brosephs are, they can be creative sometimes too.  Everything else in this recipe is 100% me.  Even the beer I used was a home brewed Whiskey Oaked Oatmeal Stout.  You can't get the exact beer I used (I only have two bottles left myself), but any stout or porter will do fine.

The idea behind the Hair of the Dog Burger is to infuse breakfast foods (bacon, eggs) with a beer-soaked burger patty.  It's easy to make and delicious.

Once you're finished, be sure to grab a fork and extra napkins.  This burger is messy.

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground beef
1/4 cup of beer (your choice, I used a home brewed Whiskey Oaked Oatmeal Stout)
1 small onion (chopped)
4 eggs
8 slices bacon
Lettuce
1 tomato cut into thin slices
Lightly toasted hamburger buns (I like to use King's Hawaiian buns)

1. Mix ground beef and onion in a large bowl

2. Pour in beer and mix until the beer is absorbed into the meat (you can use more than 1/4 cup if you like, but that is a good place to start)

3. Enjoy drinking the rest of the beer while preparing the meal

4. Shape the meat into 4 donut shaped patties, leaving a hole in the middle of each patty

5. Heat a greased pan on medium-high heat

6. Cook bacon until crispy

7. Set bacon aside on a paper towel lined plate to absorb the grease

8. Cook the burger patties in the pan approximately 5 minutes on the first side

9. Flip the patties and crack one egg into each of the holes in the middle of the patties

10. Once cooked through, combine all parts on a bun and serve with your favorite condiments

Drink pairing for this post: Home brewed Whiskey Oaked Oatmeal Stout