Hamburger Delight Recipes

THE PERFECT BASIC BURGER

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil grate.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together egg, salt and pepper. Place ground beef and bread crumbs into the mixture. With hands or a fork, mix until well blended. Form into 4 patties approximately 3/4 inch thick.
• Place patties on the prepared grill. Cover and cook 6 to 8 minutes per side, or to desired doneness.

FARMER'S DELIGHT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2. Butter a shallow 2 quart baking dish; set aside.
• 3. In a skillet, cook together the hamburger, green pepper and onion. Drain any liquid from skillet.
• 4. While browning the hamburger, cooked the noodles.
• 5. Add the salt and pepper, cream corn, cream of mushroom, and cream cheese to the hamburger mixture; mix well.
• 6. Stir in the cooked noodles to the hamburger mixture; mix thoroughly.
• 7. Add the hamburger-noodle mixture into the prepared casserole dish.
• 8. Cover with foil and bake for 35-45 minutes.

HAMBURGER AND POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, layer half of the meat, potatoes and onion. Sprinkle with half of the salt and pepper. Repeat layers. Dissolve bouillon in water; pour over all. Top with tomatoes. , Cover and cook over medium heat for 45-50 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Garnish with parsley if desired.

ITALIAN DELIGHT

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in a large frying pan and drain well. Place back in pan, then all the ingredients, except the noodles. Mix well, cover and simmer.
• While preparing the above, cook the noodles al dente, drain well and add to the meat mixture. Save the noodle water as you will need to add liquid to the casserole as it cooks down, but use the saved diced tomato juice first. I add garlic powder to the noodle water, while cooking, to flavor the water.
• Add noodles.
• Cook on low-to-simmer for about 15-20 minutes. Check often and stir. Add tomato juice/noodle liquid, as needed. It can get too thick.

HUSBAND'S DELIGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef. Add the tomatoes with juice, salt and sugar and simmer for 15 minutes.
• In a separate medium bowl, combine the sour cream, cream cheese and onion and mix well. In a 9x13 inch baking dish, place half of the egg noodles, then all of the meat mixture, then the cream mixture. Top with the remaining noodles and sprinkle with the cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes.

HAMBURGER DELIGHT

Steps:

• Brown chuck and onion in heavy skillet Add spinach and heat through.
• Make a hole in the middle of the above mixture.
• Break the two eggs in the hole in the spinach mixture and scramble the eggs until completely mixed in with the spinach mixture.
• Add mushrooms.
• Add soy sauce, garlic powder, salt and pepper.