Faux- Jitas

Ah, one night when I made fajitas for the crew one crew member, Lindsay came to me and said, "you should make a hamburger but with fajita toppings."  Our conversation progressed and had many tangents, eventually ending with me promising her that when I opened my restaurant on the menu would be "Lindsay's Faux-Jitas".  Today I had lots of ground beef on hand and decided it would be the right time to try this recipe out.  I decided to take it one step farther and instead of just making a hamburger with fajita like toppings I was gonna put the fajita INSIDE the burger!  I've just finished mixing up the patties and they look so awesome I just had to run to the computer and share this idea with all of you.  I definitely was making them on a whim, so I didn't pay close attention to the measurements.   I can tell you that what I made came out to about 18 patties! yikes.   More or less I think you will be able to get the gist.  

Lindsay's Faux-Jitas

Ten pounds ground beef

3 green/red bell peppers, cleaned and thinly sliced

1 onion, thinly sliced

8 cloves of garlic, minced

4 tablespoons olive oil

2 packets of taco/fajita seasoning (which can be substituted with cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper)

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup sour cream

1 jar of salsa

hamburger buns 

First you want to cook down the peppers and onions.  Heat olive oil in a pan and then add the vegetables.  Once they have started to cook down add the garlic and about two table spoons of the taco seasoning.  Once the peppers have become soft, remove from the heat and let them cool down.

Once the veggies have cooled a bit, chopped them up as fine as you can and in a large bowl mix the beef, cheese, peppers, onions, one packet of taco seasoning and 1/2 a cup of salsa.  Form them into patties that fit your desired size ( I prefer 1/4 lb).

For the sauce mix the sour cream and one cup of salsa and spread on the toasted buns before serving.  

In about a half hour I will be grilling mine and I will let you know the end result.  But really how could all of these things mixed together turn out bad?  My only concern is that the cheese might melt before the burger is fully cooked. 

Check back to hear how the end result was, OR try it yourself and let me know!

cheers!

nyks