Pimiento Cheeseburgers
Juicy hamburgers topped with a creamy homemade pimiento cheese spread, featuring a blend of sharp and mild cheddar, onions, and pimientos. Served on toasted onion buns with optional pickled jalapeños for an extra kick.
Ingredients
- •1 whole small white onion, grated
- •8 ounces sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
- •4 ounces mild Cheddar cheese, grated
- •½ cup mayonnaise
- •to taste black pepper
- •2 pounds ground chuck
- •to taste kosher salt
- •6 whole hamburger buns
- •to taste pickled jalapeño slices
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
1. In a medium bowl, mix together the onion, both cheeses, mayonnaise, and pimientos. If you need additional mayonnaise to make it creamy, add a little bit at a time. Grind copious amounts of black pepper and stir that into the cheese mixture.
10 min
- 2.
2. Divide the ground beef into 6 equal portions and shape into patties about 3/4 inch thick. Remember to put a slight indentation into the center of each patty. Season both sides of the burgers liberally with salt and pepper.
10 min
- 3.
3. Oil the grill racks. Preheat your grill using all burners set on high and with the lid closed for 10 to 12 minutes.
12 min
- 4.
4. Place the burgers on the grill and lower the heat to medium. Grill for about 5 minutes. Turn the patties and continue grilling until they reach your desired doneness, about 4 additional minutes for medium, 6 minutes for medium-well. During the last 2 minutes of cooking time, add the buns, cut side down. At the last minute before taking the hamburgers off the grill, put a generous spoonful of pimiento cheese on each. Take the buns from the grill, place on a platter, set a burger on each bun bottom, add pickled jalapeños on top of the pimiento cheese, and serve.
15 min
