Joe’s Grilled Gourmet Cheese Burgers

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 hamburger, for each dinner guest 80% lean ground beef, 3/4 to 1 1/2-inches thick
• 1 slice sweet onion, 3/4-inch thick, for each burger
• 1 slice rye bread, for each burger
• 2 slices provolone cheese, for each burger
• steak sauce
• olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• toothpicks or skewers for grilling the onion

Recipe

• 1 for the onions --
• 2 cut the onions into 3/4" thick slices and put on skewers. or place enough toothpicks through the sides of each onion slice to hold it together for grilling.
• 3 coat the onions on each side with olive oil and season lightly with salt and pepper, if desired.
• 4 for the burgers --
• 5 gently form the hamburger into the desired thickness for each dinner guest, while shaping it to match the rectangular shape of the slice of rye bread. (it should look like a miniature meatloaf, but with a uniform thickness.).
• 6 season each burger to the taste of each guest and place on a platter in an order you will easily remember. (the virtual grill at charcoalbob.com can assist you with this.).
• 7 for grilling --
• 8 prepare your grill for a direct-medium fire (350°f to 375°f).
• 9 if using the cookout calculator at charcoalbob.com, simply follow the grilling timeline on your cookout printout, putting on the sweet onions when the time remaining is 10-11 minutes and turning when the time remaining is about 5 minutes.
• 10 otherwise, grill the burgers to the desired doneness (10-15 minutes total, turning halfway through the grilling time), and grill the sweet onions for about 10 minutes, turning halfway through the grilling time.
• 11 note when there is 1-2 minutes of grilling time remaining, then melt the provolone cheese on each burger and place the slices of rye bread on the grill, turning when toasted to avoid burning.
• 12 final assembly --
• 13 remove all items from the grill, and remove the sweet onions from the skewers (or remove the toothpicks that were used to hold the onions together).
• 14 allow the burgers to rest for a few minutes to keep them nice and juicy.
• 15 drizzle a little of your favorite steak sauce on the slice of toasted rye bread, then place the burger on the rye toast, provolone cheese side down.
• 16 then drizzle a little more steak sauce on top of the burger, separate the grilled onion into individual rings and place on top of the burger as well.
• 17 eating technique --
• 18 with a steak knife and fork, cut through the grilled onion, burger, cheese and rye toast for bite after delicious bite.