Jucy Lucy Burgers

Name: Jucy Lucy Burgers
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American, Midwest
Ingredients: 2 slices, hearty white sandwich bread, torn into rough pieces; 1/4 cup, milk; 1 teaspoon, garlic powder; 3/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 teaspoon, pepper; 1 1/2 pounds, 85 percent lean ground beef; 1 slice, deli American cheese (1/2-inch-thick), cut into quarters

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2007, Cook's Country TV

Minneapolis taverns are famous for serving this moist beef burger stuffed with American cheese. Could we figure out how to keep the Lucy juicy and hold the cheese inside?

SERVES4

TIME30 minutes, plus 30 minutes chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Minneapolis taverns are famous for serving a sandwich called the Jucy Lucy, a moist beef burger stuffed with American cheese. Replicating the Jucy Lucy recipe seemed easy enough—simply seal a slice of American cheese between two beef pattie...

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