Tex Mex Burgers

Name: Tex Mex Burgers
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Southwest (Tex-Mex)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds, 85 percent lean ground beef, broken into pieces; 2 teaspoons, minced canned chipotle chiles in adobo; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cumin; , Salt and pepper; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 4 thick slices, pepper Jack cheese; 1 small, red onion, sliced thin; 1 , poblano chile, seeded and sliced thin (see note); 1 teaspoon, chili powder; 4 , hamburger rolls, split

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2008

Adding south-of-the-border flavors only improved our easy, homemade burger recipe.

SERVES4

TIME30 minutes

$Tex Mex Burgers$

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

It was important to be gentle when handling the beef mixture for our Tex Mex Burgers —overworking yielded tough, dense burgers. Chipotle chiles added a smoky, spicy depth, while poblano chiles lent a mild kick. When the vegetables were tend...

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