In the early ’70s a cook named Bob Detweiler got tired of making “just burgers,” so he made up this recipe (his wife, Julie, the manager, suggested the cheese topping). It became an instant hit, and they’ve had it on the menu ever since.
| Level: | Intermediate |
| Yield: | 4 burgers |
| Level: | Intermediate |
| Yield: | 4 burgers |
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup drained, sliced canned whole green chiles
- 1/3 cup sliced pitted oil-cured black olives
- 1/3 cup sliced sauteed cremini mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 James Beard’s Favorite Hamburger patties, recipe follows
- 4 slices onion
- 1/4 cup beer, plus more as needed
- 4 slices cheddar cheese
- 4 toasted hamburger buns
- Recipe courtesy Beard on Food, Running Press, 2000
- 2 pounds chopped beef chuck or round
- 1 onion
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Unsalted butter
- Vegetable oil, as needed
- Kosher salt, to taste
Instructions
- Make the Det Mix: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Make the hamburgers: Heat the butter and oil in a large cast iron skillet over high heat. Add the hamburgers and cook halfway through and turn over. Cover each with about 1/4 cup of the Det Mix and top with the onion slices. Pour in the 1/4 cup beer and cover with a lid. Steam a couple of minutes until the onion is translucent. Re-steam with beer a couple of times. Top each hamburger with a slice of cheese and cover until melted. Transfer the hamburger to the buns and serve.
- Spread the meat out on a board and grate 2 to 3 tablespoons of onion into it¿use a fairly fine grater so you get just the juice and very finely grated raw onion. Now mix in about a tablespoon of heavy cream and some freshly ground black pepper. Form into patties¿a 6 to 8-ounce patty for an average serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 790 |
| Total Fat | 48 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Carbohydrates | 30 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Sugar | 6 g |
| Protein | 61 g |
| Cholesterol | 204 mg |
| Sodium | 985 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 790 |
| Total Fat | 48 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Carbohydrates | 30 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Sugar | 6 g |
| Protein | 61 g |
| Cholesterol | 204 mg |
| Sodium | 985 mg |
Reviews
Absolutely the BEST tasting Burger EVER!!! It’s well worth the effort to make this one. Have been making it for years!
I think this is a bit different from the original. I have been carrying around a recipe from the Ann Arbor newspaper from 1992 and making the Det Burger ever since. It doesn’t have the green chiles and the burger is just a plain beef patty. I don’t know if the Food Network felt like it had to be more difficult to be interesting but I think it is overkill.
Very moist and tasty. My husband enjoyed it very much.
Ok burger, nothing special
Excellent Burger!
Thank you, Del Rio Bar & Sara!
Thank you, Del Rio Bar & Sara!
I may have over cooked the burger and cut the onions too thick cause i did not enjoy this meal.
I will try again.
The beer didn’t seem to add much flavor. I normally love olives but thought they overpowered these burgers. Still better than most restaurants.
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Fantastic burger! Give it a try.