| Level: | Advanced |
| Total: | 1 hr |
| Active: | 1 hr |
| Yield: | 4 burgers |
| Level: | Advanced |
| Total: | 1 hr |
| Active: | 1 hr |
| Yield: | 4 burgers |
Ingredients
- 3 cups olive oil
- 1 cup whole cloves garlic
- 1/8 cup distilled white vinegar
- 1/4 cup oil
- 2 green peppers, chopped
- 2 red peppers, chopped
- 2 yellow peppers, chopped
- 1 cup whole cloves garlic
- 3 onions, chopped
- 4 cups chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 cups chopped fresh culantro
- 2 cups ketchup
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup mojo
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1 tablespoon red wine
- 1 tablespoon adobo
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 12 cloves garlic
- 2 plantains, peeled and chopped
- Canola oil, for frying
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- Pinch adobo
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tablespoon Montreal steak seasoning
- Two 1.41-ounce packets sazon
- 1/2 tablespoon adobo
- 4 slices provolone
- 4 brioche buns
- 1 avocado, sliced
Instructions
- For the garlic oil: Place the olive oil, garlic and vinegar in a blender and blend to a smooth consistency.
- For the sofrito: In a blender, add the oil and 1/2 cup water, then begin to blend the peppers, garlic and onions. Add the cilantro and culantro and blend to a smooth consistency.
- For Chazito’s sauce: Add the ketchup, mayonnaise, mojo, orange juice and red wine to a blender. Add the adobo, cumin and garlic, then blend until fully incorporated.
- For the mofongo plantain patty: Fry the plantains in a deep-fryer with the oil for 6 to 7 minutes. Smash the plantains using a mortar and pestle with 1 tablespoon garlic oil, along with the butter and adobo. Keep smashing until you have a smooth consistency. Mold into 4 patties by hand. Set aside.
- For the burger patty: Preheat a grill to high heat.
- Mix together the beef, eggs, steak seasoning, sazon, adobo, 1/8 cup sofrito and 1/8 cup garlic oil in a bowl. (Save the remaining sofrito and garlic oil for another use.) Form into 4 patties. Cook on the grill to medium-rare, topping with the cheese after flipping.
- For the mofongo burger: Top the buns with some Chazito’s sauce (save the remaining sauce for another use). Add a burger patty to each, then top each with a plantain patty and avocado slices.
Reviews
Yummy! Will try this recipe this coming 2024 Memorial Day’s weekend. Wepa…wepa!!! ( as we say in Puerto Rico !) Love mofongo…