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woody's Notes:
Expand1 lb lean ground sirloin (12 % fat) Ask a question about this ingredient
1 can spam, sliced thin Ask a question about this ingredient
1/2 cube butter, softened Ask a question about this ingredient
4 tbs blue cheese crumbles Ask a question about this ingredient
2 maui onions Ask a question about this ingredient
mayo Ask a question about this ingredient
local tomatoes Ask a question about this ingredient
4 hamburger buns , sweet hawaiian is my favorite, but like thin ones too Ask a question about this ingredient
when the butter soft, mix the blue cheese crumbles in it.
Ask a question about this stepmake 4 patties out of the beef.
Ask a question about this stepmake a pocket in the patty with your finger and stuff it with the blue cheese and butter combo and then cover the hole with more beef.
Ask a question about this stepdo this with all patties.
Ask a question about this stepmake a hot grill using wood or charcoal.
Ask a question about this stepcook each burger patty until it is as cooked as you want it. grill the spam. don't use the whole can. you can use the rest for tomorrow breakfast.
Ask a question about this stepbrush the sliced maui onions with oil and grill them too.
Ask a question about this steptoast the buns too
Ask a question about this stepassemble: bun bottom, mayo, hamburger ,spam, maui onion, tomato and bun top with more mayo. then salt and pepper.
Ask a question about this stepno ka 'oi if there is any cheese and butter left over just spread it over the grilled hamburger bun.
Ask a question about this stepWow...I may die of heart failure after eating this, but it sounds like I would die happy.
nice pic!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my ...I love this...just made it for dinner... did NOT add the spam...sorry...but the burger was sooo juicy and the blue cheese just melted into the burger....total synergy! lucky me...My local market always has Maui onions...so sweet. Local tomatoes including my own are ripe!!!yeah!!!!! Post a pic???
you gotta try the spam. sorta like bacon on the burger but better. more flavor.
I like the butter idea...probably gives such lean meat some tasty fat. I hear that Whole Foods is now in the Hawaiian Ilands...I bet you're happy to have some great products. The spam...well, I guess it's a traditional food for you guys.
Mollie is the best-selling author of many (mostly) vegetarian cookbooks, including the original Moosewood Cookbook, The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, and a trilogy of cookbooks for kids. Her most recent title is Get Cooking : 150 Simple Recipes to Get You Started in the Kitchen.
Wow - just home from Kauai and already homesick for those menu posts in family restaurants for fried spam, etc - your burger looks delicious - mahalo!