Burgers with Caramelized Onions & Zesty Sauce
Using your favorite burger recipe and adding these caramelized onions and zesty sauce will be a hit at your next barbecue.
Do you love burgers as much as I do? While I have always been a basic burger person with the usual condiments switching it up has been a really nice surprise. Here is an easy way to step up your burger game, by adding a little bit of sweetness combined with the zesty sauce that makes for a yummy burger.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
This recipe uses your favorite burger recipe, whether it’s homemade or pre-made for you.
You can make the caramelized onions and zesty burger sauce a few days ahead of time so your are not scrambling to get everything together last minute.
The zesty sauce is a great for dipping your french fries into.
Ingredients
Burger Buns – Use your favorite regular or gluten-free burger buns here.
Burgers – I usually by the pre-made burgers but you can also use your favorite burger recipe. You can use beef or turkey.
Cheese – Cheddar, or American works really well here.
Pickles – Adds a nice salty/spicy flavor, don’t use the bread and butter kind.
Tomatoes – Pick your favorite tomato for this, beefsteak, vine ripened, heirloom, etc.
Lettuce – Iceberg lettuce is a good choice, you can either shred it or leave in whole pieces.
FOR THE CARAMELIZED ONIONS
Vidalia Onions – You can use a regular sweet onion but the vidalia onion makes a good amount and works beautifully in this recipe.
Olive Oil – Use your favorite cooking olive oil, not the finishing kind. You can sub in canola or vegetable oil.
Salt – For flavor, your using a pinch
Sugar – To help speed up the caramelization process, and to add sweetness.
Balsamic Vinegar – (Optional) to add a bit of flavor to the onions.
FOR THE ZESTY BURGER SAUCE
Mayo – Use your favorite brand
Ketchup – Use your favorite brand
Garlic Powder – To add flavorÂ
Worcestershire Sauce – For flavor, can’t be omitted
Black Pepper – To add some heat and spice.
Instructions
Caramelized Onions
- Peel and thinly slice the Vidalia onion.
- In a large sautè pan warm 3 tbsp of olive oil then add the sliced onion to the pan.
- Sautè on med-low heat stirring occasionally until the onions start to get soft and slightly brown.
- Add a pinch of salt and a 1/2 tsp of sugar and stir.
- Continue stirring until the onions are really soft and lightly browned and jammy looking.
- Let the cool then put in a storage container and refrigerate.
- Take out a 1/2 hour before serving.
Zesty Burger Sauce
- In a small bowl combine the mayo, ketchup, garlic powder, worchestershire sauce, and black pepper. Stir to blend.
- Cover and place in the refrigerator for an hour to let the flavors blend. Â
The Burger
- Grill your burgers to your preferred doneness then top with cheese.
- Add your favorite toppings, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes
- Then top with burger sauce and caramelized onions.
Burgers with Caramelized Onions & Zesty Sauce
Materials
Caramelized Onions
- 1 Vidalia Onions can use 2 regular yellow onion if desired
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/2 tsp Sugar (optional)
Zesty Burger Sauce
- 1/2 cup Mayonaisse
- 1/4 cup Ketchup
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/4 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
Burgers
- 6 Beef or Turkey Burgers Homemade or pre-made patties
- 6 slices America, Cheddar, or Swiss Cheese
- 6 Regular or Gluten-Free Burger Buns
- 1/2 head Iceberg Lettuce, shredded
- 1-2 Tomatoes, sliced
- Pickles
Instructions
Make the Caramelized Onions
- Peel and thinly slice the Vidalia onion, discarding the tip and root end.
- In a large sautè pan warm the olive oil on med-low heat.
- Add the sliced onions to the pan and coat with the olive oil.
- Cook stirring occasionally, once the onion start to soften add a pinch of salt and 1/2 tsp of sugar (optional). Watch that they don't burn, if the onions are getting to dark lower the heat.
- Cook until the onions appear soft, jammy and have a nice light to medium brown color 30-60 min.
- Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator. Remove from the refrigerator 1/2 hour before serving so they come to room temp.
Make The Zesty Burger Sauce
- Combine the mayo, ketchup, garlic powder, Worcestershire sauce, and 1/2 tsp of black pepper into a bowl. Mix well, taste if it's not spicy enough add the remaining black pepper.
- Refrigerate covered and let flavors blend together for at least 2 hours.
Cook & Assemble Burgers
- Cook burgers until desired level of doneness.
- Top with cheese and melt if desired.
- Add remaining toppings as desired finishing off with caramelized onions and burger sauce.
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