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Blue Bayou Burger

A grilled burger topped with crumbled blue cheese, lettuce, tomato and hot pepper mayonnaise, served on a sesame seed bun.

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Cuisine Type
  • american
Day Part
  • dinner
Menu Part
  • entree
Main Ingredient
  • Beef
  • Cheese
  • Greens

Source: Beef Foodservice by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

A grilled burger topped with crumbled blue cheese, lettuce, tomato and hot pepper mayonnaise, served on a sesame seed bun. Try this! Accompaniments - Spicy Buffalo Fries: Prepare large plank-style or other shaped fries. Toss with salt, a mixture of equal parts cayenne pepper and paprika, and finely minced green onion or parsley. Serve with blue cheese dressing on the side.

Ingredients

Hot Pepper Mayonnaise (recipe follows)
24 ground beef patties (IMPS/NAMP 1136), 6-8 oz. each
Salt, to taste
Ground black pepper, to taste
1 1/2 lb. blue cheese, crumbled
24 sesame seed buns
24 lettuce leaves
48 tomato slices
Tomato and Celery Salad (recipe follows)

Hot Pepper Mayonnaise
3 cups mayonnaise
1/4 - 1/2 cup hot pepper sauce

Tomato and Celery Salad
3/4 cup olive oil
3/4 cup cider vinegar
1 tbsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
1 1/2 tsp. sugar
3 1/2 lb. fresh tomatoes, cut into wedges
2 1/2 lb. celery, sliced
1 cup parsley, chopped

Steps

Hot Pepper Mayonnaise

  1. In bowl, mix mayonnaise and hot pepper sauce until thoroughly blended.

  2. Cover and refrigerate.

Tomato and Celery Salad

  1. In large bowl, whisk olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and sugar.

  2. Add tomatoes, celery and parsley; toss to coat.

  3. Cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours.

Blue Bayou Burger (for each serving, to order)

  1. Grill 1 beef patty to 157 F.

  2. Season with salt and pepper.

  3. Top patty with 1 oz. cheese; melt under salamander.

  4. Spread 1 tbsp. Hot Pepper Mayonnaise on each cut side of one bun.

  5. Top bottom bun half with 1 lettuce leaf, 2 tomato slices, burger and bun top.

  6. Plate and serve with a scant cup Tomato and Celery Salad and Spicy Buffalo Fries.

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