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This is what you'll need:
1/2 cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
1/4 cup water
3 lb extra-lean (at least 93%) ground beef
1 cup crumbled reduced-fat blue cheese (4 oz)
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh chives
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon red pepper sauce
1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 whole wheat burger buns
12 leaf lettuce leaves
12 tomato slices
This is what you'll do:
1. Heat gas or charcoal grill. In large bowl, mix oats and water. Stir in beef, blue cheese, chives, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper sauce, pepper, mustard and salt until well mixed. Shape mixture into 12 patties, about 3/4 inch thick.
2. Place patties on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill over medium coals. Cover grill; cook 11 to 13 minutes, turning once, until thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 160°F.
3. For each burger, layer lettuce, tomato and patty in bun.
Contact Grill Directions: Heat closed contact grill 5 minutes. Place patties on bottom grill surface. Close grill; cook 6 to 7 minutes or until thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 160°F.
Nutritional Information
1 Burger: Calories 300 (Calories from Fat 90); Total Fat 10g (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g, Trans Fat 1/2g); Cholesterol 70mg; Sodium 490mg; Total Carbohydrate 22g (Dietary Fiber 4g, Sugars 5g); Protein 30g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 8%; Vitamin C 6%; Calcium 10%; Iron 20% Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Lean Meat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Our Family's Review:
Me: Let me start out by saying that I'm not a big fan of blue cheese. I've just never acquired the taste for it. Having said that, these burgers were pretty good. (They were great until I got a big chunk of the blue cheese.) I really liked the oats in it though. It kept the burgers together well and made for nice thick hamburgers.
Chad: Chad was pretty much in the same boat as I was. Wasn't his favorite, but he ate it. He probably won't ever ask for it again. ha, ha.
Nate: Nate LOVED it. We didn't tell him it had blue cheese in it because we know he would've freaked out and not tried it. He kept on and on about how good it was. Who knew?!
Abby: Abby didn't have a hamburger, but she loved the sweet potato fries we had with it. :o)
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