Hamburger with Caramelized Onions and Oven “Fried” Potatoes – {Plus the View from my Window}

A few days ago I posted a photo of the burger and potatoes I prepared for football night.

When I took the photo I had not tasted the burger or the potatoes yet.

But then I did. And it was SO good. We devoured the whole thing long before the first 15min of the game had passed…

And then we continued watching, wishing we had more.

For the burger you can use the type of meat that suits you. I used mixed beef and pork.

Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix with your hands (or spoon) until homogeneous. Shape the burgers and place in an oven tray with a drizzle of olive oil on top.

Grill in the oven until they are nicely cooked from both sides.

For the caramelized onions I used some yellow ones and a few shallots. Feel free to include as many types as you wish!

I have described the process in an older post, but I show it here again with a series of photos.

Briefly:

1. Slice the onions and place them in a frying pan. Season with some salt and drizzle some olive oil.
2. Stir well and cook until they become first translucent, then golden brown, and then deep brown and awesome.
3. (If you wish) add a pinch of sugar to help with the caramelization process.
4. (If you wish, although I recommend it) drizzle some cream of balsamic vinegar to deglaze the pan and give extra flavor.
5. The onions can also be stored in the fridge for some days.

For the potatoes I used small red potatoes, and I kept the skin on, because honestly I was too lazy to peel them..

I sliced them, seasoned them with pepper, salt, oregano and sweet paprika, added some yellow mustard and drizzled some olive oil on them.

Then I mixed them well and placed them in an oven tray, on parchment paper. Cook until they are soft and the skin is crunchy.

The rest is as easy as assembling a burger!

Warm bun, burger, slice of cheese, caramelized onions, ketchup, warm bun.

Serve with the potatoes on the side!

An ice-cold soda or beer will just seal the deal!

INGREDIENTS

For the burgers

Depending on the size of the buns you can make 3-4 burgers

400g minced meat (beef, beef/pork, etc)

1 large onion

1½ tsp yellow mustard

1 tbsp capers

Pepper

1 tsp salt

Drizzle of vinegar

Drizzle of olive oil

For the caramelized onions

Makes half a cup

2 large yellow onions

5 shallots

Drizzle of olive oil

Salt

Pinch of sugar

Drizzle of cream of balsamic vinegar

For the “fried” potatoes in the oven

Adapted from Kitchen Stori.es (in Greek)

Serves 2-3

700g potatoes

Sweet paprika

Pepper

Salt

Oregano

2 tsps yellow mustard

Drizzle of olive oil

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VIEW FROM MY WINDOW

Recently I found some Greek food blogs that are maintained by very talented girls and almost every day post a delicious dish. Most of the times this dish makes me “travel” back home, to Greece, first because of how traditional it is and second because of the very similar way we Greek women cook and utilize certain ingredients.

So, I’m very excited to read them every day!

One of those girls is Tanja from the wonderful The Green Mixer.

Tanja invited me to join a game called: “What do I see from my window”.

So, here are my 2 photos. One showing the view from my balcony and one from the balcony of the building where I work.

View from my balcony.

View from the balcony of the institute I work in.

And here are the great blogs I invite in the game:

• That’s Eat
• Να λείπει το βύσσινο!
• Aroma Vanillias
• Τα ταξίδια μου

Have a nice day!