Super French Onion Burger

The secret ingredient is............... ONIONS!!!

This burger idea came from my wife. She suggested that I use the Lipton French onion dip mix in a burger and then cover it with cheese like they do for a French onion soup. The idea sounded great but I wanted to kick it up a notch. I wanted to do an onion burger but really expose the onions as the main ingredient. To start I sauteed two yellow onions in a cast iron pan with some good olive oil. I seasoned the onions in the pan with garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. After they were a nice and creamy texture I then put them aside for later. The next thing that I needed to do was mix the ground beef with one Lipton Onion dip mix package. It is the same mix that you use to make an onion dip. It has a lot of onion flavor and it mixes well the beef. I then finely diced a half a yellow onion and added that into the bowl with some more olive oil. I mixed it all together by hand and formed the patties. The last burger topping was French onion dip. To make this you mix one package of the Lipton mix with equal parts sour cream. I used the same pan that I sauteed the onions in and the burgers soaked in all of that great flavor. After searing the burger on one side I flipped the burger over and covered with a slice of swiss cheese. About 5 minutes on each side and the burger was done. The last step was smearing the French onion dip on both sides of, of course, an onion roll. The burger was incredible. All of the different onion flavors melted together beautifully. Perhaps I was just looking for an excuse to use an onion roll again but this worked great. The dip and the sauteed onions were creamy while the burger had an outer crunch and the inside was a nice medium rare to rare. When you look at the picture you might think the burger looks too rare but I didn't mind it at all. The contrast of textures created a great burger. Here are the pictures for you to enjoy. See you next week.