Blue Cheese Bison Burgers
Ingredients:
3/4 1lb fresh ground bison meat
1 red onion (chop about 1 tablespoon for meat and slice desired amount for topping the burger)
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 tablespoons Olive Oil
Kosher salt to taste
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
2 whole-wheat hamburger buns
1 tomato
Fresh lettuce
1 avocado
Gorgonzola blue cheese
Desired condiments (spicy mustard is excellent with bison)
Method of Preparation
In a small mixing bowl combine bison meat, olive oil, chopped garlic and red onion and seasonings and mix thoroughly. Form meat into 3/4” patties and set aside. Before grilling, prep all toppings such as sliced tomato, onion, lettuce etc. Bison meat is best served medium to medium rare – do not overcook! Grill patties over a low flame. Melt cheese on the patties during the last minute of grilling.
ENJOY your bison. Eating is believing.