The STEAKburger

While in Memphis for all of my

dad's tests and surgery and such, 

I had the opportunity to go to a nice dinner with Eric.

J Alexanders 

was the restaurant of choice.

We had been years ago and

 remembered it was good, 

so we tried it again.

I got salmon of course 

because it is my fave.

It was awesome!

Eric ordered the steakburger.

I got a bite or 2 of his burger...

it was sooo good!  

It had so much steak flavor...I fell in love with this burger.

I knew that I had to try to 

make one at home.

I called my local butcher and asked

if he could grind up some steak

for me.  He was reluctant

because he said it would be 

expensive for the amount of

meat that you would get.

I was determined, so he agreed.

The New York Strip steaks

were on sale, so that is what I got.

I also bought a small pack of 

ground chuck to mix in, just so that

there would be a little 

more fat in the patties.

I cooked them over charcoal 

just until done.  One good thing

about them was that they

didn't shrink up very much 

because they were so lean.

They turned out nicely.  

They didn't have quite as much

of the steak flavor as the 

one at J Alexanders, 

but they were 

yummy.

I used toasted onion buns, and I 

also grilled some purple

onions with the burgers.

Topped with homemade

pickles and homegrown tomatoes...

Pretty darn tasty!

Love what you eat and eat what you love!  :)