Handsome Jack's Badass Burgers [Recipe!]

A slight twist on the jack daniel's burger!

I wanted to make a Jack Daniel's style burger as an ode to the snarky antagonist, Handsome Jack.
But most of the recipes were kind of boring ...they typically required that the burger was to be drenched in sauce. Bleh.
So I decided to make my own recipe by just infusing the jack daniel's style sauce into the burger!

So here's my recipe and some fancy pictures :D

You don't have to use Jack Daniel's for this; any whiskey will do. :D But since this is a Handsome Jack burger, I suggest using Jack Daniels.

Please note that the ingredient list is scaled for a larger group of people!

Prep time should be about 20 minutes. Cook time is about 9-10 minutes per burger. This recipe will feed make 6-8 burgers. You can scale the ingredients to accommodate more or less people.

INGREDIENTS

• salt
• pepper
• 1 teaspoon of paprika
• 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
• 1/2 can of tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon of liquid smoke
• 1 tablespoon of worcestershire
• 2/3 cup of Jack Daniel’s whiskey (if Jack Daniel’s isn’t your thing, feel free to use any other whiskey)
• pepper jack cheese
• 1 red onion
• 2 tomatoes
• lettuce
• 2 lbs of ground beef
• hamburger buns

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix the following ingredients in a small bowl: salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder.
2. Add in your tomato paste.
3. Add in your worcestershire and liquid smoke. Stir to combine.
4. Add in your whiskey.
5. Stir to combine ingredients.
6. Add this mixture to your ground beef. You may need to use your hands to properly combine the ground beef and this sauce mixture.
7. Set your grill to high heat (if you don’t have a grill, place a pan on high heat).
8. Begin shaping your ground beef into round balls (about 1/4 lb). Gently press the balls flat until it forms an even hamburger patty.
9. Place your hamburger patties on the grill. Let cook for about 4-5 minutes on each side.
10. Place a piece of jack cheese on the patties. The cheese should melt after about 30 seconds.
11. When the cheese has melted, remove patties from grill and set aside.
12. Slice tomatoes and onions.
13. Assemble your burger on top of your hamburger buns: lettuce, onion, tomato, cheese burger (feel free to change the order!)
14. Eat!

There's more pictures and recipes on my food blog: http://eatgamelive.com/2012/10/12/ha...fused-burgers/

but I'll post all my BL2 themed recipes here. Thanks for reading!