Buffalo Burger

Name: Buffalo Burger
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds ground chuck (80 percent lean) or ground turkey (90 percent lean); Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil; 1/2 cup hot sauce; 4 sesame seed hamburger buns, split; toasted (see page 15), if desired; Blue Cheese Sauce (page 110) or 2 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (about 1/2 cup)

December 9, 2011

I’m not talking about bison here; I’m talking about the sauce that made Buffalo, New York, famous. I took two of my favorite football-watching foods and melded them into one. Buffalo wing, meet the burger! Hot sauce and tangy blue cheese have found a new home. For an appetizer, make bite-size sliders if you want. Another way to go would be to make this burger with ground turkey or . . . that’s right, ground chicken.

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