Pork Burgers

Name: Pork Burgers
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 2 pounds ground pork; 3 yellow onions, finely diced; 1 cup salt; 1/2 cup coarsely ground black pepper; 1 cup Jack’s Old South Hickory Sauce or Basic Hickory Sauce (page 22); 8 onion or cheese rolls, split; Prepared brown mustard (optional); Sliced dill pickles (optional)

December 9, 2011

I love burgers made from freshly ground meat. If you have access to your own meat grinder, grind up a fresh boneless Boston butt with the onions. If you don’t, don’t worry about it. These burgers aren’t quite as over the top as my Whistler Burger (page 98), but they’re flavorful as hell and a really nice change if you feel like eating something other than beef.

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