Kilauea burger

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What it is: jalapeno and black pepper crusted burger, pepper jack cheese, chipotle aioli and seasond red onion strings. Here is how you make it.

First the meat for the burger. Usually they are grilled. If you don't have a possibility to charcoal grill them, ..then pan grill.

1/2 lb. ground beef sirloin (92% lean) 
1/2 lb. ground beef chuck (85% lean) 
salt to taste 
1 tablespoons cracked black pepper 
1 or 1 1/2 tablespoon very finely diced jalapeno 
6 hamburger buns, split 


Mix the meat with salt and foem patties. Put the crackked black pepper and the finely diced jalapenos on a plate, press both sides of the burger patties into the pepper mixture. Then grill 4 to 5 min. each side or until done.


Make the chipotle aioli:

1 cup mayonnaise 
1/4 cup Dijon mustard 
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar 
1 tablespoon minced canned chipotle chilies 
1 tablespoon minced garlic 
Directions
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and set aside to allow flavors to develop

Now the red onion strips:

2 tablespoons butter 
2 large onions, sliced into rings 
1 cube beef bouillon, crumbled 
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 
1/2 teaspoon onion powder 
salt and pepper to taste 

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Slowly cook and stir onions in the butter, and mix in beef bouillon, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper. Continue cooking about 5 minutes, until onions are soft. 


Now you can arrange your burger. Grill the buns if you like, spread both sides with the chipotle aioli, place the burger on the bottom half, top with the pepper jack cheese, then the onion mix, top with the other half of the bun....there you have it.

Wild.