Pecan-Crusted Pork Burgers

Name: Pecan-Crusted Pork Burgers
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 28 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Extra Virgin olive oil; 2 apricots, chopped; .5 cup mayonnaise; 1 canned chipotle chile pepper in adobo sauce, chopped; 2 Tbsp. finely chopped green onion; 1 Tbsp. adobo sauce from can; 1.5 lb. lean ground pork; 1 Tbsp. butter, melted; .5 cup finely chopped pecans; 1/2 tsp. table salt; .25 tsp. black pepper; 4 French hamburger buns, split; 4 Bibb lettuce leaves

6 steps

Prep:10minCook:18min

Serve with curly fries and salad.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:53:14 GMT

Ingredients

4 servings

extra virgin olive oil

2apricots

chopped

½ cupmayonnaise

1chipotle chile pepper in adobo sauce

canned, chopped

2 Tbspgreen onion

finely chopped

1 Tbspadobo sauce

from can

1.5 lblean ground pork

1 Tbspbutter

melted

½ cuppecans

finely chopped

½ tsptable salt

¼ tspblack pepper

4French hamburger buns

split

4bibb lettuce leaves

Instructions

Step 1

Coat cold cooking grate of grill with EVOO, and place on grill. Preheat grill to 350° to 400°(medium-high) heat. Stir together apricots and next 4 ingredients; set aside. Gently combine pork and 2 Tbsp. mayonnaise mixture until blended, using hands. Shape into 4 (4-inch-wide, 1-inch-thick) patties. Stir together butter and next 3 ingredients in a small bowl until well blended. Sprinkle each patty with about 2 Tbsp. pecan mixture (about 1 Tbsp. on each side), gently pressing to adhere.

Step 2

Grill pecan-covered pork patties, covered with grill lid, 6 to 8 minutes on each side or until a meat thermometer inserted into

Step 3

centers registers 155°

Step 4

Grill buns, cut sides down, 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly toasted.

Step 5

Serve burgers on buns with lettuce and remaining

Step 6

mayonnaise mixture.