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Copy Cat- Juicy Lucy Burger

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You MUST use American cheese on this. According to Mr. Edge, "Only those orange squares of vaguely plastic texture will achieve proper fluidity." You'll need an unlikely piece of equipment to prepare this burger, but you should have it on hand already_an ordinary standard-issue toothpick. You'll want to quickly prick the distended patty after flipping it to allow steam to escape.

"Unbelievable burger. Threw my friends as they thought I'd skimped on the cheese part of their cheeseburger! " - woodythemuss

Yield: 4 Servings Ready in 30 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Ground beef|Ground beef|

(4.4, 5) 100% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 4 Servings
1 1/2 lbground chuck; 70 or 80%
4 sliceAmerican cheese; (NOT cheddar, see note above)
4 buns
1 tblWorcestershire sauce
3/4 tspgarlic salt
1 tspblack pepper

Copy Cat- Juicy Lucy Burger Preparation

1. Place beef, Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, and pepper in a bowl; mix well. Portion into eight even units. Shape each portion into a thin round patty that's slightly larger

than the cheese slice.2. Fold cheese slices in half twice so you have a little stack of quartered cheese slices.

Place a folded cheese stack on 4 the patties, covering cheese with remaining 4 patties.

3. Tightly crimp the edges of the patties together to form a tight seal.4. Did you make a tight seal? I hope so, because it needs to be TIGHT to avoid a blowout as the cheese melts, creates steam, and tries to find its way out of its meaty

prison.5. Preheat a cast-iron skillet or heavy-bottomed pan to medium heat (or fire up a medium-hot bed of coals on your backyard grill), and cook burgers over heat 3 to 4 minutes on first side. Burger may puff up due to steam from melting cheese. This is

normal. Do not be alarmed.6. Flip, and using toothpick, prick top of burger to allow for steam escape. Allow

burger to cook 3 to 4 minutes on this side.7. Remove patties from pan or grill. Bun those suckers, slap some condiments on, and

dig in.

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  • Calories Per Serving: 666
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    Copy Cat- Juicy Lucy Burger Reviews

    Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
    Unbelievable burger. Threw my friends as they thought I'd skimped on the cheese part of their cheeseburger!
    1 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 20 hours, 43 minutes ago
    Changed it up a bit. Used ground turkey and veggie cheese- American inside and pepper jack on top. The only change to our usual burger was the cheese inside. Therefore we rated it 3 stars. It wasn't new to us.
    10 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 6 hours, 38 minutes ago
    Fantastic! They turned out perfect. Wait a few minutes before you bite in!
    10 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes ago
    So good!!!! You have to do a good job pinching the patties or else they won't hold the cheese in!
    1 years, 1 weeks, 6 days, 11 hours, 26 minutes ago
    You'll need an unlikely piece of equipment to prepare this burger, but you should have it on hand already—an ordinary standard-issue toothpick. You'll want to quickly prick the distended patty after flipping it to allow steam to escape. [I posted this recipe.]
    2 years, 12 months, 1 days, 17 hours, 23 minutes ago

    Tags

    1. burger
    2. cheese
    3. ground beef
    4. American

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