Recipes

Green Chile Cheeseburgers

  • Serves

    serves 4

PENNY DE LOS SANTOS

Our version of these spicy burgers includes a tangy chile sauce that Mauricio Barboza, a chef from Santa Fe, gave us. This recipe first appeared in SAVEUR Issue #140, along with Jane and Michael Stern's story Hot Stuff.

Ingredients

  • 2 lb. ground chuck
  • 1 tbsp. , plus 1½ tsp. New Mexico chile powder
  • 1 12 tsp. ground cumin
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground blackpepper, to taste
  • 13 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp. ketchup
  • 4 cloves roasted garlic, mashed to a paste
  • 2 tbsp. canola oil
  • 6 roasted New Mexico chiles, peeled, stemmed, seeded, and roughly chopped
  • 4 slices cheddar cheese
  • 4 slices Swiss cheese
  • 4 brioche buns, split and toasted

Instructions

Step 1

In a bowl, combine chuck, 1 tbsp. chile powder, cumin, and salt and pepper; form into four 8-oz. patties and chill. Whisk remaining chile powder, mayonnaise, ketchup, garlic, and salt and pepper in a small bowl; refrigerate sauce until needed.

Step 2

Heat oil in a 12″ cast-iron skillet over medium heat; working in 2 batches, cook patties, turning once, until a thick crust develops on both sides, about 10 minutes for medium-rare. Top each with ¼ of roasted chiles and 1 slice of each cheese; cover with lid to melt cheese. To serve, place 1 patty on each bottom bun and spread top buns with some of the sauce. Cover burgers with top bun and serve immediately.