Father’s Day week continues here on Will Cook For Smiles with The Whiskey Burger! Yes, a burger doesn’t get manlier than this. Juicy, thick burger with sauteed mushrooms and onions, bacon and topped with whiskey sauce!
We are continuing the Father’s day feast with a manly burger! I hope that Father’s day weekend will be nice outside because you know how much our men love their grills! It’s probably what the dads look forward to the most on that day, breaking out their grills.
We are starting off our hurricane season with Andrea. The weather has been so yucky the whole week, nothing but rain. I’m hoping there won’t be any storms for a while.
I wish you nice weather! But if you are having bad weather on Father’s day, this burger is just as perfect made in the pan!
Whiskey Burger
Ingredients
Whiskey Sauce:
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup whiskey
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1/2 bay leaf
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour for roux
- 1 tbsp soft unsalted butter for roux
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- salt
- fresh ground pepper
Burgers:
- 4 Burger patties
- 4 Burger buns
- 1 cup Mushrooms sliced
- 1/2 yellow onion
- 8 strips Crispy bacon
Instructions
- Sauce:
- In a small sauce pot, melt butter and saute the onion until transparent, on medium heat.
- Add whiskey and simmer for about 2-3 minutes.
- Add beef stock, bay leaf and tomato paste. Using a silicone covered whisk, stir until all combined.
- (To make the roux, combine 1/2 tbs soft (not melted) butter and 1/2 tbs of flour. Stir together very well.)
- Whisk in the roux, salt and pepper. Simmer for about 5 minutes, whisking often. Take out the bay leaf before serving.
- Burger:
- Cook the burgers to your preference. I like to combine beef and pork ground meat and add some chopped onion, garlic clove, fresh herbs and a little bit of bread crumbs.
- Saute mushrooms and onions until caramelized and add a little bit of whiskey sauce.
- Top the burger off with sauteed mushrooms and onions, bacon and whiskey sauce.
- Enjoy your manly burger!
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Denise says
We make burgers a lot in the summer so I am always looking for new recipes. Well I have to say that I am so glad that I found this one!!! It was absolutely fabulous!!!! You rendered my husband speechless. He literally grunted and moaned the entire meal. I’m going to use this sauce on a steak next!! Thank you so much!!
lyuba says
Thank you so much for this comment! It makes me so happy to hear that people love my recipes. I’m so glad you liked it!
monica says
Made these for supper tonight, they were the best burger I’ve ever had! All through dinner my husband and I raved about how fantastic they were, we couldn’t believe how fantastic the sauce was, and how well everything went together. Then about 5 minutes after we had finnished we both went running to the bathroom, and have been in and out of there fir the last hour! It was terrible, we don’t usually cook with alchohol and I’m wondering if maybe we are just to sensitive for it, either way the burgers were still fantastic.
lyuba says
Hi Monica!
When you cook with alcohol, especially simmering it, just about all the alcohol cooks out (about 95-100%). This is also a very small amount of alcohol to have effected you to the point of getting sick. It also depends on what kind of sick. If you got nauseous, it would me more likely the meat. (We have gotten unfortunate with sausage and beef like that a couple of times. ) If you got sick the other way, I would say that it was lunch because food takes several hours to work through your system and make you sick. I hope this helps and I hope you feel better soon!
Helen says
Made these for my husband today for Valentine’s. Grabbed some fresh, high end beef (5% fat, all natural) and bacon (natural, thick cut applewood smoked) from the meat department and picked up a new bottle of local whiskey. Added the sauce to the mushrooms and onions, into the meat, and into the bacon. Served with fresh green beans with sesame seeds and some Red Robin fries (sold in stores.). He loved it! I hate whiskey and loved it. Keeper recipe. Thanks!
lyuba says
Sounds like a perfect Valentine’s Day dinner at home, Helen! Thank you! I’m so glad you liked it.
Julie says
This reminds me of my favorite burger at a restaurant nearby!! Never thought to make it at home before…thanks for posting!
Diane Balch says
Congrats, your recipe is being featured on Foodie Friday, I will be pinning and tweeting it this week too. Stop by and get your featured button. Thanks again for sharing with us.
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Diane!
Parrish (Life With The Crust Cut Off) says
This sounds and looks delicious!!! Please come share it at Two Girls and a Party linky party!!http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/two-girls-and-a-party-linky-party-20/
Shannon {Cozy Country Living} says
Oh, this looks sooo good! My husband will love this! I can’t wait to try it:)
Diane Balch says
The ultimate manly man burger.