Coffee-Kissed Buffalo Burgers
This recipe from Amy Reiley's aphrodisiac cookbook Romancing the Stove, gives a classic burger a makeover using American Bison and spiking the meat with the rich, earthy flavor of coffee.
Ingredients
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 tsp fine coffee grounds
- 1 lb ground buffalo or 4 buffalo patties,
- 1/2 sweet onion cut into rounds
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 4 slices ripe tomato optional,
- 2 whole grain sandwich rolls The sandwich is designed as open-faced is to help keep the meal light for a romantic evening. To serve a crowd, feel free to use full buns for practical purposes!
Instructions
- Mix salt, pepper and coffee grounds into the ground buffalo and form 4 burger patties with 1/4 inch thickness.
- Brush grill with cooking oil and heat to medium.
- Cook burgers for 3-5 minutes per side depending on desired doneness, flipping once. (Because of its low fat content, buffalo will become tough if overcooked.)
- After burgers are flipped, add onion rounds to the grill. Grill onions 2-3 minutes per side.
- Top each half of the buns with 1-2 tsp oyster sauce. Add a tomato slice (optional) and 1/4 of the grilled onions. Top with a burger and serve open-faced.
- If you are only serving 2 burgers, save the second bun and toppings separately, in the refrigerator, for up to 48 hours.
- *The recommendation to serve the sandwich open-faced is to help keep the meal light for a romantic evening. If you're going to be serving burgers to a crowd, (particularly outdoors), feel free to use full buns for practical purposes!
- (The ground buffalo mixture can also be used to make meatballs. Just brown lightly in a sauté pan and serve with pasta or as an appetizer with oyster sauce for dipping.)
