Beer Burgers ~ let’s makeover those leftover burgers!

Beer burgers are an easy make-ahead meal or use it to jazz up leftover burgers on the grill.  This sauce transforms regular burgers into something really amazing.

Guys.  Moving.  Need I say more?  And this was my first move with kids and it honestly took it out of me more than I thought.  We even hired movers for some of the bigger pieces, and still.  Wowza.  I still don’t think I’m fully recovered. And I’m pretty sure some of the movers quit the industry after our move.  Highlights included a piece of furniture getting stuck on the stairs and one mover having to slither down the stairs like a snake through a gap to try to push it up.  Afterwards, the supervisor just massaged his eyeballs and muttered, “I’m going on break.”  But we’re moved!  So that’s a win.  And I’m ready to get back into the swing of regular life.  It’s funny how routines can become kind of ho-hum, and then when you get out of them, and you’re grateful to go back!

Beer Burgers ~ a late summer dinner hero

So don’t @ me, but there comes a time every summer where I’m not quite as thrilled by grilled food as I once was.  Like the thought of burgers on the grill elicits more of a “meh, okay” than a “yeah!”  Like I mentioned here, I’m not really a great summer cook.  I’ll soup and casserole it up all day long, but I run out of steam quickly with summer recipes.  Beer Burgers are a great way to dress up leftover burgers on the grill for a second round, or it’s a great meal to make up the night before so it’s ready to roll when you walk in the door.

So the secret to Beer Burgers isn’t a marinade per se, because the meat is already cooked, but it’s not really a straight up sauce either — it’s … a soaking sauce?  Hmm, so I get why the term “soaking sauce” never caught on, but for lack of a better term, soaking sauce it is.  Start with already cooked burgers — grilled, pan-fried, whatever works for you.  Mix up your soaking sauce ingredients …

Pour it over cooked burgers and that’s it!  Let it sit overnight and warm the burger patties up when you’re ready.  I typically just pop them in the microwave, but you could definitely do a stovetop warm up if that’s your style. 

The great thing about a soaking sauce vs. a marinade is that it’s only touched cooked meat, so totally fine to spoon up the extra sauce over the burgers.  And trust me, you’re gonna want to spoon up the extra sauce!  Bonus here, the soaking sauce makes these burgers so incredibly juicy and flavorful.  Before this recipe, I never thought of burgers as a make ahead meal, because typically sitting in the fridge does not do them any favors.  Problem solved here.  The soaking sauce makes them even more delicious than they would be alone.

If you’ve tried this recipe, I’d love to hear in the comments?  Or any suggestions for a better name than “soaking sauce”?  I hope this isn’t one of those times where I’ve missed the most obvious choice :).

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Beer Burgers

2018-08-20 09:27:13

Serves 6

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Prep Time

10 min

Prep Time

10 min

Ingredients

1. 2 T grated onion
2. 1/2 c. beer
3. 1/2 c. ketchup
4. 2 T vinegar
5. 2 T sugar
6. 2 T Worcestershire sauce
7. 6 cooked hamburger patties

Instructions

1. Mix up all the ingredients except for the burgers
2. Pour the sauce over the burgers and cover it
3. Place in the fridge overnight
4. Warm up in the microwave or in a pan

Notes

1. Make sure to note that this isn't a marinade -- you'll use this on already cooked patties

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