We didn’t go out to eat today. Another benefit of this challenge is that on days when we just can’t figure out what to eat, our last resort is to make something ourselves. So yesterday, we grilled up our own burgers in CY’s California Kitchen!
A quick yelp search took us to Luis Meat Market in Bellflower. When we got there we quickly realized it was not the same kind of meat markets that we were familiar with in Colorado. It was distinctly tailored to Mexican food and had a number of great food options–unfortunately burgers was not one of them. But they did have the ground beef that we needed so we bought a pound and they graciously gave us 1.5 pounds for very cheap!
We stopped by a nearby grocery store for the rest of our ingredients and fixin’s. We grabbed King’s Hawaiian Burger Buns and Heinz Ketchup (for some reason any other brand or even house ketchup tastes so weird to me), lettuce, tomatoes, and an avocado.
Things were going swell until we got home and the propane on the grill read ’empty’. Thankfully, we figured out that we had just enough propane to grill us up two burgers. We weren’t cooking for a party after all. My boyfriend seasoned the burgers with fresh ground black peppers and a medley of Hepp’s Salt. (Check them out at http://heppssalt.com/ ) He added some Cholula hot sauce to mine since I like a little bit of spice and took them out to grill. While he was being a man outside I prepped the produce, washing and cutting the tomatoes, lettuce, and avocado and laying out the condiments. We buttered up some buns and threw those on the grill for a bit. By the time we were done, the finished product was a masterpiece.
Lettuce, Tomato, Avocado, Cheese and an Amazingly Seasoned Burger on a Perfectly Toasted Bun!!
The burgers came out FABULOUS!! Even though the chef warned me the burgers may have been more well done than I’d have preferred, they tasted perfectly cooked to me!! I do usually prefer medium rare but the way this burger was done was exactly what it should have been! It was rich and juicy and flavorful!!! I can’t stop talking about it with exclamations!!! And my boyfriend said he knows how to make it better next time!!! IT’S ALREADY SO GOOD!! I don’t think I’m being biased when I say this either, because I tell him if his food is bad but this time around there’s really no need.
The only critique that I had was that the patty was a little too large for the buns we used. He separated the 1.5 lb. of meat we had into our two burgers! So that was a lot of meat! And I just wish I had split my meat into two burgers so I could have had one for lunch and one for dinner. The meat was very flavorful and tender and the King’s Hawaiian buns were the perfect sweet, buttery, toasted compliment to the burger.
This has been the best food I’ve had since Project Food 2015 started! AND I can keep eating in CY’s California Kitchen as much as I’d like this year!! He said he’s going to make Sunday grilling a regular thing so I can’t wait to see what he’ll whip up next!
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