Recipes: Beef

Cowboy Coffee Burgers

Author: Russ Faulk, Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet
Servings: 4
Course: Entrees

My favorite Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet Grilling Rub is the ZaZa Barbecue Rub with organic Oaxacan coffee. That's where the idea for these burgers came from. The name? Cowboys sitting around a campfire drinking coffee out of a tin cup. Why not? There's no tomato-based barbecue flavor to these burgers, but the coffee and coriander really shine through.

Ingredients:

2 pounds ground beef from round

1 teaspoon finely ground coffee

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1 teaspoon turbinado sugar

1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

4 hamburger buns or rolls

Instructions:

Combine the coffee, coriander, sugar, paprika and salt in a small dish. Mix together with the ground beef, being careful not to over-work the mixture. Divide into four equal parts and form into patties about 3/4" thick.

Grill directly over medium-high fire, turning once, until cooked to the desired doneness—about 4 minutes per side for medium.

When the burgers are nearly done, lightly toast the hamburger buns on the grill.

Try this recipe with sides of Grilled Potato Salad