With Memorial Day comes the beginning of summer, and with summer comes with grilling. The Corona-pandemic has brought many limitations. You cannot go out with your friends and enjoy the weekend. However, there is another exciting way to spend the weekend at home with your family. You can decide to have a barbecue and make burgers yourselves. When it comes to grilling burger, the burger toppings is one of the best parts. The only rule when it comes to burger toppings is that there are no rules. In the past, people used to stick with only one topping, which was ketchup and mustard.
Sticking to one thing can be boring as time goes by. The same applies to have a burger with the same toppings over and over again. Luckily, now you have no restriction when it comes to burger toppings. You can try exciting burger toppings ideas and see which you will like best. The good thing is that you can make these toppings at home while observing social distancing. The following are some of the craziest but exciting burger toppings ideas that you can try.
1. Broccoli and cheddar burger topping
Most people prefer cooked broccoli to raw broccoli. Overcooked broccoli has its place in the world but not in this burger. When it comes to burgers, your broccoli should be slightly crunchy with a bit of bite. Broccoli and cheddar topping go together like milk and cheese. Once you have the first bite of broccoli and cheddar together, you can be sure you to be hooked.
Broccoli and cheddar burger recipe
You will need to have 1 lb ground chuck, salt, and freshly ground pepper, oil, 4 cups of broccoli florets. You will also need 1-1/2 shredded cheddar and four buns of your choice. The first thing to do is to slice your buns. Form the meat that you have into four equal burger patties. The patties should be about 2 inches tall and 2.5 inches wide. Sprinkle both sides of each patty with salt and pepper. Swirl the oil to coat to the cast iron skillet and heat it. Add the broccoli to the skillet and keep stirring it occasionally for 2-3 minutes until it is bright green and deeply-charred. Put salt and pepper on it for it to taste, then remove it and put it aside.
Carefully clean the skillet and swirl it with oil again and then heat it. Add the patties and cook it until a crust has formed. Scrape and flip while topping each patty with the cooked broccoli and the shredded cheddar. Carefully move the broccoli and cheddar topping patties to your bun and enjoy your burger.
2. Peanut burger topping
Peanut burger topping is one of the weirdest burger topping ideas you can try at home. However, you can be sure it will turn out to be the most delicious burger you have ever tasted. It is exciting to sometimes try out new crazy things, especially at this time of Corona. Peanut butter slathered on your burger is more than enough that you do not need to add any cheese. Therefore venture out of your food comfort zone and try out this delicious burger topping.
3. Jalapeno bacon bugger topping
Jalapeno Bacon burger topping is another exciting and delicious topping idea you can try on your burger. It is preferable to use fresh jalapenos to add a little cool crispiness. To make things even more exciting, salute your fresh jalapenos in the bacon fat before cooking them. Mustard is one of the essential requirements you should add in your jalapenos bacon burger topping. It is because it offers more flexibility. It is better to use thick-cut pepper bacon. However, thick bacon might not go well with someone who likes crunchy staff on your bacon. It is because the thicker the bacon, the less crunchy it is.
4. Chorizo and Chilli bacon jam burger topping
Chorizo and Chilli bacon jam burger topping will leave you drooling when you see it. It is a unique and exciting burger topping to try at home. Adding Chilli bacon jam will take your burger flavor to another level give it a lovely background heat. The combination of beef, chorizo, Chilli bacon jam, and cheese is like a marriage made in heaven. Construct your burger, then add chorizo and Chilli bacon jam beef as your toppings, and enjoy your delicious burger.
5. Sunny side-up egg burger topping
Sunny side-up egg burger topping is another brilliant burger topping idea that you must try during the Corona pandemic. Making this topping is not hard as long as you have the right ingredients. Once you have prepared your burger patties and bread, you will need to cook your eggs. In a small pan, add cooking oil and crack your egg at the center. Cover the pan and cook the egg until the white part is set and the yolk is still runny. Once you finish, slide the egg on top of the bugger, and you would have your sunny-side-up egg bugger topping. You can season it with a bit of salt and pepper and few shakes of hot sauce.
6. Funnel cake burger topping
Are you bored with the usual burger toppings? If you want to have a new burger adventure, try funnel cake burger topping. It is one of the most exciting and delicious burger topping for your burger that you can make at home. For now, no fairs are coming to town due to the corona pandemic. Luckily, you can make all your favorite fair foods into one burger at home. State fair funnel cake burger topping? Try before you judge. It’s really good.
7. Mac and cheeseburger topping
Mac and cheeseburger topping will make you want to have burgers in every one of your meals. The topping will make your burger to be juicy and outrageously taste good. Prepare your burger patties and grill them 8 to 12 minutes. Prepare your macaroni and cheese separately and top it to your burger.
What new and weird topping are you going to try with your Free Graze burger? Leave us a comment, or link some other creative topping ideas for us.
