Philly Cheese Steak Stuffed Burgers

Fathers Day is coming up this weekend and I wanted to get this awesome burger recipe posted so you can make them for your father or husband. It’s a great twist on two favorites; Philly Cheese Steaks and Burgers.

My father passed away two years ago after battling heart disease, for over 30 years. He lived a long time with a disease that killed most of his brothers at a much earlier age. My dad was a good christian man, who would help anyone and was always there for my mother, who is blind. I think he lived as long as he did because he felt the need to take care of her.

I’m also lucky enough to have a great father-n-law, John. John has always been very supportive and a great help on projects around the house. As I was once a builder and re-modeler, we usually make a pretty good team with projects my wife wants us to complete.

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John has a gift for building furniture, which I do not possess. He has made many of the pieces in our home. For Christmas, this year, he made us a built-in entertainment center for our great room. Last week we installed the unit, which was not an easy task. I am one that usually wants to keep working to get the job done instead of stopping for lunch.  I have been known to starve my father-in-law on these projects we work on.  My wife was gone all day at work and reminded me that I need to feed her dad.  For lunch I made him a burger, my tester for this post.  

What a transformation of our great room. He did a fabulous job!

The Philly stuffed burger was great, but not as good as the craftsmanship John showed with this awesome built-in. Thanks John, we appreciate all that you do.

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Servings: Makes 4 Large Burgers

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Ingredients:

• 2 lbs ground chuck (1/4 pound patties)
• Weber Montana Steak Seasoning
• 1 tsp Kosher salt
• 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
• 8 oz package mushrooms. sliced
• 12 slices provolone
• banana pepper slices
• 2 oz melted butter
• Fresh hamburger buns, toasted
• Mayo (optional)

Directions:

Form ground chuck into 1/4 pound patties. Cover and chill until ready to use.  (TIP: Cover a large platter with plastic wrap. Place patties on platter. Cover patties with plastic wrap. When ready to cook, place patties on grill and discard all plastic wrap from patter. Presto! a clean plate for grilled burgers.)

In large pan, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add onion and mushrooms. Season with salt to taste. (TIP: It is important to season onions and mushrooms as they cook to get the most flavor out of them)

Saute until starting to caramelize, 10 -15 minutes stirring often. Turn down heat if starting to burn. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

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To prepare burgers: use your thumb to make a depression in center of all patties. Season both sides with Weber Montana seasonings.

Cut 8 slices of provolone into a 2 1/2 inch circles and place a piece on 4 patties. Place 1 1/2 tablespoon of onion / mushroom mixture on top of cheese.  Place remaining cheese circles on top of onion / mushroom mix. Place the remaining four patties on top of stuffed patties. Press to seal together. Chill for 1 hour before grilling.

Remove hamburgers from fridge. Clean grill and heat to medium high. Grill burgers 5 -8 minutes, per side, to desired temperature.

Top burgers with 4-5 slices of banana peppers. Top each burger with 1 slice of provolone cheese. Cook until cheese melts. Allow burger to rest for 5 minutes.

As burgers rest, brush buns lightly with melted butter. Grill cut side down until slightly toasted.

To serve, spread 1 teaspoon of mayo on toasted bun. Add burger and top with remaining onion / mushroom mix.

Enjoy and Happy Fathers Day!