Hamburger Recipes for Your Next Picnic

All-American Barbecue Cheeseburgers
American cheese is stuffed inside and melted on top of these barbecue sauce-flavored grilled cheeseburgers.

Alan's Rueben Burgers
Ingredients: ground beef, salt, sliced Rye bread (toasted), sliced reduced-fat Swiss cheese, sauerkraut (rinsed, drained, and heated), fat-free Thousand Island dressing, and slices red onion.

Bacon Southwest Ranch Cheeseburgers
Ingredients: ground beef, Salt & pepper to taste, American Cheese Slices, Kaiser rolls, Bacon, Ranch Dressing, and salsa.

California Cheeseburger Deluxe
Ingredients: hamburger patties (4 ounces each), hamburger buns, butter, mayonnaise, lettuce leaves, slices onion, slices tomato, slices cheddar or American cheese, and half strips of bacon. 

Circle E Ranch Cheeseburgers
Ingredients: Spicy Ranch Sauce Ingredients: prepared ranch salad dressing, fresh cilantro, canned chopped green chilies, and green jalapeno hot pepper sauce.  Burger Ingredients: ground beef, slices American cheese, hamburger buns, Romaine lettuce leaves, and Tomato slices.

Cisco’s Chipotle Burgers
Ingredients: ground beef, Chipotle chiles from a can of Chipotle in adobo sauce, adobo sauce from Chipotle, ground oregano,  ground cumin, minced green onions, salt, Guacamole, and Salsa.

Fried Onion Burgers
Ingredients: ground beef, salt, hamburger buns, butter or margarine, onions (thinly sliced), salt, and pepper.

Grilled Daytona Spicy Burgers
Ingredients: lean ground beef, garlic cloves, chili powder, salt, pepper, ground cayenne red pepper, and hamburger buns.

Grilled Jalapeno Cheeseburgers
Ingredients: lean ground beef, fresh jalapeno pepper, chili powder, Monterey Jack cheese, thin tomato slices, and hamburger buns.

Grilled Mesquite Cheeseburger
Ingredients: lean ground beef, mesquite grill seasoning, leaf lettuce leaves, slices (1/4-inch) tomato, slices (1-ounce each) White American Cheese, and Kaiser rolls.

Southwestern Burger
Ingredients: lean ground beef, Taco Seasoning Mix - Regular, 4 cheese Mexican blend, hamburger buns, and Garnish suggestion Salsa Prima.

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