Grilled Burgers Italiano

Name: Grilled Burgers Italiano
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 beaten egg; 1/4 cup meatless spaghetti sauce, your choice; 1/3 cup fine dry breadcrumb; 1/3 cup onion, chopped; 3 tablespoons fresh basil (can use dry, but fresh makes the difference) or 3 oregano, chopped (can use dry, but fresh makes the difference); 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 lb lean ground beef; 1 lb bulk Italian sausage; 2 medium green bell peppers, halved cut into rings; 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon cooking oil; 6 ounces mozzarella cheese, halved crosswise; 1 cup meatless spaghetti sauce, your choice; 8 kaiser rolls, split and toasted

Submitted by FLUFFSTER

"Are you ready for a treat? How about a burger that borrows the flavor of Italy! This one's a keeper for sure! Use green bell peppers, yellow, red, orange, or a mixture for a beautiful presentation."

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 8

ingredients

1 beaten egg
¹⁄₄ cup meatless spaghetti sauce, your choice
¹⁄₃ cup fine dry breadcrumb
¹⁄₃ cup onion, chopped
3 tablespoons fresh basil (can use dry, but fresh makes the difference) or 3 oregano, chopped (can use dry, but fresh makes the difference)
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 lb lean ground beef
1 lb bulk Italian sausage
2 medium green bell peppers, halved cut into rings
1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon cooking oil
6 ounces mozzarella cheese, halved crosswise
1 cup meatless spaghetti sauce, your choice
8 kaiser rolls, split and toasted

directions

Combine egg, and the 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce in a large mixing bowl. Stir in bread crumbs, onion, basil or oregano, and garlic. Add beef and sausage; mix well. Shape meat mixture into eight 1/2-inch-thick patties.
Tear off a 12x18-inch piece of heavy foil. Place pepper slices in center of foil; drizzle with oil. Bring up 2 opposite edges of foil;seal with a double fold. Then fold in remaining ends to enclose the peppers, leaving place for steam to build.
Grill burgers and foil packet on the rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium coals for 10 to 12 minutes or until burgers are no longer pink and peppers are tender, turning burgers and foil packet once halfway through grilling time.
Top each burger with some of the pepper strips and a half slice of cheese; cover and grill about 15 seconds more or until cheese melts.
Meanwhile, heat the 1 cup of spaghetti sauce either on the grill or stove top. To serve, place burgers on kaiser rolls. Spoon spaghetti sauce over burgers. Pass any remaining sauce.

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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

FLUFFSTER

Bullhead City, Arizona

I would like to welcome you to my recipes. I have been with Food.com since 10/05. My beloved husband, Tom, passed away 3 years ago. My world stopped. It's taken me all this time to find my way back to life without him. I have been so blessed to have found my second, once in a lifetime. I've met an amazing man who is so good to me. We moved from Las Vegas, Nevada to Bullhead City, Az. in February, and we love it here. I have worked at Bally's and Paris hotel.casinos, in Las Vegas. I have seen some very famous entertainers, including Liza Minnelli, Penn and Teller, Ray Liotta, Dr. J (Julius Erving), Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara Marx. and many, many more. Cooking is my passion, and I am slowly, but surely beginning to venture into the world of baking. To me, cooking is so much easier because baking is so much more exact. I love to make Italian and Mexican food the best, followed by Chinese and last, but by far the least, good old American food! How can you beat chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy?? I love to find several recipes and put my own spin on them and create a new recipe.

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