Pocket Burger
Author Notes: If I were at a fair I would want food thats easy to eat while on the go keeping mess to a minimum, so I created this pocket burger. I made pizza dough, my no knead, quick rise dough, and filled with burgers, onions, mushrooms, cheese and a sriracha mayonaise. The burgers are really moist and juicy even though I used lean ground sirloin. You can fill with whatever you like it's very adaptable. - sdebrango
Serves 4
The dough, burgers and fixings
- 1 recipe pizza dough. Make your own, buy it frozen, get if from a pizzaria. I used my easy no knead dough here is the link http://www.food52.com/recipes/12305_pizza_with_no_knead_crust
- 1 1/2 pound ground sirloin- 90%
- 1 medium size onion (I used vidalia)chopped
- 10 ounces mushrooms (I used button) sliced
- olive oil to coat pan
- salt and pepper to taste
- If you are making homemade dough you can cook and prep the ingredients while the dough is rising. Coat pan with olive oil, add the chopped onion and cook until onion is caramelized. Remove onions from pan, add a little more olive oil and fry the sliced mushrooms until they are soft. Remove from pan and set both the onions and mushrooms aside.
- Make the hamburger patties, they should be 4 inches round and 2 inches thick. Salt and pepper both sides. Cook the burgers in the same pan you cooked the onions and mushrooms in. Get the pan good and hot and sear the burgers on both sides. The inside of the burger will be raw. Set the burgers aside. All the components should be room temperature when you put the sandwiches together.
Putting it all together
- Pizza dough
- 1/4 cup Mayonaise
- 1 tablespoon sriracha
- cooked onions and mushroom
- 4 slices swiss cheese (or whatever type of cheese you like)
- olive oil to brush on dough before and after baking
- sea salt
- Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees Mix the mayo and sriracha. On a floured surface roll your dough into a thin round, using a 6 inch cutter (I used a saucer and cut around it) cut out enough rounds for 4 sandwiches 2 rounds per sandwich (8 rounds total) place 4 rounds on parchment lined baking sheet, place a burger in the middle of each, spread a tablespoon of sriracha mayo on top of each burger spread it all over the top of the burger, add a heaping tablespoon each of onions and mushrooms on top of each burger and top with cheese.
- Top each with another dough round and press edges together, rolling and pressing to make sure you have a strong seal. Brush each with olive oil and bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown, Remove from oven, brush with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Let rest for 10-15 minutes. The burgers should be med/med rare.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Fair Food



almost 2 years ago arielleclementine
What a beautiful and clever recipe! Looks amazing :)
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
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Thanks so much! I would like to dip it in your wonderful gravy!!!
almost 2 years ago wssmom
This means my shirt will be clean afterward! Yay!
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
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LOL! Yes it will which is why I did this, hate walking around with stains on my shirt.
almost 2 years ago inpatskitchen
I must tell you .. these look so delicious!
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
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Thank you so much Pat.
almost 2 years ago aargersi
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What a great idea! You could also do minis for party snacks. Love it! The options are endless!!!!
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
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Thanks aargersi, was thinking of sliders, that would be great for a party. Thank you!
almost 2 years ago lapadia
Love this sandwich, love the easy dough and love the photo, what else...♥ it!
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
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Thank you lapadia!!
almost 2 years ago creamtea
This is what I'd want too. Yum!
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
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Thanks so much.
almost 2 years ago sexyLAMBCHOPx
Yum!!! I would add chunk pickle slices and roasted tomatoes cause thats how I roll. Nice recipe!
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
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I should have added tomatoes, and the pickles are a great idea. Thank you!
almost 2 years ago EmilyC
This looks delicious! It reminds me of a Runza, which is a stuffed sandwich with beef, onion, and cabbage ... a Nebraska speciality. I love them.
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
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A Runza, that sounds delicious. Thanks so much EmilyC.
almost 2 years ago SKK
Great recipe! Thank you for sharing it.
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
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Thanks so much!
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
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thank you!
almost 2 years ago boulangere
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Delish!