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Moose Meat Burgers (Game Meat Burgers)

Chef Markus Mueller
Try something new with these delicious moose meat burgers! Rich, full of flavour, and topped with applewood smoked cheddar, these game meat burgers are sure to be a hit at your next BBQ!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Entree
Cuisine Canadian
Servings 10 Moose Burgers
Calories 370.5 kcal

Ingredients
  

Moose Burger Mix

  • 2 lbs ground moose meat
  • ½ lb smoked bacon diced and partially cooked
  • 2 cloves fresh garlic minced
  • 2 whole Spanish onions caramelized
  • 1 each egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground pepper

Burger Toppings

  • 10 each Sesame seed buns
  • 10 each iceberg lettuce leaves
  • 2 whole tomatoes thinly sliced
  • 1 bottle Smoke Show lightly smoked jalapeno BBQ sauce
  • 1 block Cows appletree smoked cheddar sliced

Instructions
 

Moose Burger Patties

  • Peel and slice the Spanish onion. Caramelize the sliced onions in a pan with a little oil until dark golden brown. Once dark golden brown, remove from the heat and set aside.
  • As the onions caramelize, dice the smoked bacon, and half cook it in a second pan. The bacon should be cooked but not crispy. Once cooked set aside along with the bacon fat.
    partially cooked diced bacon in a black pan
  • Mix the ground moose meat with the caramelized onion, partially cooked bacon, egg yolk, garlic, salt, and pepper. Form the moose meat mixture into 10 burger patties by forming balls and then flattening them.
    ingredients needed to make game meat burgers in a steel bowl before mixing
  • Cook the moose meat burger patties on a bbq grill or pan fry them on the stove. Cook on each side for about 5 minutes or until they reach an internal temperature of 165F.
    moose meat burgers cooking in a pan

Assemble The Burgers

  • Before assembling the moose burgers, make sure you have sliced the tomatoes, cheese, lettuce etc. This is best done while the burger patties are cooking.
  • Assemble the moose burgers and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 370.5kcal

Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.

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