Once a week, we have Fancy Burger Night. We take a pound of lean ground beef and try to make it the un-leanest thing we’ll eat all week. And that right there, that was my husband’s latest contribution, The Eggs Benedict Burger.
It’s part breakfast, part dinner, and part 75% arterial blockage. Okay maybe it isn’t that terrible for you…
Crispy bacon, a poached egg, and a spoonful of dreamy hollandaise sauce top a plain burger. Okay, it’s definitely that terrible for you.
Eggs Benedict Burger
Crispy bacon, a poached egg, and hollandaise sauce top this dinner-meets-breakfast burger.
Ingredients
- For the hollandaise sauce:
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 Tbsp water
- 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
- Juice from 1/2 a lemon
- Salt
- Pepper
- For the burgers
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- Salt
- Pepper
- Worcestershire
- 3 eggs, fried or poached
- 3 slices of bacon, cooked to a crisp
- English muffins or burger buns
Instructions
- Heat grill to medium-high heat.
- In a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, whisk egg yolks with water, whisking vigorously, until mixture thickens, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat, and stir in lemon juice.
- Whisk in 1-2 pieces of butter at a time until melted.
- Season with salt and pepper. Keep warm over the doubler boiler, whisking occasionally and adding 1-2 tsp hot water if the sauce thickens too much.
- Season ground beef with a pinch of salt, black pepper, and a few dashes of Worcestershire.
- Divide ground beef into 3 equal portions and form into a patty.
- Cook on the grill 4-5 minutes each side, until cooked to desired doneness.
- Assemble on buns and top with crispy bacon, an egg, and a spoonful of hollandaise sauce.
Notes
Yields: 3 servings
Estimated time: 30 minutes
Oh. My. Goodness.
This looks amazing! Eggs Benedict is my favorite brunch, and the idea of it on top of a burger sounds insanely good. I’ve had your avocado eggs benedict on my “to make” list for awhile, and I bet that would be great on a burger too!
Yum!
Drooling over this!
All I can say is WOW!!
You just blew my freaking mind.
It might be THAT terrible..but it sounds pretty darn worth it. If you’re going down, at least you’re going down happy!
I swear, my husband is not happy at a burger place if he can not find a burger with an egg on it. I think he would love this.
What an amazing idea! Love finding different ways to cook up burgers
Hi, great recipe! I think my hubby would just love this. Never tried home made hollandaise though – will definitely give it a bash!
Absolutely incredible and this means you can have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner – yes?! 🙂
Now that is a nice burger!
These burgers look incredible!
I was just discussing hollandaise with friends! I’m going to have to try it, now. I love eggs on burgers, and I’m sure I will love it more with the sauce.
That is just about one of the most unholy burgers I have ever seen. It looks so delicious!!!
uhm, woah. In a good way.
😀
LOVE. Both the idea of “fancy burger night” (why be normal?) and eggs on burgers. They just make everything that much better 🙂
Good grief, this is OFF THE HOOK.
I love the deep blue background for this photo, by the by. It’s absolutely perfect for it.
This looks ridiculous! Can’t wait to try it!!
Wow, such a great idea to combine two great foods into one! Thanks for sharing it, I am putting it on my list of must-try recipes.
WOW, looks amazing :),It’s the best hamburger recipe
Whoa….that’s pretty intense….not sure I could handle it, but I’m sure it’s a big hit!
This looks so great I wish I could smell it thru my monitor 🙂