FRITAS CUBANAS (CUBAN HAMBURGERS)

Fritas Cubanas (Cuban Hamburgers) image

Cuban-style hamburgers that'll wow them at your next get-together, or at a family dinner. Enjoy! You'll never want a burger any other way! Trust me, they're decadent!

Provided by Emilio Prado

Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Caribbean

Time 40m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

2 yellow onions, quartered
2 (4 ounce) links chorizo sausage, casings removed
1 green bell pepper, quartered and seeded
6 cloves clove garlic
1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound ground pork
1 cup Italian-style bread crumbs
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 dash ground cumin
sea salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
12 hamburger buns, split
1 (9 ounce) can shoestring potatoes (such as Pik-Nik®)

Steps:

Place yellow onions, chorizo, green bell pepper, and garlic in a food processor; pulse until minced.
Transfer onion mixture to a large bowl. Add ground beef, ground pork, bread crumbs, eggs, ketchup, cumin, salt, and black pepper; mix with your hands until well-blended.
Form mixture into 12 patties.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook patties in batches until browned and medium well done, about 5 minutes per side.
Serve cooked patties on hamburger buns topped with shoestring potatoes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 557.5 calories, Carbohydrate 44.8 g, Cholesterol 91 mg, Fat 30 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 25.1 g, SaturatedFat 9.5 g, Sodium 720.7 mg, Sugar 3.5 g