Today I have for you a very simple burger recipe that uses wild Hawks Wings mushroom as one of the stars of the show. The incredible umami flavor of Hawks Wings really lend well to being incorporated in a burger recipe, and you most likely have all the other ingredients for this recipe.
A Great Year for Hawks Wings
Mushroom hunting does not always come with a guarantee of your finding your favorite mushroom. In fact, some years you won’t even be able to fully fill your basket. Then there are years when you have a bounty and you have to figure out how to eat all the mushrooms without them rotting or an effective way of preserving them.
That’s the situation my husband and I were at with our pounds of mushrooms when we came home.
Eat Your Mushrooms Fresh
With our very full basket of Hawks Wings, we decided to try a burger recipe that prominently uses mushrooms in the mix, instead of just a topping.
We like to grill burgers as many do in the summer and we tend to keep it pretty simple and only add a bit of salt, pepper and Worcester sauce. If we’re feeling crazy we may add some cheese on top if we happen to have it. 😉
We also keep and buy very simple pantry staples on hand that can work for a lot of meals. The ingredients in this recipe most people will have in their pantry.
Hawks Wings Beef Burgers
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground Beef can sub Elk, Bison, or other ground red meat
- 8 oz Hawks Wing Mushrooms, chopped Can substitute portobello mushrooms
- 1 Egg
- 1 Garlic Clove, chopped
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 1 tsp Worcester Sauce
Instructions
- Sauté mushrooms, set aside and cool
- When mushrooms are finished cooling, combine ground beef, mushrooms, egg, garlic, salt and pepper in bowl, mix until just combined.
- Form 1 inch patties
- Place the burgers on the grill and cook, uncovered, for 3 to 5 minutes a side, depending on the desired level of doneness.
Alternatives
-If you do not have Hawks Wings on hand, portobello mushrooms would be delicious.
-If you do not have ground beef, bison or elk would be great wild meat alternatives.
-I have not tried other mushroom with this recipe but I would love to hear success stories with other mushrooms- especially wild ones!
How Do You Use Your Mushrooms?
I would love to hear if you tried this recipe and if you have any other uses for large amounts of wild mushrooms.
Leave them in the comments below!
Yummy!