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Greek Meatball Subs

Tickle your taste buds with Greek flavors tonight. Enjoy these sub sandwiches packed with Greek beef meatballs, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, Kalamata olives and a creamy feta-yogurt sauce.

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Ingredients:

  • 1-1/2 pounds Ground Beef
  • 4 soft hoagie rolls (6 to 7 inches long each)
  • 2/3 cup plain fat free yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon Greek seasoning
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 cup chopped tomato
  • 1 cup chopped or sliced cucumber
  • 1/4 cup Kalamata olives, chopped
Creamy Yogurt Sauce:
  • 1/3 cup plain fat free yogurt
  • 2 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons Greek seasoning
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Cooking:

  1. Heat oven to 400°F. Cut rolls in half most of the way through. Remove and reserve a strip of bread from inside of each roll half. Set rolls aside. Place bread strips in food processor container. Cover; process to form crumbs.
  2. Combine 1 cup bread crumbs, ground beef, 2/3 cup yogurt, 1 tablespoon Greek seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon salt, if desired, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in large bowl, mixing lightly but thoroughly. Divide beef mixture into 12 2-inch meatballs. Place on rack in broiler pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake in 400°F oven 24 to 27 minutes.
    3. Cook's Tip: Cooking times are for fresh or thoroughly thawed ground beef. Ground beef should be cooked to an internal temperature of 160°F. Color is not a reliable indicator of ground beef doneness.
  3. Meanwhile combine Creamy Yogurt Sauce ingredients in small bowl. Set aside.
  4. Place 3 meatballs in each roll. Top evenly with Creamy Yogurt Sauce, tomato, cucumber and olives.

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Beef Checkoff

Bourbon Blueberry & Brie Bacon Cheeseburger

Brian Capps of Louisville, KY, has been crowned the 2021 Derby Burger Champion in the 10th Annual Derby Burger Challenge. Capps’ burger, made with 100% Kentucky Cattlemen’s ground beef is packed with flavor. The patty is topped with brie, thick-cut bacon, a blueberry bourbon sauce and arugula - all on a brioche bun.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef
  • 4 Slices Bacon, thick sliced
  • 1/4 inch Sliced Brie Cheese, rind removed
  • 1 pint Fresh Blueberries
  • 1 Lemon, halved
  • 1/8 cup White Sugar
  • 2 tsp. Cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Bourbon
  • 2 Brioche Buns
  • 2 Tbsp. Salted Butter
  • Arugula 
  • ¼ tsp. Kosher Salt
  • ¼ tsp. Black Pepper

Recipe

1. Form Two Patties and Set Aside.

2. Preheat your skillet over medium high heat. Add butter, and sliced buns. Cook until golden brown, set aside.

3. Salt and pepper both sides of the burger patty, cook over medium high heat. Cook until internal temperature of 160°F (USDA recommended), add cheese before taking off heat until melted.

4. Add blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice into a small pot. Cook on medium to low heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix cornstarch with water to make a slurry. Slowly add your slurry mixture to thicken blueberry sauce. Remove mixture from heat and stir in your bourbon.

5. Build your burger. Place your burger patty with melted cheese, cooked bacon, blueberry sauce on the bottom bun. Top the burger with arugula and add the top bun.

6. Enjoy!

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