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Beef Coney Sauce

This meaty coney sauce is great on its own or as a topping for your favorite burger or baked potato.

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Ingredients:

  • 1 pound Ground Beef (80% Lean or Leaner)
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
  • 3 tablespoons Chili Seasoning Rub
  • 2 cups beef stock or broth
  • 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
  • 1 can (9 ounces) diced tomatoes with green chilies
  • 3 tablespoons masa harina (corn flour)
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

Cooking:

  1. Heat large skillet over medium heat until hot. Add Ground Beef; cook 8 to 10 minutes, breaking into 3/4-inch crumbles and stirring occasionally. Pour off drippings, as necessary.
    2. 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.
  2. Stir in onion, garlic and seasoning rub. Cook 3 to 5 minutes or until onion is tender. Add beef stock, tomato sauce, tomatoes, masa harina and Worcestershire sauce. Reduce heat; cook 15 to 20 minutes or until sauce thickens, stirring occasionally.
  3. Serve sauce on its own or as a topping for your favorite burger, baked potato or pasta.

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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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