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Soy-Caramel Sauce

This easy-to-prepare soy-caramel sauce adds Asian-inspired flair to your next beef dish. Enjoy!

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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup chopped green onions
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons Dijon-style mustard
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Cooking:

  1. Heat small saucepan over medium heat until hot. Add onion, garlic and ginger; cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes.  Add water and sugar; bring to a boil. Cook and stir 13 to 15 minutes or until reduced to 1/2 cup.  Remove from heat; carefully stir in soy sauce, vinegar and mustard. Whisk in butter.  Serve immediately.

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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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