Fallen Out of the Rotation

It is always fun to flip through your old standby recipes (either electronically through an app like Paprika, or through cards in a box) and see what you haven’t made for a while. Often the thought of the recipe will bring back fond memories of long ago.

One recipe that I recently saw again was onion burgers. Oh the memories. As my dad travelled quite a bit and my mom worked outside the home, weeknight dinners were often either prepared ahead of time for the slow cooker or were quick to cook. There were probably 8-10 in the standard rotation and in many cases these were the recipes my brother and I learned to first cook.

Now that I think about it, I think I’ve only made onion burgers a handful of times in the last twenty years. It is such an easy weeknight dinner or weekend lunch. Very much like sloppy joes, but without the tomato base.

Only four ingredients. I like to use a quick dissolving flour like Wondra, to reduce any likelihood of lumps.

Fry up the meat. I used ground turkey here but I think the beef flavor works a little better with the onion.

Add the can of soup and thicken with flour. You have to walk the line between soup and paste. You want to end up with a consistency similar to Sloppy Joes.