MUSHROOM & BLUE CHEESE BURGERS

2 lbs. ground beef

½ teaspoon pepper
2 red onions, sliced to a medium thickness
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 pkg (8-oz) sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles
Buns or rolls of your choice
Place ground beef in a mixing bowl. Add pepper and with your hands, mix the meat well. Set aside.

Heat a medium skillet over medium-low heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add onion slices. Add brown sugar and toss to combine with onion slices. Allow the onions to caramelize over low heat for about 20 minutes, tossing occasionally.

Heat a small skillet over medium-low heat. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add mushroom slices and brown for five to ten minutes.

Form the meat into four patties and place on the grill over medium heat. Allow each to cook about four minutes, then flip and cook for another four minutes. Add caramelized onions over top of burger patty, followed by a helping of crumbled blue cheese. Serve on a bun.

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