Recipe Details

Hawaiian Pizza Burger

Comfort Food
Ingredients

  • 3 lb. 

    ground beef

  • 1 tbsp. 

    salt

  • 1 1/2 tsp. 

    black pepper

  • 2 

    large Roma tomatoes

  • 1 tsp. 

    olive oil, plus more for grilling

  • 1 

    pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into rings

  • 6 

    slices cheddar cheese

  • 3 

    thick slices deli ham, halved crosswise

  • Butter, for the rolls

  • 6 

    kaiser rolls or hamburger buns, split

  • 1/2 

    red onion, very thinly sliced

  • Lettuce, for topping

  • Potato chips, for serving

Description

  1. Heat a grill or grill pan to medium high. Mix the ground beef in a large bowl with 2 teaspoons salt and the pepper. Form the mixture into 6 equal patties.
  2. 2Halve the tomatoes lengthwise and toss with the olive oil and the remaining 1 teaspoon salt.
  3. 3Brush the grill grates with olive oil. Place the tomatoes and pineapple slices on the grill and cook until softened and grill marks form, 5 to 6 minutes per side
  4. 4Meanwhile, grill the beef patties until marked, 4 to 5 minutes, then flip and cook 2 to 3 minutes longer.
  5. 5Top each burger with a slice each of cheddar and ham and cook until the cheese melts, 2 to 3 minutes longer.
  6. 6Butter the rolls and grill them until golden brown and marked, 1 to 2 minutes. Chop the grilled tomatoes and spread on both sides of each roll. Top with the burgers, a few red onion slices, some lettuce and grilled pineapple, then bring all the craziness together. Serve with chips.

Hawaiian Pizza Burger

Comfort Food
Ingredients

  • 3 lb. ground beef
  • 1 tbsp. salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp. black pepper
  • 2 large Roma tomatoes
  • 1 tsp. olive oil, plus more for grilling
  • 1 pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into rings
  • 6 slices cheddar cheese
  • 3 thick slices deli ham, halved crosswise
  • Butter, for the rolls
  • 6 kaiser rolls or hamburger buns, split
  • 1/2 red onion, very thinly sliced
  • Lettuce, for topping
  • Potato chips, for serving

Description

  1. Heat a grill or grill pan to medium high. Mix the ground beef in a large bowl with 2 teaspoons salt and the pepper. Form the mixture into 6 equal patties.
  2. 2Halve the tomatoes lengthwise and toss with the olive oil and the remaining 1 teaspoon salt.
  3. 3Brush the grill grates with olive oil. Place the tomatoes and pineapple slices on the grill and cook until softened and grill marks form, 5 to 6 minutes per side
  4. 4Meanwhile, grill the beef patties until marked, 4 to 5 minutes, then flip and cook 2 to 3 minutes longer.
  5. 5Top each burger with a slice each of cheddar and ham and cook until the cheese melts, 2 to 3 minutes longer.
  6. 6Butter the rolls and grill them until golden brown and marked, 1 to 2 minutes. Chop the grilled tomatoes and spread on both sides of each roll. Top with the burgers, a few red onion slices, some lettuce and grilled pineapple, then bring all the craziness together. Serve with chips.