Grilled Hamburgers and Parmesan Fries

Erin and I grilled hamburgers with some friends the weekend of the last Chrgers game. We ended up havin some left over so we froze them and decided to have Jim and Sue (Dad and Stepmom) over for dinner on Sunday. We found the recipe on recipezaar.com. We had a lot of comments from everybody!

from recipezaar.com

Uncle Bill's Hamburger Patties

Ingredients
2 lbs lean ground beef
2 large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup crushed soda cracker or fine dry breadcrumb (we used crushed saltines)
3/4 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
4 tablespoons hickory barbecue sauce

Mix all the ingredients together and make patties. Grill them they way you like them. We did bacon, cheddar cheese or jalapeno jack. The burgers had good flavor and stayed together on the grill. I think the saltines gave it an interesting texture. Sometimes you would see little chunks of cracker as you bit into it.

Parmesan French Fries

from Cuisine at Home:

3-4 Russet potatoes cut into wedges (lengthwise) makes about 8 per potato
1/4 cup grated parmesan
1 tbls paprika
1 tbls cayenne pepper
salt to taste
3 tbls olive oil
3 tbls chopped Parsley

Preheat oven to 475 degress with baking sheet in oven. Mix parmesan, paprika, cayenne, salt in a small bowl. Cut potatoes and place in a large bowl. Pour 3 tbls of olive oil over potatoes and mix. Add parmesan mixture and continue to mix until potatoes have a good coating of the mix. Remove tray from oven and brush lightly with oil. Place fries on sheet and bake for 15 minutes, remove tray and flip potatoes and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove potatoes and put in another bowl and toss with chopped parsley.