Shelly's Recipe

MONTEREY BURGERS

Category: Burgers

1 pound lean (90%) ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
2 tbsp barbecue sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
4 hamburger buns

Combine ground beef, onion, barbecue sauce, salt and black pepper. Form meat mixture into 4 patties. Press one-fourth of the cheese into center of each patty. Pull sides of patty up and over cheese, enclosing cheese completely. Gently reform into 1/2-inch thick patties.

Heat askillet over medium heat until hot. Cook over medium heat 10-12 minutes for medium (160 degrees) doneness, turning once during cooking. Serve burgers on buns.