Recipe: Blazing Bronco Burgers with Smoking Chipotle Honey Sauce Howlin' Honey Sauce

BLAZING BRONCO BURGERS WITH
SMOKING CHIPOTLE HONEY SAUCE

FOR THE BURGERS:
1 lb. ground beef or ground buffalo
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon Creole or Cajun seasoning
4 roasted Anaheim chili peppers, fresh or canned
4 slices (1 oz.) Pepper Jack cheese
FOR SERVING:
4 hamburger buns
Smoking Chipotle Honey Sauce (recipe follows)
4 lettuce leaves
4 slices tomato
4 slices red onion

TO PREPARE THE BURGERS:
Divide the meat into 4 equal portions and shape into patties. Combine the salt, pepper and Creole or Cajun seasoning; sprinkle the mixture evenly over the 4 patties.

Grill the burgers until nearly cooked to desired level. Top each patty with a chili pepper, followed by a slice of cheese. Cover the grill and cook burgers until cheese melts and burgers are cooked to desired level.

TO SERVE:
Spread the Smoking Chipotle Honey Sauce evenly on each of the four buns. Serve patties on buns and garnish with lettuce, tomato and red onion.

SMOKING CHIPOTLE HONEY SAUCE

Combine:
1 canned chipotle pepper in Adobo sauce sliced
1/3 cup honey
2 Tablespoons mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons ketchup
1 Tablespoon yellow mustard

Makes 4 servings
From: Kim Frantz, Denver, Colorado
Source: National Honey Board