U.S.A. Burger

My 9 year old niece decided the day before the Burger-Palooza Contest that she wanted to submit her own entry. She went with a chicken sandwich for the “alternative burger” category because she doesn’t eat/like beef burgers. Abby worked on her ingredient list and my bro and her hit the grocery store for supplies. They decided to use the George Foreman Grill so she could cook the chicken by herself – with some minimal supervision from her Dad.

Ab named her chicken sandwich the U.S.A. Burger – “Ultimate Super Amazing Burger” and she created her own recipe page on the computer which was presented to me in a frame. My heart melted. This creative little person is MY niece! I am so in love with the way she thinks and I can’t get over how fast she has grown up – right before my eyes.  It’s just so amazing to be part of her life – especially since I don’t have children of my own.

Abby picked her own spices and condiments for her chicken sandwich. A dash here, a sprinkle there… hmmm, wonder what her thought process was to determine if it needed a dash or a sprinkle? She brought the meat all spiced up in a Ziploc bag. Aunt Kath pulled through with some lettuce and mayo (She texted to see if I had some extra) and she got to work in the kitchen with her Dad. He got the Foreman fired up/plugged in and she put the chicken on, closed the lid and watched it cook. She put a generous amount of BBQ sauce on top of the chicken…  generous as in glug, glug, super glug, OMG!  She ended up asking her Dad to help her take some off.

The Ingredients:
3 Chicken Breasts
3 Buns
Seasoning for Chicken:
Dash of Lemon Pepper
Dash of Garlic Salt
Dash of Sweet Paprika
Sprinkle of Chili Powder
Dash of Parsley Flakes
Dash of Garlic Powder
Sprinkle of Black Pepper
Condiments:
Sweet Baby Ray’s Hickory and Brown Sugar BBQ Sauce
Ketchup
Mayo
Toppings:
Lettuce
Provolone Cheese

Instructions: (According to Abby)

• Turn on George Foreman Grill and preheat
• Cut pieces of chicken on the grill and preheat – (cut/put… same thing, pretty sure she meant “put”)
• Place chicken on grill and close lid (Hmmm, maybe she didn’t mean put…)
• Turn the timer on for 3 minutes – (cooking time ended up actually being 8-10 minutes – no 4th of July salmonella at our place)
• Place provolone cheese onto patty after done
• Once chicken is cooked, get buns out and lay out the condiments and toppings
• The order: first, the bottom half of the bun, then the chicken with cheese, BBQ sauce, ketchup, lettuce, mayo, and finally the top half of the bun

And that my friends is the recipe for the WINNING Burger-Palooza Alternative Burger.

Everyone voted for Abby’s U.S. A. Burger/chicken sandwich and she walked away with the first place medal.

She wore the medal for the rest of the night. It was pretty cool to share the title with a 9 year old. 🙂 It’s also pretty exciting to see Absterz in the kitchen  – it seems like yesterday when she was only eating a handful of things. Mac-n-cheese being at the top of her list. Obvious that we share common genes. 😉

Congratulations on your first place entry Abby! Way to go!
/ Aunt Kath