Hello! Hello! My dear #foodies, I hope you are very well and can be sharing these days with your loved ones. In this opportunity, always “saving the country”, I come to offer you a dish that is easy to make and is made with what we have in our fridges. It is an excellent option for the beginning of the week, dinner, lunches, to prepare for the weekend and the truth is that I love to prepare it. Our main ingredient will be the Arabic bread, we will fill it and it will be delicious and we will say goodbye to the routine dish of each day or to that blessed phrase “What shall I cook today?”, because the wonder of this is that we can make many combinations like the one I present now.

Look, this is so easy that even children can do it, so do not worry about quantities or processes, because everything is to everyone's taste. First we make the sauce with: mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard and while stirring we apply salt, pepper and paprika. We can test to see if we are missing something or if the industrial quantities we use are right. I advise to make a lot of sauce because it is the one that gives the flavor to the whole preparation. Then, we will take our meat and divide it to make “hamburger meat”. I am used to season the meat before putting it in the pan; others do it in the pan, it is also at the discretion of the people and if you have the reason why I thank you for informing me. In this case, it does not need much more than salt and pepper, because the sauce and the other ingredients already have the flavor. Once the meat is ready, let's put the ingredients together.

On one side, we place the meat and the yellow cheese to melt. If you like a lot of cheese, you can make a double layer. On the other side, the rest of the ingredients: ham, cheese, chips, tomato, onion and the sauce, lots of sauce! as shown in the pictures. What's the reason? Well, because we are going to fold it so that it looks like a hamburger. First we fold the sides of the bread and then the front side, as shown in the pictures. Finally, in the same frying pan where we made the meat, we add a little oil or butter and place our buns to seal and have a taste linked with the fat. And our “hamburger buns” look like this.

Suggestions: Use a bread that is totally manageable. Unfortunately, the ones they are selling now do not hold their shape and we are left with a real mess. I used tortillas made in an Arabic bread house because they bend easily. The recipe is not strict, that is, in my case I used grated cheese because I wanted a lot of salty flavor. I also added chips of the kind we normally use in our hot dogs, because I love their flavor.

I made it with beef, but it is just as delicious with chicken. I haven't tried it with pork chop because I think it would be a bit difficult to fold it, but if you do, let me know 😊. Finally, the quantities are up to you, I wanted a lot of salty flavor, but there are others who prefer the spiciness of the onion and others who like the sweetness of the tomato; it will depend on each person's taste. As for me, it only took about 10 minutes to make these “burger alternatives” and they are super delicious with a big cola. It's not healthy at all, but once a year doesn't hurt and we can't deprive ourselves of those delicious flavors 😋.

Hasta un próximo encuentro 👩‍🍳