It’s been a hot summer already, and we’re turning up the heat even more by revisiting an old favorite of ours with these Halal Jalapeño Popper Burgers! It’s a juicy grilling recipe that combines the flavors of the spicy appetizer favorite with a tender Halal burger you can make however you want and it’ll always be good! But this time we also wanted to include something cool and refreshing that’s just as flavorful, so we also made a quick, tasty, tangy, and creamy elote salad.
The popper filling for the burgers is what really sets this apart from the standard seasoned beef burger recipe. It’s a simple combination of diced jalapeño, we diced some of Midamar’s Halal beef bacon too for some extra smokiness, shredded cheese and a few seasonings all mixed together in cream cheese.
If you aren’t looking for too much spice, you can always scoop out the seeds of the peppers. That way you can keep a little bit of their natural spice, but with more of a focus on their crisp refreshing flavor.
For the burger patties themselves, we used a combination of Midamar’s Halal 80% lean and 93% lean ground beef options. The fats from the 80% provide plenty of beefy flavor we love from a burger but combined with a leaner beef that keeps it from being too greasy by the end.
You’ll want to flatten this into very thin patties, flatter than you would for your average burger because you’ll actually be using two of these thin patties per burger with a small handful of the filling sealed between. Then they go out for a quick trip to a hot grill until they reach 160° internally.
Tempting though it may be to dive into these burgers now, let them rest for just a little bit and it’s the perfect time to whip together the elote salad. We used Sno Pac’s organic frozen corn, just to be ultra convenient, it just needs heated up then combined in a mixing bowl with the seasonings.
This is packed full of flavor just like the burgers, with a ton of tangy Latin flavor from lime zest and juice, chili powder, and cotija cheese. And it’s super cool and refreshing from the combination of mayonnaise and crema mixed throughout tying it all together.
After that, keep it cool and build your burgers however you want! Even make one with the elote ON the burger if you want (I did, and it was delicious)!
Just like the combination of jalapeño poppers and burgers, these burgers and elote are the perfect complementary pairing. The burgers are savory and just a little spicy, then the salad comes in and is cool and refreshing, with its own citrusy twist that offers something new. Together I think these are the perfect pair of summer recipes for an incredibly tasty cookout that’s just the thing for impressing hungry guests with a few dishes that are actually incredibly easy to make, and even better to enjoy.
We hope you enjoy this as much as we did, share it with a fellow burger and/or corn enthusiast, and we’ll see you next time with another delicious Halal recipe.
