The #NBAXmas Cookbook offers an interactive and festive experience where NBA Fans can try recipes from all 30 teams’ home markets.
Each team was challenged to showcase a recipe that best represents their region’s most iconic culinary food. This recipe ranges from a favorite snack, dish or dessert that is unique to the team and fanbase.
Find the origin of each recipe and everything you need to create it yourself below.
Classic Minnesota Juicy Lucy
Minnesota’s contribution to American food culture, the Juicy Lucy isn’t an average cheeseburger. It’s a Juicy Lucy. A staple at dives, family-friendly spots and even upscale restaurants across the state, the Juicy Lucy stands apart from other cheeseburgers because it has cheese on the inside of the burger instead of on top of it. And sure, it’s a bit messy. But that’s why napkins were invented!
Ingredients
| 1 lb. 80/20 beef |
| 4 slices American cheese |
| 1 cup diced white onion |
| 1/4 tsp. garlic powder |
| 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper |
| 2 tsp. Kosher salt (if iodized table salt, 1.5 tsp.) |
| 1 tbsp. butter |
| 1 tbsp.Canola oil |
| 4 classic white hamburger buns, 3.75 inch diameter |
| 12 — Total Kosher dill hamburger pickle chips |
Directions
- Portion beef into eight (8) 2 oz. balls
- Cut each American cheese slice into four equal squares and stack four squares together
- To form patties:
- Individually press each of the 2 oz. balls between 2 deli-container lids
- Place a single four-stack of cheese between two flattened patties
- Crimp edges of patties together to form a 4 inch diameter by 5/8 inch thick patty
- Make 4 cheese-filled patties
4. Mix garlic powder, ground black pepper, and salt in a small bowl
5. Use seasoning mix to evenly season outside of patties
6. Add butter and Canola oil to a skillet, heat on medium-high heat
7. Place all four patties in skillet and cook for 4.5 minutes
8. Flip patties, and cut a small 1 inch X in the top center of each burger patty, cutting only half-way through to the cheese
9. Add diced onion to the pan with the patties
10. Cook patties and onions for another 2.5 minutes
11. Remove patties from pan and set aside
12. Scoop onions out of the fat from the pan and top patties evenly
13. Quickly toast the inside of each bun in the pan, utilizing the remaining fat
14. Place patties topped with onions on each bottom bun, top with three pickles and top bun
15. Let burgers sit for 2 minutes before serving to avoid scalding cheese interior
