Recipe and source notes

Hobo Burgers

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 pound (about 500 g) ground beef
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 potatoes, thinly sliced
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 8 cabbage leaves
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste

Make it step by step

  1. Mix Worcestershire sauce into beef.
  2. Cut four large sheets of heavy duty aluminium foil and place a cabbage leaf onto the shiny side of each one.
  3. Shape beef into 4 patties and place onto cabbage leaves.
  4. Top each portion with onion and potato slices, add a pat of butter, and season with salt and pepper.
  5. Wrap another cabbage leaf around the top of each portion and seal each package.
  6. Place on medium-hot coals for about 20–30 minutes, turning twice (carefully) while cooking.
  7. Discard cabbage leaves if they become charred during cooking.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Wikibooks Cookbook by Wikibooks contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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