Smothered Burgers

Nut browned five burger patties (the frozen preformed patties from our local superstore). Four made it into the crockpot, one was split for lunch. This was the springboard for tonight's dinner.

Smothered burgers.

The next step was simple chop and drop. The bottom of the crockpot:

• 1 onion chuncked
• 3 celery stalks, chopped into 1 1/2" pieces
• 5 boiling potatoes, cut either in halves or thirds depending on size.
• 1 large garlic clove, chopped

Those wonderful burger patties go on top. they weren't seasoned when browned because the seasoning is now going on top. Now I usually cook in the crockpot by eye and smell. I'm giving the seasonings that I put in, but eyeball it. I visualize a good dusting of each.

• ground thyme
• onion powder
• garlic powder
• black pepper
• lime chile seasoning
• 1 pkg beef stew seasoning

Added atop of this, 2 cans diced or stewed tomatoes, and some beer. I used what Nut had left in his can which what felt like 2/3 a can. (don't worry, I got him another one!)

Lid on the crockpot, on high for four hours.


When serving, whatever bread you have on hand, warm that up too, and serve with these smothered burgers. It's wonderful to sop up that yummy sauce.