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Title: Sweet Onion-Smothered Hamburgers
Categories: Sandwiches
Yield: 4 Servings

2 c Thinly sliced onion,
-separated into rings
Vegetable cooking spray
1/4 c Chili sauce
2 tb Grape jelly
1 lb Ground round
1/4 c Dry breadcrumbs
1/4 c Chili sauce
1 tb Instant minced onion
1/4 ts Ground pepper
1 Garlic clove, minced
4 Hamburger buns,
-(1-1/2-ounce) split
4 Curly leaf lettuce leaves

Place sliced onion in a medium nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray.
Cover and cook over medium heat 10 minutes or until onion is limp and
golden, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low, and add 1/4 cup chili
sauce and grape jelly. Cover and cook 5 minutes or until onion is tender
and thoroughly heated.

Combine beef and next 5 ingredients in a bowl; stir well. Divide mixture
into 4 equal portions, shaping each into a 1/2-inch-thick patty. Prepare
grill or broiler. Place patties on grill rack or broiler pan coated with
cooking spray, and cook 4 minutes on each side or until done. Yield: 4
servings.

Per serving: 476 Calories; 22g Fat (42% calories from fat); 27g Protein;
41g Carbohydrate; 78mg Cholesterol; 392mg Sodium

NOTES : Line the bottom halves of buns with a lettuce leaf; top each with a
patty, 1/4 cup onion mixture, and top half of bun.

Recipe by: Cooking Light, March 1995, page 146

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #398 by igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.