Burger with Egg

The egg burger is one of the many variations of this world famous dish. What is the secret of its popularity? The fact that the ingredients of the dish are very simple, it cooks quickly and gives a feeling of fullness for a long time. They say that successful inventions always have many authors. Burger is one of those! Several American chefs have claimed the title of his "parents" at once, but in reality this dish is the result of collective creativity over decades. One guessed to cut a bun and put a piece of fried pork in it, another replaced the meat with a chopped cutlet, the third added vegetables and herbs. As for the egg burger, the story is quite funny. They say that once a chef prepared cutlets for sailors and laid scrambled eggs on each one. Those creatives were not appreciated and preferred to eat pure meat.

Ingredients

• red onions - 2 pcs.
• garlic - 2 cloves
• olive oil - 5 tbsp l.
• chopped beef - 500 g
• bread crumbs - 1 tbsp. l.
• mustard - 1/2 tsp
• eggs - 5 pcs.
• burger buns - 4 pcs.
• large tomato - 1 pc.
• homemade mayonnaise - 4 tbsp. l.
• lettuce - 8 leaves
• salt, freshly ground black pepper - to taste

Directions

1. Prepare the burger mince. Peel one onion and chop finely. Peel and chop the garlic. Heat 2 tablespoons in a skillet. l. olive oil. Add prepared vegetables and, stirring occasionally, brown over medium heat. Let cool.
2. Combine meat, bread crumbs and mustard in a large bowl. Add 1 egg and garlic fried onion. Season with salt and pepper and knead the minced meat thoroughly. Form 4 burgers.
3. In a skillet, heat 3 tbsp. l. olive oil. Fry the burgers on both sides until cooked through. Transfer to a warm plate. In the remaining oil in the pan, cook 4 fried eggs.
4. Wash the tomato, dry it and cut into slices. Peel the remaining red onion and cut into rings. Cut the burger buns in half.
5. Grease the lower halves of the buns with mayonnaise. Arrange the lettuce, tomato slices, onion rings, burger and lettuce again. Place the fried eggs on top and cover with the top half of the buns.