surf burgers, a recipe from home........

So my boyfriend Austin has been staying with me for the last week of our winter break, then we'll go back to the whole "see ya next month" routine. I've been eating like a broke college kid for a few months, but now he's here. Austin is the kind of college student who has an overpriced meal plan at his school, and that eats three meals a day (insane right?). So since Ramen and experimental meals don't cut it for him, we've been cookin up a storm! (I promise I'll never say that again).

I made chips first, because you always need chips with your burger. I just bought some HEB flour tortillas (I like flour chips way better than corn) and cut them up. One tortilla = Six chips

I heated the oil and cooked the chips on medium heat because I didn't want things to move too fast so the burgers and chips could finish at about the same time.

For the burgers we had ground chuck and mixed in an egg and some ranch seasoning (yes the powdered ranch you mix with sour cream), about half a packet of ranch powder per pound of meat. Then we busted out the can of re-fried beans (I get Old El Paso Traditional) and added about one tablespoon of butter (it gives the beans a nice smooth texture and adds flavor....mmmmm butter).

As you can tell, one of us prefers dark, near burnt to a crisp chips, and one of us prefers light, flavorful, slightly tender chips. You decide which one you like, no pressure.

To assemble, spread some beans on the bottom end of the bun and then put a layer of Fritos on top of that. I just put Fritos until I can't stick anymore to the beans, but then again I don't buy Fritos, I buy corn chips :b

Then toss the patty onto the "corn chip bun bean bed", add cheese, and top that sucker off with pace medium salsa! We forgot to add onions, but you can do that if you want.

If you live in Corpus you wont have to slave over a hot stove to make this, the Surf Club wont  forget the onions unless you tell them to, but they don't have flour tortilla chips.