Blue cheese burgers with sweet potatoes fries, such a yummy dinner for two!
It’s time to sound the fire alarms, and not just because that’s what happens every time I use a grill pan indoors.
Blue Cheese Burgers with sweet potato fries for Jessica!
My friend Jessica makes fabulous burgers. I wanted to make her a trashed up blue cheese burger to stuff her face with in between late-night baby feeding sessions. And then I perfected sweet potato fries for her, because it’s my love language. Baked fries are for the birds. These babes are all for you, Jess.
If you’ve never had blue cheese on a burger, especially as a creamy sauce, then get ready to meet your new favorite burger! Yes, bacon is also welcome on this blue cheese burger…that would make it a delicious bacon blue cheese burger!
Crisper sweet potato fries can not be found in all the lands. These are the crispiest. Also: the BEST. Seriously, c-r-i-s-p-y. If you make them and follow the directions, you will send me love letters about how you and crispy make-at-home fries have been reunited forever.
And then you’ll tell me all about how you eat them all day long, and then things get a little weird cuz I’m going to worry about your arteries with all the French fry eating, and so I’ll reply with a ‘worried about you/ thinking about you e-card.’ BUT: blue cheese dip!
Over-achiever? Make my homemade brioche buns to use in this recipe!
Dinner for Two: Bleu Cheese Burgers + Sweet Potato Fries
Blue cheese burgers with sweet potatoes fries, such a yummy dinner for two!
Ingredients
- For the burgers:
- 3/4 pound ground beef (at least 15% fat)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup crumbled bleu cheese
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 2 buns
- 2 lettuce leaves
For the fries:
- 1 pound thin sweet potatoes (works best for fry-shapes)
- 4 cups canola oil
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 cup sparkling water
- salt to taste
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the ground beef, egg, paprika and salt. Mix together with your hands, and then divide in half. Shape into two patties, pressing down a small indention in the middle to prevent puffiness during cooking.
- In a small non-stick skillet, add the thinnest coat of oil for cooking the burgers. Cook the burgers for about 10 minutes each side, on medium-high heat. Once you flip the burgers once, it's helpful to cover the skillet with vented foil to help it cook all the way through without burning the outside.
- Let the patties rest.
- Meanwhile, combine the bleu cheese, mayo and sour cream. Mix well.
- Slice the buns and lettuce, and build your burger.
- Now, make the fries! Slice the (unpeeled) sweet potatoes into French fry shapes (about 1/4" wide and 4-5" long). Heat the oil in a 2-quart skillet over high heat until it reaches 375.
- In a small bowl, add the cornstarch. Slowly whisk in the sparkling water, scraping the bottom as you go. Dunk all of the sweet potato fries in this mixture, and let them drain on a rack.
- Drop handfuls of the sweet potatoes in the oil at a time, and stir with a fork to break up any clumps every so often. Fry them until they begin to brown on the outside, and when stirring, you can tell they're firm, not limp. It should take 10-12 minutes per batch. Don't be afraid to turn up the heat to keep the oil up to temperature.
- Drain each batch of sweet potatoes on a paper towel-lined plate, and sprinkle with salt immediately. Welcome to the crispiest French fries in the world. Serve with the burger.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1631Total Fat: 102gSaturated Fat: 33gTrans Fat: 2gUnsaturated Fat: 61gCholesterol: 324mgSodium: 2272mgCarbohydrates: 103gFiber: 10gSugar: 20gProtein: 74g
Dude, this post. All the love flying around this morning is awesome. I love it, love Jess, love you and I love SWEET POTATO FRIES with bleu cheese dip! I only hope to one day meet you both!
Ah-mazing. Love this burger. And I totally love Jessica. I think I’m going to need to put on my eating pants before going through all 65 of these virtual baby shower recipes today. GAH!
What a great post! The love, the burger and sweet potato fries. oh-my.
This burger is definitely a happy baby burger. It’d be really hard to cry over how much sleep you are missing when you have it! :)
Yup, It’s confirmed. I need that burger and fries, stat!
I LOVE this and all of the posts for the baby shower! SO sweet!
This is one sexy burger! Love sweet potato fries!
Pregnant or not…can I nosh on this during the wee hours? And I already see the love letters coming with those sweet potato fries. They are the fast track to my heart!
amen to everything you said about Jess – she’s the best!! and these burgers. and the fries!! pretty sure i need to have these, like, now.
YOU!!!! i remember that day so clearly and you totally didn’t ramble on about you you you. we had a great time!!!
thank you so much for this. XOXOX i heart you.
haha… I love how us bloggers celebrate special events! Although I have to say of all the parties I’ve seen this one rocks! A dynamite lineup of recipes by awesome bloggers and holy moly does this burger sounds like something I want to stuff my face with! It would be perfect for after or DURING at late night feed.. ugh.. those 2am feedings are the worst!
Wait, you have to feed a baby at 2am? You did NOT tell me this. Wanna come live with me?
Such a sweet post. Also, burgers and fries at midnight? I like where you are going with this :)
Awww this is such a sweet post! And that blue cheese is making me CRAZY hungry!!
Great looking burger!
holy crap these look amazing. you are two of my favorite bloggers, so seeing so much internet love today is suuuper inspiring! (also, I had no idea this was happening and was planning on sharing a recipe from her book/love letter to her website on my blog tomorrow. how weird!)
That is so sweet! She’s going to love that!
I haven’t had a chance to cook anything out of her book yet, isn’t that crazy? I look at it almost everyday, though. I think I’m starting with the butternut squash lasagna for a client. I can’t wait to see what you’re sharing :)
That is one gorgeous burger. And cheers to LEGIT crispy sweet potato fries. Love!!
Christina!! I want a plate of this asap! I am so crazy for bleu cheese and for you, too, duh.
GIRL! The light in these photos is AMAZING. I never feel like my light is so even and clean looking. Those fries are INSANE!!!! xoxo
You are too sweet! It was a bright, sunny day, and the light was coming from the left. I pulled a thick white curtain over it. I didn’t bounce it at all. I hope this helps you as much as YOU help me with photography! I’m totally dependent on all of your photo tips!! You inspire me :)
Happy baby shower to Jessica!! This is such a sweet post! There’s nothing like a true friend who inspires you, lifts you up, and motivates the crap out of you.
Deez burgz look amazing! Loving them tater fries, too! Now I must check out all the other showerly eats!
Those sweet potato fries look A-MAZING!
woah. that burger! I kinda love it.
That burger looks so juicy and those fries look so crispy and that blue cheese looks so salty…hold on for a second while I wipe the drool off my keyboard. Love this virtual baby shower and I’m so excited to try these! :)
WOW> I’m craving this hard and I’m not even pregnant.
AMAZING. My face hurts from trying to stick my computer in it. Awkward.
THANK YOU!
This is the sweetest post ever! What I wouldn’t give for a bite of that burger. That sweet potato picture slays me – gorgeous!
I just want to unhinge my jaw and take a massive bite of this burger. The sweet potato fries are calling my name too. Oh geez, now look what you’ve done. I’m starving ;)
Those fries look insane! A great tribute to such a lovely lady.
Such a sweet story! These burgers totally live up to Jessica’s awesomeness, and that blue cheese sauce…Could I have a side of that for the sweet potato fries please???
Yay! I’m so jealous you have met Jessica, she seems like such a lovely person. Her baby will seriously be the most well fed baby ever, and can you imagine all the sprinkles!! Awesome burgers and fries too!
I started making and eating sweet potato fries recently. They’re great, but they haven’t gotten to be perfect yet. I will 100% try your recipe! Thank you!
You are making me soooo hungry! Looks yummy!
Taking a moment just to stare down the magnificence before me that are these burgers + fries. Good gracious.
I’ve got major cravings kicking in now thanks to those FRIES! The burger isn’t helping either. ;) Gorgeous!
Seriously these fries are KILLER!!
Love! Love! Love!
This is my kind of baby shower food! I know Jess would love this. Loved your little story about how you two met. She seems like the sweetest. And those sweet potato fries? Perfection! Sometimes you just gotta fry ’em, baked never gets them crispy enough.
OMG I want it alllll!!! You definitely nailed it with the crispy fries. High five, lady.
Oooooh, those burgers look totally amazing! I’m in love with blue cheese. :)
Haha I love all the trashed up recipes! Perfect baby shower for Jessica.
These flavors are a match made in heaven! Can’t wait to bite into!
Such a sweet post for such a sweet friend!
Regular fries are my love language. Sweet potato fries are more like that friend I want to love…but they are always letting you down. Do I dare give them another chance?! Well…if you say so…
What a beautiful post Christina! I definitely got little goose bumps! And that wasn’t even due to the gorgeous photos and absolutely droll inducing recipe!
Legit speechless, these bleu cheese burgers sweet potato fries recipe look unreal! Definitely I will prep it on the weekend for my family. Thx for sharing!
These bleu cheese burgers sweet potato fries are so Instagrammable and adorable! Definitely I will make them on the weekend for my family.
These bleu cheeseburgers and sweet potato fries absolutely something new for me! Looks yummy! Can I pin this post on my Pinterest board? My followers will love it. Thx for sharing the recipe, I definitely add it to my cookbook!
These bleu cheeseburgers and sweet potato look so zesty and tasty! Absolutely love your creative idea! Thanks for sharing!
The sweet potatoes fries look to die for! I have never used sparkling water before. Thanks for sharing!
Had left baking and cooking around one year back. Now after reading this post I am literally motivated to start all over again.
Though these burgers look super fatty, I would definitely try them as a cheat meal next Sunday.
Keep up the good work ! :D
This delicious cheese burger is all you need to quench your midnight cravings. Thank you for sharing.
These were really great!! I did do a few changes though…first was the addition of bacon.
These are wonderful! We have made them several times and just love them. Thanks for a great recipe!
This is a great recipe! We love Blue Cheese anyways, and this hamburger was delicious!
These are really wonderful blue cheese burgers recipe. it looks so tasty and healthy.i like it.
thanks for sharing
Cheese burger is usual to me, but when I read this recipe it makes me excited to cook it. Hope I can try other color based on the favorite color of my kids.
This is a great recipe! We love Blue Cheese anyways, and this hamburger was delicious! Even my 3 year old liked it!
Everyone loved these. I froze some for a later date. They really are excellent. Thanks!!
LOVED THIS! I’m not even a big burger fan, I don’t think I’ve ever even made a burger because why bother. This was excellent.
Excellent burgers! Made these for just me and the hubby. Hubby put extra blue cheese on top and I put some cheddar on top. Very Very Tasty!! :)
Everyone loved these. I froze some for a later date. They really are excellent. Thanks!!
I started making and eating chips recently. They are great, but they have not yet become perfect. I will try 100% of your recipe! Thank you!