These bear burgers are packed with seasonings to make them super juicy and flavourful. Pile them high with loads of toppings and you will barely know you are eating wild game.
Remove the packaging on your ground bear meat and put it all in a large mixing bowl.
Add all remaining wet and dry ingredients to the bowl with your meat.
Press roughly 10 burger patties in a hamburger press. If you don't have a hamburger press, you can also form them into burger patty shapes with your hands, but they will be much more even and well-formed if you use a press.
Heat a cast iron pan on low to medium heat and add 1 tbsp beef tallow to the pan so that the burgers don’t stick.
Add your burger patties to the pan and cook for roughly 4 to 5 minutes.
Using a flipper, flip your burger patties and fry on the second side for roughly 3 to 4 minutes or until cooked through.
Burger fixings
While your burger patties are cooking, heat a second pan on low heat. Cut your hamburger buns in half and butter the inside of both pieces. Place each bun face down in the pan and fry until the bottoms are getting crispy and starting to brown.
Assemble your burger with your buttered and toasted hamburger bun, the bear burger patty, lettuce, sliced tomato, diced red onion, avocado and mayonnaise.
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Notes
In the blog post above you will find recipe ingredient substitutions as well as frequently asked questions and recipe pairing ideas.The nutritional information is based on just the burger patty and not the other burger fixings.