{"id":1648,"date":"2023-09-11T08:06:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauldearing.com\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:46:21","slug":"hamburger-accomplice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"Hamburger Accomplice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 tablespoons canola oil<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1 1\/2<\/span> <\/strong>pound ground beef<\/li>\n<li>Salt and black pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 cup white wine<\/li>\n<li>3 cups chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>\u00be cup heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>\u2153 cup Crystal hot sauce<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons hot smoked paprika<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons onion powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>5 strips cooked smoked bacon, roughly chopped\/crumbled\/shredded<\/li>\n<li>1 bay leaf<\/li>\n<li>2 cups elbow pasta<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> (325g)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><del>5<\/del> <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">3<\/span><\/strong> slices American cheese, ripped into small pieces<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd cups grated Mexican Cheese <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(150g) <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>lowered from 170g<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Step\u00a01<br \/>\nHeat a large (12-inch) saut\u00e9 pan on medium-high <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(6 on the left front eye)<\/span>, add oil and ground beef. Season with salt and pepper. Cook meat until done, about 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Step 2<br \/>\nRemove pan from the heat and carefully drain off most of the fat, leaving a little in the pan to keep the meat moist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Step 3<br \/>\nReturn pan to medium-high heat and add white wine, allowing it to reduce until the mixture is almost dry, about 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Step 4<br \/>\nAdd the chicken stock, heavy cream, hot sauce, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, bacon and bay leaf to the pan. Mix until combined, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">increase heat to 8,<\/span> and bring to a boil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Step 5<br \/>\nOnce the mixture is bubbling, add the pasta and cook until al dente, stirring often, about 9 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Step 6<br \/>\nDiscard bay leaf. Reduce the heat to low and stir in both cheeses, stirring until completely melted and sauce is thickened.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Step 7<br \/>\nRemove the pan from heat,\u00a0 serve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrie Lynn doesn&#8217;t want to call this Hamburger Helper, so\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16],"tags":[83,233,232],"class_list":["post-1648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beef","category-in-rotation","tag-casserole","tag-ground-beef","tag-hamburger-helper"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1954,"href":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions\/1954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pauldearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}