Green chili whiskey onion burgers are rich, smoky, sweet, and a little spicy - with no grill needed! Tons of southwestern flavor in every bite.

In Colorado, there is one ingredient that we seem to love more than anything.

It's in eggs, burritos, tacos, on hot dogs and burgers... pretty much anywhere you look, it is there.

This magical stuff? Green chilis.

There is nothing like delicious smoky and slightly spicy green chili in all sorts of recipes - it's a quintessentially Denver ingredient (never mind the fact we use green chilis from New Mexico... it is still very much a part of Colorado cuisine.)

It's not always easy to get that perfect grilled burger flavor indoors - but it can be with the right tips and tricks!

While I love having burgers often, they are kind of a pain in the butt on days it's raining or I don't want to turn on the grill - so pan fried hamburgers are a huge staple in our house. They are juicy, caramelized, rich, and full of meaty flavor just like burgers off the grill - no charcoal or propane needed!

These hamburgers are perfect just in a pan - I'm using my best pan grilled burger method to make pan fried hamburgers great.

• Don't crowd the pan with too many burgers.
  • Adding too many burgers to a pan will cause your burgers to steam, instead of brown. This will make your burgers tougher, and they won't have a lovely browned appearance - they will look a bit grey.
  • Prevent this by giving burgers enough room in the pan to keep the pan at high heat - cook in batches instead of adding all in at once if needed.
• Use butter.
  • I love the rich salty flavor pan frying burgers with just a little butter in the pan gives this dish.
• Use high heat.
  • Burgers should be fried - not steamed or slowly pan-roasted for the best juicy never-dry flavor.
  • Use high heat to cook your burgers fast for the best flavor.
• Steam the cheese.
  • If you're pan frying burgers and adding cheese, try placing the cheese on the burger, adding 1 tbsp water to the pan, and adding a lid over the pan to steam the cheese, making it perfectly melted.

These burgers use my whiskey honey onions recipe - they are smoky, sweet, and SO delicious - they will become your favorite caramelized onion recipe, ever!

To get my hands-down absolute favorite recipe for caramelized onions, please head here. 

Don't those caramelized onions look heavenly?

They taste smoky, sweet, salty, and buttery - they are the perfect topper for any burger, but especially spicy burgers with green chiles like this green chili whiskey onion burger!

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You can find our complete side dish recipe index here.

For the green chilis, I find the frozen kind in my grocery store and sauté them with garlic powder, butter, and a sprinkle of cumin. It makes them extra smoky and delicious!

We have several local grocery stores in Northern Colorado that fire roast green chilis every year and then sell them - or freeze the smoked chilis and then sell them throughout the year - I always try to stock up when they come out with the next years batch!

But you can also just use chopped green chili, or even green chili sauce!

I like Hatch 505 Honey Green Chili Sauce, affiliate link above with my burger making favorites, like an amazing burger press, my favorite heavy iron pan, and burger shapers!!!

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