Colorado Loose Hamburgers

Name: Colorado Loose Hamburgers
Yield: Makes 15 to 18 sandwiches, depending on size of buns and amount of hamburger mixture used in each.
Ingredients: 1 c. ketchup; 1 tblsp. vinegar; ¼ tsp. pepper; 2 tblsp. flour; 1 tblsp. brown sugar; ½ can condensed tomato soup; 1½ tsp. salt; 1 tblsp. celery seeds; Hamburger buns; 1 tblsp. prepared mustard (optional); 1 green pepper, chopped; 1 large onion, chopped; 1 branch celery, chopped; 3 tblsp. shortening; 1½ lbs. ground beef

Preparation info

Makes
15 to 18
sandwiches, depending on size of buns and amount of hamburger mixture used in each.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Serve with French fries, carrot sticks, milk shakes and homemade cookies

Ingredients

1½ lbs. ground beef
3 tblsp. shortening
1 branch<

Sandwich

Method

Brown meat in shortening if meat is lean; otherwise brown beef in its own fat. Add celery, onion and green pepper and simmer until tender. Add remaining ingredients, except buns.
Cook slowly 1 hour. Serve 1 tblsp. (or more) mixture in each split hamburger bun.