J-Burger – do your burgers right!

In upstate New York, near Connecticut, in a picturesque town called Armonk, a normal couple with two small meat-eating boys made a not-so-startling discovery: Fresh ingredients in ground meat taste much better than powdered seasoning packets.

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They mixed real ingredients, and cooked burgers for friends and family. Some would ask for the recipe, others would ask for the leftovers. More than one guest left the Santos house with a tupperware full of the sauce. ‘If our friends and family get this excited about our recipe,’ the couple thought, ‘why wouldn’t other people?’ Add to this a 10-year-old friend of the family refusing to come over to the house unless they served ‘J-Burgers’ (J for Jason), and a business was born.

 

FAST FACTS
Business: August Kitchen
Owners: Jason and Zina Santos
Founded: 2009
J-Burger tagline:  Turn ordinary burgers into Gourmet! 

 

Using J-Burger is simple:

1. Mix J-Burger into ground meat (approx. 1 tablespoon per serving)

2. Shape meat into burger patties, meatloaf, or meatballs

3. Cook.

J-Burger has also been used as a dip, a pasta sauce, marinade, burger topping, mixed into chili . . . and more possibilities are waiting to be discovered.

 

gourmet seasoningsJ-Burger Ingredients

The base ingredients of J Burger include garlic, rosemary, worcestershire sauce, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Currently, August Kitchen produces 2 types of J-Burger Seasoning: Original Onion Seasoning gives ground meat a moist flavorful taste, highlighted by the worcestershire. The onions provide a sweet flavor, but are cut small enough that their texture isn’t a distraction. Chipolte Onion gives the ground meat an additional smokey chipotle flavor — with a very mild kick at the finish.

Not sure which flavor would be best for you?  Try ‘em both!  Get the combo pack for $2 off individual prices!

In early spring, watch for 2 more J-Burger Seasoning flavors. After that – August Kitchen plans to branch into marinades.  Who’s drooling?

You got to try it!

A diligent shopper can find J-Burger in select retail stores throughout New York and New Jersey, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maryland, Connecticut and Massachusetts, as well as some various outposts in Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and British Columbia.  The easiest way to find J-Burger spices online, however, is right here at Fooducopia.

Cooking Tips:

J-burger has a consistency similar to salsa, which adds a little more liquid to your ground meat.  This could affect cooking times.  On your maiden J-Burger voyage, test your ground meat for doneness a couple minutes sooner than you would normally.

As for August Kitchen:  Watch out, US – here comes some flavor!

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Zina discusses J-Burger at a fancy food show

 

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