Quesadilla meets burger! Two flour tortillas filled with our premium patty, melted queso quesadilla, sweet pickled chipotles, white onions, iceberg lettuce and tomatoes.

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Tortilla Chips with salsa or something with color

Ingredients

  • 1 TNT burger patty of your choice
  • 2 flour tortillas, taco size
  • 1 slice queso quesadilla
  • 2 sweet pickled chipotles, roughly chopped
  • 2 Tablespoons diced white onion
  • 2 Tablespoons diced tomato
  • 1 Tablespoon roughly chopped cilantro sprigs
  • 20 dried chipotle chiles
  • 6 cups water
  • 40 cloves of garlic, peeled
  • 1 ½ large white onions, peeled and sliced into thin rings
  • 2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 cup vinegar
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 4 bay leaves
  • 4 sprigs thyme
  • As needed, kosher salt

Preparation

For the sweet pickled chipotles

  1. Combine water, dried chipotles and garlic.
  2. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer.
  3. Cook partially covered, until the chiles are soft, about 1 hour.
  4. Add remaining ingredients and cook for 30 minutes.
  5. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate.

For the burger build

  1. Cook burger to an internal temperature of 160°F.
  2. Place quesadilla cheese on each tortilla and grill until cheese is melted.
  3. Place burger on one tortilla. Sprinkle with pickled chipotles, diced onion, cilantro and tomatoes.
  4. Top with second tortilla. Cut into quarters to serve.

Concept Variations

Healthy Alternatives

Turn into a salad by omitting tortillas and serving on a bed of iceberg and rough-cut cilantro, dressed with lime juice and a splash of olive oil.

Hearty Additions

This burger would be great with bacon.

Trend-Worthy

Make sure to get credit on your menu for making your own pickled chipotles.

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