Fritas Cubanas (Cuban Hamburgers)

Ingredients

• 2 yellow onions, quartered
• 2 (4 ounce) links chorizo sausage, casings removed
• 1 green bell pepper, quartered and seeded
• 6 cloves clove garlic
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 pound ground pork
• 1 cup Italian-style bread crumbs
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 dash ground cumin
• Sea salt to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
• 12 hamburger buns, split
• 1 (9 ounce) can shoestring potatoes (such as Pik-Nik)

Directions

Place yellow onions, chorizo, green bell pepper, and garlic in a food processor; pulse until minced.

Transfer onion mixture to a large bowl. Add ground beef, ground pork, bread crumbs, eggs, ketchup, cumin, salt, and black pepper; mix with your hands until well-blended.

Form mixture into 12 patties.

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook patties in batches until browned and medium well done, about 5 minutes per side.

Serve cooked patties on hamburger buns topped with shoestring potatoes.