Photo: MEATliquorGreen Chilli Cheese
The spicy classic. Two patties with American cheese, a spicy green chilli butter that melts into the beef, mustard, pickled jalapeños, pickles and diced onion. The butter carries the heat everywhere, so every bite is rich and fiery. One of the best spicy burgers in the country.
The story
The green chile cheeseburger is New Mexico’s burger, and its birthplace is usually given as the tiny village of San Antonio. The Owl Bar and Café opened there in 1945, partly to serve workers from the nearby Trinity site, where the first atomic bomb had just been tested, and family legend says green chile ended up on its burgers in the 1940s; the Buckhorn Tavern down the road makes the same claim. Roasted green chile with cheese on beef is still the state’s signature. MEATliquor works the chilli into a butter instead.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Green Chilli Cheese yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, jalapeños, cheese and a double stack
Big Beef Blopper - Shares beef, jalapeños and cheese
Green Chile Cheeseburger - Shares beef, heat and cheese
Sloppy Smash Supreme - Shares beef, jalapeños and cheese
Seven Layer Sliders
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Green Chilli Cheese.- Burger & Beyond · beef, jalapeños, heat and cheese
Picante Deluxe - Rekas Burgers · beef, jalapeños, heat and cheese
Chili Bomb - Bobby's Burgers · beef, jalapeños, heat and cheese
Nacho Burger - Buffalo Burger · beef, jalapeños, heat and cheese
Cholo’s
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About MEATliquor
MEATliquor started life as a burger van. The MEATwagon cooked American-style burgers on the London street-food circuit, built a cult following, and in 2012 turned into a permanent restaurant near Oxford Street: dark, loud, covered in graffiti-style art and serving cocktails in jam jars.
A handful of restaurants in London and other UK cities.
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