Hawaiian Burger Wins Sutter Home's Build a Better Burger Contest

Posted by Robyn Lee, September 29, 2008 at 4:00 PM

Congratulations to Kristine Snyder of Kihei, Hawaii, for winning this year's "Build a Better Burger" contest presented by Sutter Home. Out of ten finalists, Snyder took the top prize of $50,000 (and won the People's Choice Beef Burger) for her Hawaii Da Kine Burgers—appropriately named since "da kine" means "the best" in Hawaiian pidgin. The patties contain beef, Portuguese sausage, papaya, and onion, and are topped with sweet-chili glaze, ginger-goat cheese spread, and hot watercress salad.

4 Comments | Tags: Build a Better Burger, contests, Hawaiian, recipes

4 Comments:

Interesting use of Portuguese sausage. Buying the ingredients to make that, I don't think the sausage would make it to the mixing bowl.

I miss eating Portuguese sausage with eggs and rice at when my father cooks it for breakfast and those fond memories eating it at McD.

Cassaendra at 7:23AM on 09/30/08

I've watched this competition on TV before. Frankly, half look great, the other half, including this one gross me out.

tjmile1 at 8:46PM on 10/01/08

By Portuguese sausage are we talking chorizo or linguica?

I grew up on both of these and I'm going to have to start experimenting with some new burger/ chorizo hybrids.

Nice work.

jonny509 at 8:26AM on 10/02/08

@jonny509: The recipe suggests linguica, but I'd think any sausagey goodness would taste good? ;)

roboppy at 5:13PM on 10/02/08

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