Paula Deen's Lady Brunch Burger recipe

It turns out chef Howie Kleinberg's burgers aren't so avant-garde after all. Southern cooking demigoddess Paula Deen had concocted a burger that uses doughnuts as the buns a year before Kleinberg opened Bulldog BBQ in 2009.

Here's the recipe for her Lady Brunch Burger, via foodnetwork.com:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds ground beef
3 tablespoons freshly chopped parsley leaves
2 tablespoons grated onion
2 tablespoons butter
3 eggs
6 slices bacon, cooked
3 hamburger buns
3 English muffins
6 glazed donuts
House seasoning (see below)

House seasoning:

1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder


Directions:


Mix the ground beef, chopped parsley and grated onion together in a large mixing bowl. Season liberally with House seasoning. Form three hamburger patties.

Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Add the burgers and cook until desired temperature, four to five minutes per side for medium-rare.

Fry bacon in a hot pan until crisp. Remove and drain on paper towels. Set aside.

While burgers are cooking, heat a non-stick pan, over medium heat. Add two tablespoons butter. Crack three eggs into the pan. Cook until the yolks are just set and still slightly runny and remove.

Place burger patties on English muffins or buns, and if desired, on glazed donuts, as the buns. Top each burger with two pieces of bacon and a fried egg.