Wow your guests with this beautiful and delicious Mexican Juicy Lucy Recipe! They are made with lean beef and stuffed with cheddar cheese then topped with a homemade fire-roasted corn pico for a healthy, nutritious dinner on the grill. Looking for more grilling recipes? We’ve got you covered! Check out all of our grilling recipes here. We are loving our grilled chicken legs and this Mexican Street Corn Salad makes a great side dish for any grilling recipe!

Colorful Meals are the Healthiest Meals

Want to know what I love about healthy food? ALLTHECOLORS Really though, if you just strive to eat as many colors as you can (and I’m not talking about Skittles or fruity Mentos), you’re probably in the clear of getting all of your fruit and veggie servings. Insert the most colorful meal of them all — Mexican Style Juicy Lucy Recipe with Fire-Roasted Corn Pico!

Juicy Lucy LOVE

So these burgers. What I love about this recipe in particular is that it’s very Midwestern with a fresh Mexican flare. If you’ve never had or heard of a Juicy Lucy then I feel bad for you. I kid, I kid. The Juicy Lucy was actually invented in South Minneapolis (Matts Bar and Bar 508 both claim to have invented the Juicy Luch) and it’s essentially a burger that’s stuffed with cheese in the middle instead of on top. Genius, right? So we decided to take a Fit Foodie spin on this Minnesota classic for a protein and veggie packed burger all in one!

Mexican Juicy Lucy Ingredients

There are hundreds of cheeses out there, which made it a very difficult decision when it came to the stuffing. All said and done, you can’t go wrong with cheddar. You want to make sure you also use a cheese that MELTS. There is nothing worse than biting into a Juicy Lucy to find a hard cheesy turd. That’s what we chose to stuff these burgers with, but you can really choose any cheese you like. If you’re wondering what makes the burger itself Mexican…

• green chiles
• garlic
• cumin
• chili powder
• paprika

Of course, the avocado and fire-roasted corn pico helps with those Mexican flavors, too!

Tips + Tricks for Juicy Lucy Burgers

Meat. 1/3 lb. patties. So if you’re needing to serve 4 or 6 people, just double the recipe and you’re good to go. How to make a juicy lucy. Juicy Lucy burgers are easy to make once you master the pinch. What’s the pinch? It’s what you do to seal the burger meat around the cheese so you don’t have a cheesy mess on your hands. Take a 1/3 pound patty and rip it in half. Flatten each half with your hands and place a thin square of cheese in the middle of one patty. Place the other half patty onto the cheese and pinch the edges of each patty together to contain the cheese within the burger. The Cheese is HOT. After taking the Juicy Lucy burgers off the grill we’re hungry, right? But do NOT take a bit of the burger right away. The cheese is molten lava inside that burger patty. Let burgers sit for 5-10 minutes before taking a bite! Toppings. The fire roasted pico de gallo and the fresh avocado really make this Mexican Juicy recipe amazing! Feel free to add whatever toppings you’d like if pico isn’t your thing, but we highly recommend making it!

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• Roasted Black Bean Quinoa Burger
• Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers
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