
The rolls are fresh out of the oven and they hit the table when you do, so there’s no waiting to tear into a magnificently gooey sweet roll topped with soft cinnamon butter. I never thought dinner rolls were something I could get excited about until I got my hand into the breadbasket at Texas Roadhouse. Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes by Todd Wilbur. This Benihana Japanese fried rice recipe will go well with just about any Japanese entree and can be partially prepared ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator until the rest of the meal is close to done. I like when the rice is thrown onto the hot hibachi grill and seems to come alive as it sizzles and dances around like a bunch of little jumping beans. At Benihana this dish is prepared by chefs with precooked rice on open hibachi grills, and is ordered a la cart to complement any Benihana entree, including Hibachi Steak and Chicken. One of the side dishes that everyone seems to love is the fried rice. They juggle salt and pepper shakers, trim food with lightning speed, and flip the shrimp and mushrooms perfectly onto serving plates or into their tall chef's hat. The talented chefs at Benihana cook food on hibachi grills with flair and charisma, treating the preparation like a tiny stage show. You can microwave the burger for 10 to 15 seconds if you want to warm up the buns. Stack the other beef patty on the middle bun.ġ2. The middle bun goes next with the sauce-coated side facing up.ġ1. Stack the lettuce on the sauce of the bottom bun.ġ0.

Build the burger by spreading half of the sauce on a face of the middle bun, and the other half on the face of the bottom bun.ħ. Cook the patties for about 2 minutes per side or until done, being sure to lightly salt each patty.Ħ. When the buns are toasted, use the same pan to cook the beef patties. Toast the faces of the buns on a griddle or in a frying pan over medium heat.ĥ. You want to leave about a 1/2-inch, double-faced slice.Ĥ. Use a serrated knife to cut the top off the extra bun. Combine the mayonnaise, relish, and ketchup in a small cup or bowl.

You may want to make several of these patties at once when you first purchase the ground beef, then cook them as you need them.Ģ. Because these patties are so thin, you may find them easier to cook if you press them out on wax paper, and freeze them first. Prepare the hamburger patties by dividing the beef in half and pressing each 1/8 pound of beef into a round patty that measures approximately 4 inches across.

Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes by Todd Wilbur.ġ. See if you can get your mouth around it.Ĭheck out my other Big Boy copycat recipes here. McDonald's Big Mac, the world's best-known burger that came more than 30 years later, was inspired by Bob Wian's original creation. The Big Boy hamburger was the first of the double-decker hamburgers. So the name of the new burger, along with Bob's booming chain of restaurants, was changed to "Big Boy." The company's tradename Big Boy character is from a cartoonists napkin sketch of "fat boy," little Richard Woodruff. Bob thought it was the perfect name for his new burger, except the name was already being used as a trademark for another product. He often wore baggie overalls and had an appetite that forced the affectionate nickname "Fat Boy". Just a few days later, a plump little six-year old named Richard Woodruff came into the diner and charmed Bob into letting him do odd jobs in exchange for a burger or two. When Stewie tasted the huge sandwich and loved it, every band member wanted his own! So Bob cut a bun into three slices, rather than the usual two, and stacked on two hamburger patties along with lettuce, cheese, and his special sauce. In a playful mood, bass player Stewie Strange sat down on a stool and uttered, "How about something different for a change, Bob?" Bob thought it might be funny to play along and serve up Stewie a burger he could barely get his mouth around. One February night in 1937, the band came by after a gig as they often did to order a round of burgers. Menu Description: "1/4 pound of 100% pure beef in two patties with American cheese, crisp lettuce and our special sauce on a sesame seed bun."īob Wian's little ten-stool diner, Bob's Pantry, was in business only a short time in Glendale, California, before establishing a following of regular customers-among them the band members from Chuck Fosters Orchestra.
