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Blue Cheese Burgers are taking your burger game to the next level. The ground beef filled with blue cheese crumbles gives the burger a juicy bite, with the perfect flavor of cheese. Pair it with a pretzel bun, and it’s mouth-watering central.

Although I’ve cooked this recipe in a cast-iron on the stove, you can use a nonstick skillet or you can even bake burgers in the oven, or make burgers in an electric skillet, on the grill, or in the air fryer. (Or your favorite method of course!)

Blue Cheese burger on pretzel bun, sitting on square plate with french fries.

If you love stepping up your burger game, you’re also going to love this Aloha burger recipe and this Juicy Lucy Burger!

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Ingredients You’ll Need
How to Make Blue Cheese Burgers
Blue Cheese Burger Topping Ideas
Storage
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Ingredients You’ll Need

As you can see below, not much is required to make this delicious burger recipe! I’ve included notes on the key ingredients below. Make sure to check the recipe card below for exact measurements.

Overhead view of ingredients on counter for blue cheese burgers.

Ground beef: I typically use more of a lean ground beef, since we have a beef butchered every year. But you should be able to use your favorite type of ground beef for this recipe.
Blue cheese: You can actually use too much blue cheese in this recipe. (Or at least my husband said when I was testing this recipe. I preferred more but he said it was too much. So if you find that you want more blue cheese, go for it!) You can also use Gorgonzola if that’s what you have!
Pretzel buns: You don’t have to use pretzel buns but my goodness the flavor is so good! But we’ve used regular hamburger buns and they’re delicious too.

How to Make Blue Cheese Burgers

Raw, uncooked burgers in cast iron skillet.

Combine the ground beef, blue cheese, and spices in a bowl, and mix until evenly combined.
Place seasoned burgers in skillet (I did add a little butter since using a cast iron but you can use nonstick spray or your favorite item to use to keep burgers from sticking) and cook for 3-5 minutes and then flip. Cook for an additional 3-5 minutes or until the juices run clear.

Cooked blue cheese burgers in cast iron skillet.

Blue Cheese Burger Topping Ideas

When the burgers are finished cooking, it’s time to build your burger! We chose to use pretzel buns, and lettuce leaves. The blue cheese crumbles are enough cheese for me. However, here are some other ideas:

mustard
ketchup
onion
pickles (or go wild and make this fried pickle chips recipe!)
bacon
onion rings (like in my cowboy burger recipe)
bbq sauce

Side view of blue cheese burger on pretzel bun, with lettuce leaf, sitting next to french fries.

Can we talk about how delicious that blue cheese cooks in to that burger, above. You can see the crispy little golden blue cheese nuggets on the outside edge there!

Storage

If you have leftover burgers, allow them to cool before storing them in an airtight container or storage bag, and place them in the refrigerator. Enjoy within 3-4 days.

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