While at O’Hare Airport in Chicago on a layover on a recent trip, I had one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever eaten in my life at Tortas Frontera. And this was at an airport. Crazy right? This thing was absolutely delicious and on my flight home I was scheduled to come back for another layout. Because of this place, I didn’t mind at one bit. The sandwich I had was a beer braised short rib torta and each and every bite was absolutely incredible. This is my attempt at recreating that sandwich. Instead of actually cooking beer braised short ribs, since I only had 30 minutes to make this sandwich I took an easier option of using a microwave roast beef in au jus. While you are going to get a much better sandwich is you do a … Read More »

Ok, so maybe healthy is not the right word for this burger. But I did use a whole wheat bun! Boom…..healthy. Joking of course but I do make this burger healthier then normal. For starters, I use a smaller bun. I can’t stand when a bun is so large that it takes up most of the flavor in each bite. Use smaller buns which are also lower in carbs and calories. For the ground beef, I never use pre-made frozen patties. They never taste as good as using fresh ground beef. I usually use 85% lean ground beef and just make sure I “drain” it as much as I can so I can get rid of as much fat as possible. You don’t want to overdo this though as you don’t want to lose all the flavor of the … Read More »