Hot Shoppes' Mighty Mo Burger

Name: Hot Shoppes' Mighty Mo Burger
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1/4 cup ketchup; 1/8 cup Heinz chili sauce; 1 teaspoon A-1 sauce; 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; 2 drops Tabasco sauce; 1/4 cup pickle relish; 1/2 cup mayonnaise; 1 pound ground beef; Lawry's seasoned salt; Freshly ground white pepper; 2 tablespoons soft butter or margarine; 8 sesame-seed hamburger buns; 4 slices American cheese; 1/4 head (approximately) shredded iceberg lettuce; 8 bread-and-butter pickle chips

Recipe from ''Marriott Hot Shoppes Cookbook''

Adapted by The New York Times

Updated Feb. 10, 2023

Total Time: 40 minutes
Rating: 4(45)
Comments: Read comments

Featured in: Retro Kitchen; More Than Just a Burger

or to save this recipe.
Subscriber benefit: give recipes to anyone
As a subscriber, you have 10 gift recipes to give each month. Anyone can view them - even nonsubscribers. Learn more.
Subscribe
Share
Print Options
Include recipe photo

Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

For the Sauce

¼cup ketchup
⅛cup Heinz chili sauce
1teaspoon A-1 sauce
¼teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2drops Tabasco sauce
¼cup pickle relish
½cup mayonnaise

For the Burgers

1pound ground beef
Lawry's seasoned salt
Freshly ground white pepper
2tablespoons soft butter or margarine
8sesame-seed hamburger buns
4slices American cheese
¼head (approximately) shredded iceberg lettuce
8bread-and-butter pickle chips

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Opt out or contact us anytime. See our Privacy Policy.

Preparation

For the Sauce
1. Step 1
  Combine all the sauce ingredients until well blended. Refrigerate until needed.
For the Burgers
1. Step 2
  Preheat a grill or broiler. Divide meat into eight portions of equal size, and shape each portion into a thin patty four to six inches in diameter. Season to taste with Lawry's seasoned salt and white pepper.
2. Step 3
  Spread margarine on top and bottom of four hamburger buns, and on the bottoms of four additional buns; reserve the four tops without margarine for another use. Lightly toast buns, and set aside.
3. Step 4
  Grill hamburgers on one side, turn them over, and top four of them with one slice of cheese. Grill to medium rare, then remove from heat.
To Assemble
1. Step 5
  Spread 2 teaspoons of Mighty Mo sauce on bottom of each of four buns. Top sauce with some shredded lettuce and a burger without cheese. Top with the additional bun bottom, and spread with 2 more teaspoons of sauce. Top with a cheeseburger patty, and put two pickle chips on top of cheese. Add top of bun. Serve with french fries.

Ratings

4 out of 5

45 user ratings

Have you cooked this?

Private Notes

Leave a Private Comment on this recipe and see it here.

Comments

Richard Ewing7 years ago

This confirms my memory of my favorite burger ever !! Hot Shoppe and then across the street to Gifford's for ice cream. I was a lad of 9 in 1954 Chevy Chase !! Thank You !!!

Elizabeth W7 years ago

Me, too, Richard! Orange freeze, onion rings, and Mighty Mo. I didn't like Teen Twist so much, however. Giffords: Went there after basketball practice in my boyfriend's bugeye sprite and had a coffee chip ice cream cone.
I grew up in NCC from 1952 on.

Elizabeth W7 years ago

My Airbnb guests want to have a multicultural dinner and want me to cook something typically American. It's going to be the Might Mo :) Because I miss it :)

Beachpea31 year ago

A fabulous memory of the best burger ion the planet! -We had our Mighty Mos and Orange Freezes delivered by cab to our college dorm after curfew! What a treat! For us and the guard at the gate!

Carolynn VN5 years ago

I was excited to find this recipe as I grew up in DC and then Silver Spring. Hot Shoppes was our favorite place for such culinary delights as fries with gravy and ketchup! Giffords had the best butter pecan ice cream. Ahh, the memories these foods evoke, including bug-eye Sprites and glass-pack mufflers. I’m saving this one.

Thomas7 years ago

I quite enjoyed this recipe. As I have no reference or affinity to the burger on which this was based, I used sriracha instead of Heinz Chili Sauce and more than a couple drops of Tabasco Habanero for the sauce as that's what I had on hand, and liked the tang from that. I used sweet relish this time and will try dill relish next time as I thought that the sauce was a little too cloying for my taste, but everyone else seemed to enjoy it.

Private comments are only visible to you.