Orgasmic Onion Burger Seasoning will add life to your burgers. Take a couple of pounds of ground meat, sprinkle the Orgasmic Onion over it – enough so you can’t see the meat. Mix it, shape your burgers, refrigerate it for an hour, then grill ’em up and watch your burgers shake, rattle, and roll!

Makes about 3 cups

1/2 cup crispy fried onion pieces
1/4 cup powdered beef stock base
1/4 cup dehydrated onion flakes
3 Tbsp dehydrated granulated onion
2 Tbsp dehydrated granulated garlic
2 Tbsp Cream of Wheat powder
1 Tbsp kosher salt
1 Tbsp granulated sugar
1 Tbsp butcher’s ground black pepper
1 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

• In a bowl, combine onion pieces, beef base, onion flakes, granulated onion and garlic, Cream of Wheat, kosher salt, sugar, black pepper, mustard, coriander, and cayenne.

• Store in an airtight container in a cool, dry, dark place.

• Keeps up to 3 months.

Excerpted from Beerlicious by Ted Reader. Copyright © 2012 by Ted Reader. All rights reserved.

World Famous BBQ chef Ted Reader combines his favourite passions—beer & BBQ—and launches his most daring collection of grilling recipes yet!

In this cookbook you will find recipes from Ted Reader, his family, friends and fans. Each recipe is made with a different beer that Teddy chose for unique reasons and flavours. He believes that the essence of great backyard grilling and smoking comes from having fun and if you know Ted, you know that he lives to have fun.