Ingredients:
Beef mince
Onion (I prefer spring onion)
garlic
red capsicum
Herbs and spices (things like salt and pepper, cumin, curry powder, galangal, corriander, ginger, basil, oregano, sage etc.)
tomato sauce
BBQ sauce
parmesan cheese
Lettuce
Tomato
cheese slice
2 Eggs
Breadcrumbs or rolled oats
1 teaspoon of wholegrain mustard
mayonaise
Bun

Method:

1). FINELY chop garlic, onion and capsicum (If I can see onion in the finished mix its too big.... my philosophy on onion and capsicum is it needs to be too small to pick out or big enough to pick out... as I don't really like it, but chopped really finely it adds to the flavour without me actually tasting it).  Fry these until cooked. Onion and capsicum go in first, then the garlic, as it cooks quicker and burned garlic is horrible.

2).  In a bowl mix the fried stuff, mince, some herbs and spices, 1 egg, some parmesan cheese and a few teaspoons worth of breadcrumbs or rolled oats (I know.. sounds odd, but hey it actually works!).  Add a squirt of tomato sauce and a squirt of BBQ sauce.  Add mustard.  Mix all this well.

3).  Form into patties, grill or fry until brown. Apparently if you form then then leave them in the fridge for 30 mins they stay together better...  I like to grill this by putting a cake cooler over a tray and letting the fat drip off.  Once both sides are done I lay a cheese slice ontop and turn the grill off while I get the bun organised and its melted by the time I go to get it out.

4).  Fry remaining egg in an egg ring (if you have one).

5).  Assemble burger in the following fashion:

bottom bun
mayonaise
lettuce
tomato
fried egg
cheese (you can switch egg and cheese if you prefer the other order.. or do as I do above and put the cheese on the pattie)
meat pattie
tomato sauce
top bun

6). Eat.

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