BURGERS IN SAUCE with Peppers and Onions

Ingredients

 1 lb. ground beef (20% fat content)

1 can of crushed tomatoes

4 peppers (fryers)

1  onion (sliced)

Salt and black pepper

1 tablespoon of canola oil for burgers

1/4 cup olive oil for frying peppers and onions

Preparation

Slice peppers and onion.  Make patties with ground beef. 

 Add canola oil to a cast-iron or stainless steel skillet and place over medium heat. 

Cook the patties until they have achieved a deep burnished crust (less than 2 minutes).  Turn burgers over and cook a minute or so longer.  Remove burgers from skillet.

Put the oil in a frying pan and fry peppers.  Remove peppers and fry onion.

Add the remaining oil from the frying pan to a pot.  Add tomatoes, salt and black pepper and simmer for 25 minutes.

Add the hamburgers, peppers and onion and simmer for a minute or two.

Serve with toasted rolls or a crusty French baguette.