The Ultimate Homemade Burger
The ultimate homemade beef burger recipe! Perfectly seasoned juicy beef patties sandwich between two warm buns. Add whatever toppings you like, and omit whatever you don't want. The BEST basic burger recipe!
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Servings: 8 people
Calories: 555kcal
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 4-8 burger buns
- 8 slices American cheese
- lettuce (iceberg, romaine etc)
- 1-2 tomato sliced
- 1 1/2 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tbsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 - 2 1/2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- mayo
- mustard
- ketchup
- vegetable oil if cooking on stove top
Instructions
- If using grill, fire up the grill.
- Loosen defrosted ground beef with hands or spatula.
- In a small bowl, mix together dry ingredients for burger seasoning - smoked paprika, garlic powder, black pepper, and salt. Pour half of the dry seasoning into ground beef, use hand to mix it into the beef, then pour the other half and do the same.
- Next, pour Worcestershire sauce (see Note 1) onto ground beef and mix everything thoroughly.
- Grab a fistful of ground beef and form a round patty ~4 inch in diameter and ~1 inch in thickness. Round the edges and gently press on the middle to create a slight dent in the middle.
- When grill is hot, place burger patties on the grill. Grill 5-7 minutes on each side, or until burger is cooked to your liking (Note 2).
- If using stove top, heat up skillet with some vegetable oil, then place patties on the skillet. When one side is done, flip and cook the other side. Do not overlap and cook in batches if needed.
- Place a slice of cheese on top of the burger during the last 30 seconds of cooking. Remove patties from grill/stovetop. (Note 3)
- Lightly toast burger buns in toaster oven or on the grill if desire.
- Assemble burgers. Place beef patties and cheese between burger buns, and add lettuce, sliced tomato, condiments of your choice (mayo, mustard, ketchup, others?). (See Note 4)
- Serve and enjoy!
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Notes
Note 1: Use more Worcestershire sauce if ground beef is leaner. For example, use 2 1/2 tbsp if ground beef is 93% lean 7% fat or higher, and use 2 tbsp if ground beef is 80% lean 20% fat.
Note 2: As a point of reference, our burger patties were cooked in a charcoal grill at 300 degrees F the whole time, 6 1/2 minutes on each side, and came out medium well. Time needed will depend on many factors, including thickness of patties, temperature of patties, temperature outside, etc, so adjust accordingly!
Note 3: American cheese melts easily. If using cheese that melts slowly, place cheese on the patties the last 20 seconds when the burgers are still on the grill.
Note 4: This will serve 4 if making burgers with single patties, and serve 8 if making burgers with double patties
Nutrition
Calories: 555kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 104mg | Sodium: 980mg | Potassium: 609mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 956IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 337mg | Iron: 5mg
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