Homemade hamburgers

[Saviolo]

Pretty easy basic burger patty recipe this week! Too many cooks try to do too much with the patty and it comes ou strangely flavoured or overworked and tough. The patty should be simple and basic and let all of the other ingredients on your burger sing!

[Dr Hobbitstein]

1. I make a loose ball of meat, around 115grams.

Throw it down on the flat top, and flatten lightly with a spatula. Flip after a minute, then flatten lightly again. Throw a slice of cheese on top and remove burger from flat top after 1 minute. Dress bun as need be.

Just made some last night. Super delicious.

The burger method I use is actually the original McDonald's method from back in the 50s (at least how it was related in "The Founder&quot .

[Galileo126]

2. Agreed!

The less you work ground beef, the better it is. True for meatloaf and meatballs.

Now...where's that bacon?

[dem in texas]

3. An Egg in a hamburger patty?

In meatloaf - yes. meatballs - yes, Hamburger patty - no.

Use high quality ground chuck, season with salt and pepper, that is all it needs. It will be good and juicy, should see the fat and juices bubbling up in the patty as it cooks. Use good meat and make a thick patty and it will not fall apart when cooked. I make them 4 to 6 ounces, depending on the size of the buns.

I serve them in the Texas style called an "Old Timer"; grilled bun, spread with yellow mustard, sliced dill pickle, slice of onion, a leaf of iceberg lettuce and a little bit of sliced tomato. My husband is from Tennessee and he has to have a slice of cheese melted on his meat. I do like pickled jalapeno slices on my mine, but please - no cheese.

Back in the late 70's or early 1980's, McDonald's added the Old Timer to their menu in their Texas stores in order to keep their market share in Texas.

[Galileo126]

4. I hear adding butter to ground beef

makes for a great juicy (fatty) burger. I've never tried it - has anyone here tried it?