"The Ultimate Homemade Burger

By

The ultimate classic 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!

View complete recipe

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
  • 2 2 2 lbs ground beef
  • 7-8 7-8 7-8 burger buns
  • 7-8 7-8 7-8 slices American cheese
  • lettuce (iceberg, romaine etc)
  • 1-2 1-2 1-2 tomato sliced
  • 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1 1 1 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 1/2 1/2 tbsp black pepper
  • 1/2 1/2 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 2 1/2 2 2 1/2 - 2 1/2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • mayo
  • mustard
  • ketchup
  • Bacon Jam
  • to sauce instead of, or in addition to mayo/mustard/ketchup
  • Pickles
  • Grilled Onions
  • And a foodie favorite… fried egg ?

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
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.

The Ultimate Homemade Burger
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)

Remove patties from grill and place a slice of cheese on top of the burger immediately (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?).

Serve and enjoy!

Recipe 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, when making the patties photographed, 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.

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.

View complete recipe