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Oct
Heat grill or pan over medium-high heat. Heat grill or pan over medium-high heat.
Use a knife to cut and divide the hamburger patty mixture into 6 13 pound grill or skillet.
How to make homemade burger patties. We modeled our thin patties after those at popular burger joints. Line an inverted baking sheet with parchment paper. Season 1 pound ground beef chuck with salt and pepper.
To add cheese move the burgers to the cooler side of the grill top with cheese and cover the grill for a minute to let the cheese melt. Place the patties on buns add other toppings and serve. How to make burgers 1.
You want your burger to remain juicy so avoid going too lean. Choose a standard minced meat. The world is your oyster when it comes to flavouring your burgers.
Grated onion finely chopped. Mix by hand until the meat mixture is very smooth. Press the meat down in the bowl into an even disk.
Use a knife to cut and divide the hamburger patty mixture into 6 13 pound grill or skillet. Form the ground meat into patties. I like to make 14 pound patties but you can make them whatever size suits your crowd.
If you make a slight impression in the center of each this will help them not to shrink and bulge up in the center when cooking. Next you can bundle the patties separating them with pieces of parchment paper. Though a bulbous burger wont taste as awful as one thats cooked or seasoned badly it will ruin the structural integrity of the whole sandwich.
A misshapen patty will make it impossible to distribute toppings evenly to place the bun flush with the meat or to keep the meat-to-topping and meat-to-bread ratios even from bite to bite. Start with fresh ground beef at 80 lean. Break apart enough beef for each patty and form gently.
Chill formed patties in refrigerator for 15 mins before cooking. Doing this without adding any egg and your patties should stay together. Place patties on a plate or platter and refrigerate to firm up before cooking about 1 hour.
Heat grill or pan over medium-high heat. Brush oil on beef patties and season with salt and pepper.