How about the extras that you use to make your sandwich? When I was able to eat spicy foods, I would make a single burger with ketsup, sliced sweet pickles, sweet onion slices, and Grippo BBQ potato chips. They are hot, but oh so good. I mash the top of the bun down really good so the chips will stay on the my burger. I'd like to hear how you spice up your burger, to make it your own. So what's unique about your homeade burger?
2007-09-20 15:48:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Like a good steak, all you need is salt and pepper. My suggestion is to use ground chuck instead of ground beef. I always have a butcher grind me up about a 1 1/4 lb of chuck roast to get a little more than 1 lb of grounded meat. I guess everyone elses seasonings suggestions are good too but if you have crappy meat it doesn't matter what you put on or in your hamburger!! Enjoy your burger!!
2007-09-20 19:27:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I make my burger patties out of good ground round or sirloin and add diced onion, fresh parsley, a little salt, pepper and paprika. Don't handle the meat too much, just enough to "squish" the ingredients to combine. Then I form the patties about 1/3 pound each. Either wrap each burger individually to then freeze or get ready to grill.
Once I grill the burger(s) to medium rare, add cheddar cheese to melt and toast the bun. Top with home made chili (sweet pepper/tomato) sauce and home made sweet pickles.
In fact, my nephew asked if I would make my burgers with sweet corn for our supper on Sunday while watching football. I can have the burgers ready in the fridge and the corn husked before the start of football. We'll actually cook during halftime and enjoy supper during the start of the 2nd half. By the way, I'll make apple crisp with pecans for our dessert!
2007-09-20 16:06:34 · answer #2 · answered by Dottie R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son does the food as I can't access the kitchen although we are veggie he comes up with the most amazing ideas. He sometimes puts a burger in the bun with lettuce and tomato and feta cheese toasts the top lightly under grill bungs on some mayo and the top puts it on a plate with home made potato salad and a big dollop of humus some olives and Waldorf salad (and for him oven chips). Just right for dinner followed by fruit or low fat pudding. If not feta use mozzarella or similar) enjoy!
Dot
you can get all sorts of grillable veggie burgers these days and quorn burgers and other nice veggie bits and bobs so it isn't all nut roasts and lentils now so experiment now and then eh?
2007-09-20 16:47:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Need to put onion and garlic in the ground beef. Then, the burger MUST be bar-be-cued (grilled). Fried is yucky.
When I was a kid, my Mom used to slice onions and let them sit in vinegar to put on burgers. I never did ask why she did that, but it's a great addition to the burger.
Also, cheddar slices. Not that fake processed cheese stuff (AKA American slices or Canadian slices) but real cheddar.
And, gotta toast the bun on the bbq. That's the clincher.
A bit of green relish, a bit of mustard, slice of tomato, some lettuce. Heaven.
2007-09-20 15:53:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing can ruin a hamburger like a cold bun. The buns have to be buttered and placed on the grill, too. No wimpy tomatoes either. Fresh, juicy red, and sliced big enough to cover the bottom bun.
Oh, I'm wanted a homemade burger now !!!
2007-09-20 16:00:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad (world's best hamburger maker) puts the buns on the meat patties just before the burgers are ready to be removed, covers the skillet and lets the steam warm the buns. Perfect.
2007-09-20 16:08:27 · answer #6 · answered by janie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The internal spices! Add some garlic,onion and 5 pepper seasoning and you have a seriuos burger!!!
2007-09-20 15:53:24 · answer #7 · answered by kanman1958 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i cook ym burgers on the grill and i add some ber on each one they are the best! not a lot but not little wathch out for flames lol
and they are not considerd alchaloic the flames kind vaporize the beer away :) yummy gona make me some now
2007-09-20 15:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by ladeladeladeladelade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like it with lettuce, pickles, onions (sometimes), and tomatoes. And sometimes I like to use dijon mustard instead of regular mustard. And like french fries on the side. Mine's not unique.
2007-09-20 16:07:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like mine with onlion soup added in
then on the bun i put mayo
mustard
lettuce tomato onions
pickles and chips
and smash it all toghter
2007-09-20 17:03:52 · answer #10 · answered by cher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋