Homemade Beef Burgers Recipe with a Secret Ingredient...


Portions: 4 1/4 pound burgers or several smaller ones depending on your preferences.


Ingredients

  • 500g Beef Mince
  • 1 finely chopped onion
  • 1/2 Tsp salt
  • 1/2 Tsp pepper
  • 1 egg (whisked)
  • Secret Ingredient (revealed below)

Instructions

  1. Put all the above ingredients in to a bowl and give it a good mix

It was at this point in the past that I made my patties but I recently discovered a secret ingredient to add to make them even tastier - bread crumbs...



Just half a cup is needed and believe me, they make all the difference.  Not sure what they do, perhaps they soak up some juices whilst cooking - who knows!  What I do know is I can taste the difference and they take them from being slightly bland to amazing.

Then all you need to do is make the patties, you can make them by hand by splitting the mix in to 4 portions (500g is approx 1lb so splitting in to 4 gives you 4 quarter pound patties).

Personally I prefer slightly thinner patties for my burgers so this is how I make them:


I use a piece of greaseproof paper to make it easier to separate from my burger press and also because I plan to freeze them for use another day and by using some greaseproof paper it makes it easier to separate when frozen in case you just want to cook 1 or 2 rather than the whole lot.


Serving Suggestion(s)


Obviously a great way to enjoy them is in a burger bun but I like to have them with a fried egg and on this occasion I had some mushrooms going begging so I cooked them in some butter with a little bit of garlic.


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