Let’s Talk Burgers
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Growing up, I loved hamburger night at my house. Mama made thick, juicy burgers in a skillet and served them with big ol’ french fries and enough ketchup to drown the whole shabang in. Alright, so I was the one adding the flood of ketchup but it set the whole meal off perfectly in my mind. On nights when we didn’t have buns, she’d just serve the patties topped with sauteed onion slices (which she cooked in the skillet along with the burgers) and call it hamburger steak. Either way Mama went with this, it was a win-win.
I sure do miss having Mama make my hamburger,
but since I’m the Mama these days, I reckon she’s done gone and passed the torch.
So, as the head hamburger-cooker, this is how I turn out juicy and taste filled burgers. I look forward to hearing how you make your burgers. Do you have a secret ingredient or method that people just rave about? What toppings do you like? Are there any unusual sides that you just have to have? As a fellow burger enthusiast, I’d love to hear how they’re served at your house – or your favorite restaurant. Feel free to reply to other comments as well if you want to chat about it a bit. No sense in being shy, this is your home, too!
I use ground beef (whatever is cheapest), egg, and dry french onion soup mix.
I LOVE onions with my burgers but my family doesn’t (at least they think they don’t ~ hehe!) so this way I can have my onions and they are clueless.
Add all of your ingredients together. I am using about two and a half pounds of ground beef here.
I mush it all up. The best way to do this is just with your hands.
Shape patties into doughnuts.
The hole in the middle keeps the hamburger from puffing up into one big ball and also helps it get done evenly.
As it cooks the hole fills in.
After you brown the patties really well on both sides, add a cup or so of water to the pan so that they can continue to cook without burning and get done all of the way.
Right before you take them up, top a few with slices of cheese for those who like cheeseburgers.
Can you believe I don’t care for cheese on my burger? I’m an odd bird, I know.
My perfect burger includes a side of big old steak fries and some Comeback sauce to dip ’em in!
This picture shows hamburgers served with Comeback sauce and a a side of abomination – otherwise known as “green bean fries”. That was a new fangled recipe I figured I’d try so I could bring it to you if it was good.
Well folks, I can honestly say that they “look” good, but I can’t go beyond that. After making these, from now on if I want green beans, I’m gonna eat green beans. If I want fries, I’m gonna eat fries. Trying to turn green beans into fries worked out about as well as trying to turn broccoli into mashed potatoes:). Just my opinion!
Now this is where you come in! I know y’all make some awesome burgers and there are limitless variations (just about all of which I’d personally like to try!).
How do you make your burgers? I’d love for you to share your favorite burger recipes with me in the comments below. Tell me how you like to make ’em, how you like to eat ’em, how you like to serve ’em, and what you serve ’em with. If you’d like to include any actual recipes in your comments, go right ahead! (Yipee!!)
Feel free to respond to other folks comments as well if you’d like, We’re all friends here. 🙂
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Click here for Comeback Sauce recipe!
Got Leftovers?
Hamburger patties are SO EASY to recycle into future dishes! I allow my patties to cool and them crumble them up before placing them in a freezer bag. Next time you make chili, taco soup, beef casserole, or the like, just pull out your crumbles and toss them in. You’ll have the convenience of using pre cooked beef, the added zip of the onion soup mix flavor, and the pride in not wasting your leftovers!
“If something intolerable simply cannot be changed, driven away, or shot – Southerners will not only tolerate it but take pride in it as well.” – Florence King
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YUM! I can’t wait to try this… so many great tips! I’ll take mine with cheese, please 🙂
My SIL showed me a new hamburger recipe last time they were visiting us- Taco burgers! You mix salsa in the raw hamburger, (an egg also), shape it into patties and cook. Then instead of normal hamburger toppings, mix salsa with sour cream and spread on buns. Mmmmm, they were so good!!
I am going to try you hole in the middle. I like to go to Red Robin and they make a salad with a burger in the center instead of on a bun. Less Carbs for me.
Did your spaghetti sauce in the crockpot last night. Wonderful flavor.
I like my hamburgers cooked with just salt (Morton’s Seasoned Salt)and pepper, but pressed out really thin! They taste so much better, even though it doesn’t make sense that they would from being shaped differently. By the way, I’ve made your “dressed up” Manwich recipe many times – love it!! So does my family and they used to complain when I made Manwich as the can directs. We have more Manwich nights than burger nights around here lately.
Tricking your family into eating onions, should have seen that coming, that brings up memories of my mother saying “stop thinking about it, just eat what’s on your plate”
Being from another planet and speaking like Arnold, I take mayonnaise with my fries and no ketchup on my cheeseburger, please.
We like to add raw bacon pieces into the hamburger meet before making into patties. Is especially great for venison because it adds some fat. Gives hamburgers a great extra taste.
Love my burger with your Comeback Sauce on it! And I know this sounds crazy… (my husband just looks down and shakes his head), but I think my burger tastes best when I cut it in half before eating it!!:) Thank you for the water idea. I never heard of that but will definitely try it next time.
Bountiful Blessings!
I thought I was the only one who cut a burger in half before I ate it. The restaurants around here discriminate against small people, I swear! The burgers all come out as big as my head, and they expect me to be able to eat it?!
Sandwiches taste better cut in half too… diagonally, not vertically! 😛