What you need for burgers at home. Homemade burger: a simple delicious recipe
A cutlet between two buns has become one of the most popular dishes of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This is due to the fact that in our crazy times, food that is easy to prepare, convenient to carry and pleasant to eat anywhere without getting dirty is valued. Similar sandwiches are prepared in many cafes and fast food restaurants, but you can also buy them in a store or prepare them yourself. especially appreciated by fans of healthy food and those who prefer to eat at home.
Burger is not fast food
A properly prepared burger is far from fast food, as is commonly believed. This dish meets the standards of proper nutrition and at the same time gives a lot of scope for creativity. Imagine how delicious it is - a juicy cutlet, a bun that melts in your mouth, a crispy pickled cucumber and fresh vegetables... There are many homemade burger recipes, but you can add something of your own to them, play with ingredients and sauces. How to make an appetizing, satisfying and healthy burger at home and what secrets of making burgers from chefs are especially valuable for novice cooks?
Proper meat, perfect minced meat
The most important thing in preparing the right burger is the beef patty, which is made according to special rules and only from homemade minced meat. Store-bought minced meat is not suitable for this dish, because you do not know what kind of meat it is made from. It’s good if it’s made from marbled beef, in which 80% is meat and 20% is fat. And if not? Therefore, it is better to buy high-quality beef yourself - for example, let two-thirds of the minced meat be lean meat from the shoulder blade and a third from the fattier abdominal part (flank). The upper part of the hind thigh (rump) and the fleshy part near the three outer ribs (rump) are also suitable for the cutlet. These places contain just the right amount of fat! As a last resort, you can add a little pork to lean beef. This, of course, is not a classic, but the proportions will be respected.
Slice the meat along the grain, and then grind it in a meat grinder with a larger attachment. Minced meat should not look like puree, because small grains of meat make it juicy and especially tasty. The less the meat structure is damaged, the better! All you need to do is add salt and black pepper to the minced meat - no more spices or additional products! A cutlet cooked with the addition of soaked buns, eggs, onions and garlic is not a burger. And one more important point - salt the cutlet before frying, and not before, because salt leads to the release of juice and the burger will turn out dry and harsh.
We mold and fry
Cool the minced meat and all tools before forming the cutlets. The fact is that because of the fat they will stick to your hands. It is quite possible that while working with minced meat, you will periodically have to hold your hands under cold water if the meat still sticks to your palms. Once the semi-finished products are ready, place them in the cold again.
The cutlets must be flat and ideal in shape, so it is better to cook them using a special mold, press or cooking ring. Make cutlets keeping in mind that after frying they will shrink in size. If you don't have any utensils, use a suitable sized cup or fish can. The thickness of the cutlet is no more than 1.5 cm. When modeling, make a small hole on the surface of the cutlet, since in a frying pan or grill they will swell a little and will not turn out flat.
Fry the cutlets on the grill or in a hot frying pan in vegetable oil for 5-8 minutes on each side. Do not press them down with a spatula so that the cutlets do not lose their juice. If you like your meat medium rare, 5 minutes is enough, but for deep frying you will need at least 8 minutes. But there is no point in keeping them on the fire longer - the products will become dry and lose their flavor.
Hamburger buns
Soft, tasty and elastic buns can be prepared at home. In this case, you will be sure that there are no preservatives in the dough. The most common option is yeast dough.
Mix a glass of warm milk with a glass of warm water, add 1 tbsp to the liquid. l. sugar and 1 tsp. salt. The water should not be too hot, otherwise the yeast will die and the dough will not rise. You can knead the dough with water, but milk gives it tenderness and creamy flavor.
Now add an 11 gram packet of instant yeast and mix the liquid with 2 tbsp. l. soft butter. Mix well and leave the mixture for 5 minutes until it comes to life and bubbles. Once you see the yeast working, gradually add 5.5 cups of flour using a food processor. This will take you 7-10 minutes.
Cover the container with the dough with a damp towel and leave it alone for an hour. During this time it will increase in volume by approximately 2 times. Divide it into 10-12 parts and form beautiful and smooth balls. To do this, stretch the dough down the ball and pinch it - the surface of the future bun will stretch and become smooth. Now, pressing the buns with your palms, turn the balls into flat cakes 1 cm thick.
Place the buns on a baking tray covered with baking paper and place the dough pieces on it at a distance of at least 3 cm from each other. The fact is that in the oven the products will become more fluffy and therefore may stick together.
Allow the buns to rise a little longer before baking. Brush the surface of each product with egg yolk mixed with 1 tbsp. l. water and sprinkle with sesame seeds. The seeds will not stick to a dry surface, and the yolk will make the buns rosy and appetizing.
The average baking time is 15 minutes at 200°C, but it all depends on the oven, so keep an eye on the buns and, as soon as they acquire a nice golden color, remove them from the oven.
Yeast buns can be stored in the refrigerator for a week in cling film and spoil your beloved family with healthy homemade burgers every day! Some housewives prefer to add eggs to the dough, because then the buns hold their shape better, although they last much less.
Final assembly of the burger
For a snack, you will need any bun - not too sweet, not too crispy, elastic, soft enough and not dry. Now supermarkets sell special burger buns sprinkled with sesame seeds. These are ideal, although buns with poppy seeds, nuts or seeds are also very tasty.
If the bun is whole, then cut it lengthwise into two halves. Lightly fry the bottom half on the inside in a dry frying pan. This way it will become denser and will not become soggy from meat juice.
A classic burger usually includes a thin slice of cheese, lettuce, sauce and any vegetables of your choice - onions, pickles, tomatoes and herbs. First, grease both halves of the bun with sauce, then put a green leaf on the bottom, and put the cutlet and everything you like on top. This could be hot pickled peppers, avocado, olives, mushrooms, scrambled eggs or bacon. The most popular sauces are ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, barbecue and chili. Burgers typically use slabs of cream cheese, cheddar, or parmesan.
With different products. Instead of traditional cheeses, use mozzarella, feta, brie, Swiss, goat or blue cheese for your burger. The taste will change beyond recognition! It was through culinary experimentation that the “Black Mamba” burgers were born - with bacon, cheddar cheese and cherries, and the "Edamame" burgers - with grilled pineapples, soybeans and rice. Maybe you can create your own perfect burger to suit your taste?
Tender, crispy, filling
In addition to the classic beef burger recipe, there are other options for preparing this legendary sandwich. There are no strict boundaries or standards in cooking, since the decisive factor is the taste of the finished dish.
Incredibly appetizing and healthy, and it is better to prepare them from chicken breasts, which are ground into minced meat in a food processor. So, take 0.5 kg of meat, chop it, salt, pepper and form 6 round flat cutlets. Fry them on both sides for 3-4 minutes, because chicken cooks faster than beef.
Grease the bun halves with ketchup and mayonnaise - 1 tsp each. For each half, place lettuce, tomato and a piece of cheese on the bottom, and place the cooled cutlet on top. Garnish it with slices of pickled cucumber (one small cucumber per burger is enough), and place pickled onion rings on them. It needs to be prepared in advance. To do this, the onion is cut into thin half rings and placed in a cup with 40 ml of vinegar and 2 tsp. Sahara. Mix everything well and pour in boiling water - just enough to cover the onion. After 15 minutes, it will lose its bitterness and acquire a pleasant sweetish taste. This is what you need for burgers. However, before using the onion, you need to rinse it well. Cover the sandwich with the “cap” of the bun and try it – be sure to use your hands!
Marine theme
Yes, it turns out you can do it, for example, with salmon. These sandwiches are called fishburgers. They are incredibly tasty and healthy, because fish is necessary for the brain, heart, blood vessels and bones, it strengthens the nervous system, increases efficiency and gives strength.
You will need 1 kg of salmon fillet without bones and skin. You can fry a fish steak in a grill pan with seasonings to taste, or you can make a fish cutlet. To do this, grind two-thirds of the pulp in a meat grinder, and finely chop the remaining fish and mix with the minced meat. Add 2 egg whites, 1 tbsp. l. Dijon mustard, 2 tbsp. l. finely chopped dill, 1 tbsp. l. lemon zest and half a glass of breadcrumbs. For added spice, you can also add a couple of tablespoons of spicy tomato sauce.
Form the cutlets to the size of the buns and fry them on the grill or in a frying pan in olive oil for 5 minutes on each side.
Cut 4 sesame buns and place lettuce leaves on the bottom, then fish. Top with thin slices of tomato and red onion rings, lay out lettuce leaves and pour over Greek tzatziki sauce. The sauce is prepared from natural yogurt, grated fresh cucumber, chopped garlic with added salt and 1 tsp. olive oil.
This gourmet salmon burger is worthy of all praise! You can take it with you to work or school for a complete snack.
Burger for those who don't eat anything
Even convinced meat eaters will like them, because they are prepared on the basis of pea cutlets - nutritious, tasty and very filling. This is a great snack for Lent, because you won’t feel deprived of food at all. These burgers feel like meat sandwiches.
Soak 300 g of chickpeas overnight, and in the morning grind them in a food processor until pureed. Add to the minced peas a bunch of finely chopped cilantro, dill and parsley, half a finely chopped red onion and 4 cloves of garlic, passed through a garlic press. Turn on the processor again and finally grind the chickpeas and herbs. Place the minced meat in the refrigerator for half an hour and make 6 cutlets. Fry them in vegetable oil on both sides until golden brown.
Brush the bottom halves of the burger buns with adjika and add the patties. Top with thin slices of radish (one per burger) and spinach leaves. Drizzle with natural yoghurt and place the top of the bun on top. If you plan to take the burger home, use guacamole instead of yogurt to avoid getting your hands dirty.
After a couple of these burgers you don’t even want to have lunch anymore!
Now you know how to make a burger from meat, poultry, fish and peas. Do you think that's where the diversity ends? Not at all! You can make burgers from anything, even beets and bulgur. You will be surprised how delicious it is! Cook more and don't stop there!
Making burgers at home is easy! Provided that you have the right ingredients on hand: a couple of buns, good minced meat, vegetables and sauce. Of course, this dish has its secrets. Which ones exactly? Read our article. We have collected for you some interesting and simple recipes for homemade burgers.
The quantity of products indicated in the recipes is based on two pieces.
Jamie Oliver's burger recipe
The famous English restaurateur calls it a “crazy burger” and claims that the method of preparing it is almost a ritual. According to the chef, if you strictly follow the instructions, you can get the perfect combination of flavors. So, homemade burger with mustard and Tabasco sauce.
You will need:
Minced beef – 800 g;
Hamburger buns – 2 pcs;
Red onion – 1 piece;
Gherkins – 2 pcs;
Processed cheese – 2 slices;
Smoked bacon - 5 slices;
Mustard – 4 tsp;
Vinegar.
For the sauce:
Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp;
Ketchup – 1 tbsp;
Tabasco sauce – 1 tsp.
Preparation:
Divide the minced meat into 4 parts and form flat cutlets. Their raw diameter should be 2 cm larger than the diameter of the buns. Place the cutlets in the refrigerator.
Chop the red onion. Pour wine vinegar over it and add salt.
Prepare the sauce: finely chop the lettuce leaves. Mix them in a bowl with mayonnaise, ketchup and Tabasco.
Now you can fry the cutlets. Place them in a frying pan, pour oil, salt and pepper. Press down lightly with a wide spatula. After a minute, turn over and brush the cooked side with mustard and Tabasco. Repeat the process two more times at one minute intervals.
At the same time as the cutlets, fry the bacon slices in a second frying pan until crispy.
After turning the cutlets three times, top them with cheese and bacon. Cover the pan with a lid for 30 seconds - during this time the cheese will melt.
In the pan that contained the bacon, lightly fry the insides of the buns.
Spread the sauce onto the base of the bun. Place the cutlet with cheese and bacon, onions and gherkins. Spread ketchup on the top bun and cover the burger with it, pressing lightly on top.
Wrap the burgers in baking paper for one minute to allow the juices to absorb into the bun.
Hawaiian Teriyaki Burger
A hamburger recipe for pineapple lovers - and more. Spicy, juicy and unusual, it will appeal to everyone who appreciates original flavor combinations.
You will need:
Minced beef – 500 g;
Sesame buns – 2 pcs;
Onion – 1 piece;
Tomato – 1 piece;
Processed cheese – 2 slices;
Canned pineapples – 2 circles;
Green salad – 4 leaves;
Cane sugar – 15 cubes;
Soy sauce – 300 ml;
Wine vinegar – 1 tbsp;
Dried ginger – 2 tsp;
Honey – 2 tbsp;
Mayonnaise – 1 tbsp;
Vegetable oil – 1 tsp.
Preparation:
Let's start with teriyaki sauce. In a saucepan, combine soy sauce, wine vinegar, ginger, oil, honey and sugar. Add half a glass of water and cook over low heat until the sugar and honey are completely dissolved.
Fry pineapple slices in vegetable oil for five minutes on each side.
Make flat cutlets from the minced meat. Place them in the same pan as the pineapples. Fry for three minutes. Turn over, cover with cheese slices and cook for another three minutes.
Cover each cutlet with a pineapple slice.
Prepare the buns: brown them in a greased frying pan until crispy - so that the sauce does not soak the bun.
Spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on the base of the bun. Assemble the burger: lettuce, onion rings, tomato slice, patty with cheese and pineapple. Sprinkle with teriyaki sauce and cover with the other half of the bun.
Vegetarian burger with eggplant
An easy summer recipe for vegetarians - or those who want to try something unusual. We like it for the interesting combination of eggplant and raisins.
You will need:
Eggplants – 2 pcs;
Burger buns – 2 pcs;
Tomato – 1 piece;
Chicken eggs – 2 pcs;
Breadcrumbs – 300 g;
Raisins – 80 g;
Pine nuts – 70 g;
Flour – 70 g;
Yogurt without filler – 1 cup;
Parmesan cheese – 2 slices;
Chilli.
Preparation:
Soak the raisins in a glass of boiling water until they become soft.
For the sauce, mix yogurt and ground chili pepper, add salt.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake the whole eggplant for 30 minutes. Then peel the skin, cut into pieces and grind in a blender.
Mix the resulting eggplant mass with pine nuts.
Form it into burger patties. Dip into beaten egg. Roll in flour and breading.
Fry the cutlets in a frying pan: 2 minutes on each side;
Brown the buns in the oven for 1-2 minutes;
Spread the sauce on the bottom half of the bun. Then comes a circle of tomato, cutlets, raisins and Parmesan. Cover with the other half of the bun. Ready!
Finally, a couple of life hacks that will make your burgers especially delicious. Firstly, minced meat. Don't be lazy and don't buy ready-made ones - make it yourself. Take meat with fat: the lower part of the sirloin, brisket or rib. Let the minced meat be as coarsely ground as possible, then the burgers will be incredibly juicy. Do not add bread, onions, or potatoes to meat. Only salt and pepper, and last.
Secondly, cutlets. To make them the way they should be – juicy, thin, with a toasted crust – use the “smash” technique. Roll the minced meat into 60-70 gram balls. Grease a frying pan with oil and heat it red hot. Place the meat balls in the pan and fry for one minute. Then turn over and press firmly with a metal spatula to form flat cakes. This is a very important point: do not press enough and the cutlet will be thick. Press too hard and it will fall apart in the pan. But if everything is done correctly, the burger will be fried in the fat rendered from the minced meat and covered with a delicious crispy crust.
Thirdly, buns. They are sold in any supermarket. But if you want to do it the traditional way, go to the bakery and grab some brioche. They are made from light, airy dough, making the burger easier to bite into.
Classic American cuisine
Burger recipes with photos have whetted your appetite, but you don’t have any ingredients on hand? Don’t want to bother with minced meat and look for the right buns? Many restaurants in Ufa offer fast home delivery of burgers. One of them is “Gusto”. Place an order and within an hour real American burgers will be on your table.
In the restaurant menu you can choose a burger with chicken and beef, spicy or classic. Fresh and juicy meat. Golden buns baked in a wood-burning oven. Try it - you will like it!
Servings: 3 pcs.
Cooking time: 20 min.
Cuisine: American
Recipe Description
Do you know how to make a hamburger? I didn't even think about it until recently. In general, hamburgers are not my favorite food. But then the need arose, and I had to find out how to make a hamburger at home, and most importantly, how to make flat hamburger patties so that they would not disturb the balance of such a shaky structure as a hamburger. Thank God there is the Internet, so the issue was resolved.
The fact is that my great-nephews came to see me - a boy and... a boy, and another boy. To the question “What should I cook for you?” they said in one voice: “Hamburgers!” I had to cook. And, in my opinion, I did it, although I didn’t have fresh tomatoes on the farm, but unripe persimmons played the role of tomatoes perfectly. And instead of a thin sheet of yellow hard cheese, I had to use soft goat cheese. Total compromises! But it turned out delicious - people approved.
The secret to flat, even patties also turned out to be simple: hamburger patties are made from mixed minced meat (80% beef, 20% pork) with salt and pepper. That's all! No more additives. This solid meat cutlet perfectly holds any shape – including the shape of a flat cake.
To cook hamburgers at home, you need:
- minced pork and beef – 300 g;
- homemade round buns – 3 pcs.;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- tomato (I have persimmon) – 1 pc.;
- hard Russian cheese – 3 thin slices;
- mayonnaise – 3 teaspoons;
- mustard – 1 teaspoon;
- ketchup – 3 teaspoons;
- lettuce leaves – 3 pcs.;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt and ground black pepper - to taste;
- wooden skewers – 3 pcs.
Cooking step by step:
One small unripe persimmon (sweet and sour) replaced my tomato.
We remove the stalk and cut the fruit itself into 6 identical circles - 2 pieces per burger.
The small package of ready-made store-bought minced meat that I had been saving for was quickly defrosted in the microwave.
Divide the minced meat into equal parts, and then form three identical flat cakes about 2 cm thick. Sprinkle each cake with salt and pepper, after which we lightly press and pat the cakes with our hands so that the spices do not fall off during frying.
Heat a cast iron skillet with oil over medium heat. While it is heating, peel the onion and cut into thick slices - you need to get 6 slices.
Fry the onion for about 3-4 minutes, until soft, then turn over, trying to prevent the circles from falling apart, and fry on the other side.
When the onion is fried, remove it to a plate and place the cutlets in the frying pan. We use the frequent turning method: turn the meat patties to the other side every minute. This method helps retain moisture in the minced meat and reduces the time it takes to fry the meat. On average, it took 10 minutes to cook the cutlets.
While the cutlets are frying, cut the buns in half horizontally. Place each bun on a separate plate, after which we grease the halves with a thin layer of mayonnaise and mustard. When the cutlets are fried, remove them directly onto the bun.
Place a thin piece of cheese on top of the meat, maybe a spicy variety. I have soft cheese, similar to cottage cheese. If it’s for children, it’s even better!
Cover the cheese with two slices of tomatoes. I have persimmon.
A real burger is far from fast food. This is a dish with its own canons, where there is considerable scope for culinary imagination. Follow these guidelines and your burgers will be perfect.
- Cook only from fresh meat. Marbled beef is best suited for a burger, but other types of meat can be used. It is only important to maintain the ratio: 80% meat to 20% fat (800 grams of meat - 200 grams of fat).
- Do not buy ready-made minced meat. It is unknown who, how and from what it was made. Grind the meat yourself, but not too much: the minced meat for burgers should be textured.
- Mix the minced meat with your hands. You can even throw it on a board or table. This way, fat, herbs, spices and other ingredients added to the meat will be evenly distributed, and the mixture will become more airy. To prevent the minced meat from sticking to your hands, wet them in cold water.
- To ensure that all burger patties are the same shape and weight, shape them using a pastry ring or use a lid from a large jar. Shallow plastic containers will also work. The main thing is that the cutlet is no thicker than one and a half centimeters and weighs about 200 grams. And don't forget to make a well in the center!
- Try to keep the burger patties slightly larger than the buns. Then the meat is fried to the desired size.
- Keep the cutlets in the refrigerator while you prepare the sauce and chop the remaining ingredients. In the heat, the fat in the minced meat will begin to melt faster than it ends up on the grill, which means the burger will turn out dry.
- Salt the burger patties only before frying. If you add salt directly to the minced meat, sodium chloride will begin to break down the protein bonds, and the meat will acquire a dense texture, similar to sausage. The burger won't be juicy.
- Don't turn the cutlets too often. The less you touch them, the juicier they turn out. First sear the meat in a direct heat area, then move it to the edge of the grill. While frying, lightly press down the cutlet with a spatula. For medium-roasting, six minutes is enough. Readiness can be determined with a special thermometer: the temperature inside the cutlet should be at least 70 °C.
- Collect correctly. First the sauce (on both halves of the bun), then the lettuce (on the lower, smaller half) and finally the cutlet. This way the bread will not get soggy ahead of time.
- Put down your knife and fork and eat your burger with your hands! With both hands. Press it down well, turn it upside down (this way the contents won’t fall out) and enjoy the deliciousness with a juicy cutlet.
Below you will find recipes for burgers for every taste: both traditional ones with beef, and various variations with pork, turkey, fish and seafood.
With chimichurri sauce
yummly.comIngredients
For the burger:
- 1 kg minced beef;
- 6 sesame buns;
- 6 slices smoked Gouda cheese;
- 1 red onion;
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
For the sauce:
- fresh parsley;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 2 tablespoons crushed oregano leaves;
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar;
- ½ cup olive oil;
- 1 teaspoon sea salt;
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper;
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes.
Preparation
Chop a few bunches of parsley and garlic, mix them with the rest of the ingredients for the sauce. Mix thoroughly.
Form into patties, season with salt and pepper and grill. A few seconds before cooking, place the cheese on the cutlets so that it melts.
Place the cutlet on lightly toasted buns, top with chimichurri sauce and add red onion rings.
With salmon, lemon and dill
peasandpeonies.com Ingredients
- 1 kg salmon fillet;
- ½ cup breadcrumbs;
- 4 sesame buns;
- 4 radishes;
- 2 egg whites;
- 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped dill;
- 2 tablespoons Veracha sauce;
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard;
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest;
- ½ teaspoon salt;
- arugula;
- Tzatziki sauce.
Preparation
This is a burger with a fish cutlet - a fishburger. Pass three quarters of the salmon fillet (boneless and skinless) through a meat grinder, cut the rest into small cubes. Mix with egg whites, mustard, breadcrumbs, lemon zest, salt, dill and Veracha sauce. If you don't have the latter on hand, use any other spicy tomato sauce.
Form into patties and grill (about five minutes on each side). You can also fry the cutlets in a frying pan in olive oil.
Warm the buns on the grill and place the finished cutlets on them. Top with sliced radishes, arugula and tzatziki sauce.
Three cheeses
KirkK/flickr.com Ingredients
- 200 g minced beef;
- 1 sesame bun;
- 1 small tomato;
- 1 slice each mozzarella, cheddar and emmental;
- romaine lettuce;
- fried onion;
- salt to taste.
Preparation
The indicated amount of ingredients is enough for one burger.
After forming and salting the cutlet, fry it on the grill. When almost ready, top each with a slice of mozzarella, cheddar and emmental until the cheese has melted. Have time to remove the cutlets from the heat before the cheese begins to bubble and flow.
Assemble the burger: spread homemade mayonnaise on grilled buns, top with romaine lettuce, sliced tomato, and then patty. At the end, garnish everything with fried onions.
(Onion fries are the same as French fries, only in this case the onions are deep fried.)
With pork and mango
familyfoodonthetable.com Ingredients
- 1 kg minced pork;
- burger buns;
- 2 jalapeno peppers;
- 1 small shallot;
- 1 small red onion;
- 1 small mango;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 3 tablespoons lime juice;
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro;
- 1 tablespoon cane sugar;
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce;
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cloves;
- ½ teaspoon salt;
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme;
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes;
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon;
- 2 teaspoons olive oil;
- lettuce leaves.
Preparation
Add crushed peppers (remember to remove the seeds), shallots and garlic, as well as cane sugar, soy sauce, lime juice, cloves, thyme, red pepper and cinnamon to the ground pork. Mix everything thoroughly. Form into cutlets (you will get about six pieces). Fry them in olive oil in a pan or on the grill.
Cut the mango pulp and red onion into cubes, add chopped cilantro and salt. Mix thoroughly.
Assemble the burger: bun - lettuce - patty - dollop of mango salsa - bun.
With blueberry sauce and brie cheese
runningtothekitchen.com Ingredients
For the burger:
- 500 g minced beef;
- 4 burger buns;
- 4 slices of bacon;
- 4 slices brie cheese;
- 1 plate of chopped arugula;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 2 tablespoons of onion powder;
- 1 tablespoon chopped herbs (such as sage and thyme);
- salt and pepper to taste.
For the sauce:
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries;
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar;
- 1 ½ tablespoons cane sugar;
- 1 ½ tablespoons ketchup;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- a dash of Worcestershire sauce.
Preparation
Let's start with the sauce. To prepare it, combine the indicated ingredients (rinse the blueberries, peel and chop the garlic) in a small saucepan and place over low heat. Once boiling, cook for 15 minutes until the sauce thickens.
Mix the minced meat with chopped garlic, onion powder and herbs. Form cutlets and fry them on the grill, immediately before adding pepper and salt to each one. Also grill the bacon.
Buns can be either store-bought or homemade. Read about how to bake universal burger buns.
Half a minute before cooking, place a slice of brie cheese on each cutlet. Place the finished cutlets and bacon slices on buns, pour over blueberry sauce and garnish with arugula.
With turkey and vegetables
Isabelle Boucher/flickr.com Ingredients
- 1 ½ kg ground turkey;
- ¼ cup breadcrumbs;
- ¼ cup chopped onion;
- ¼ cup fresh chopped parsley;
- 2 egg whites;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 1 teaspoon salt;
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper;
- baked vegetables (eggplant, peppers, tomatoes);
- pesto sauce;
- burger buns.
Preparation
Combine minced meat, crackers, onion, parsley, salt, pepper, chopped garlic and egg whites. From this amount of ingredients you will get about 12 cutlets. They and vegetables need to be grilled (about 7 minutes on each side, eggplants, peppers, tomatoes - less).
Brush the buns with pesto and place the cutlets and roasted vegetables on them.
anniesnoms.com Ingredients
- 1.4 kg ground beef;
- 8 burger buns;
- 8 slices cheddar cheese;
- 1 teaspoon salt;
- 1 teaspoon chili powder;
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin;
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano;
- corn chips;
- guacamole;
- salsa sauce;
- sour cream;
- lettuce leaves (optional).
Preparation
Mix the minced meat with salt, chili, cumin, oregano and immediately fry the cutlets (if doing this in the oven, set the temperature sensor to 150 ° C and cook for 15–20 minutes).
Guacamole is a Mexican snack made from avocado pulp. You can buy it in the store or prepare it. Brush the buns with it and place the cutlets and cheese on top. If desired, you can add lettuce leaves.
Pour salsa and sour cream on top, sprinkle with lightly crushed corn (if not, potato) chips. The burger is ready.
With shrimp and aioli sauce
vladmoses/depositphotos.com Ingredients
- 300 g shrimp;
- 100 ml olive oil;
- 4 burger buns;
- 1 tomato;
- 1 cucumber;
- 1 red onion;
- 1 egg yolk;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice;
- ½ teaspoon mustard;
- lettuce and parsley;
- salt to taste.
Preparation
Aioli is a sauce made from garlic and olive oil, popular in the Mediterranean. To prepare it, mix egg yolk, chopped garlic, salt and mustard. Grind until smooth and, without ceasing to stir, add olive oil a little at a time. When the consistency of the sauce becomes similar to mayonnaise, add lemon juice. Mix thoroughly again.
Spread the aioli sauce over the grilled buns, then top them with a lettuce leaf, a slice of tomato, a cucumber, and a couple of onion rings. The final layer should be peeled and grilled shrimp.
With dried apricots
California Bakery/flickr.com Ingredients
- 450 g minced beef;
- 80 g dried apricots;
- 4 burger buns;
- 1 onion;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce;
- 2 tablespoons olive oil;
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro;
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander;
- lettuce;
- salt to taste.
Preparation
Cut half the onion into rings and finely chop the other half. Also chop the garlic and dried apricots. Combine these ingredients with minced meat, soy sauce, cilantro, coriander, salt and pepper. Form cutlets and fry them in olive oil.
Place lettuce, cutlets and onion rings on the buns.
Hawaiian
Chew Out Loud/yummly.com Ingredients
- 1 kg minced beef;
- sesame buns;
- mushrooms (champignons or porcini);
- 1 pineapple;
- 2 tablespoons butter;
- ½ cup teriyaki sauce;
- romaine lettuce;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation
Wash, cut into thin slices, salt, pepper and fry the mushrooms in butter.
Form and grill patties. Don't forget to salt and pepper them before doing this.
Peel the pineapple and cut into rings. Grill it until the characteristic stripes remain. Also lightly toast the buns on the grill.
Pour teriyaki sauce over the buns (read about how to prepare it), place cutlets, mushrooms and pineapple slices on them. Add more sauce and garnish with romaine lettuce.
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No matter how much we talk about the dangers of fast food, the soul still sometimes asks for some kind of burger, but a juicier one. Therefore, if you really have such a desire, then it is better to do it yourself, or ask your significant other. In addition, there are at least 15 recipes that are very tasty!
1. "Bohemian"
Gourmet burger with spinach, mayonnaise, turkey slices, grilled ham, meat patty and gouda cheese. Instead of a traditional bun, it is better to use slices of fresh bran bread.
2. "Uncle Sam"
To make this burger you will need 2 beef patties, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, bacon, ketchup, mayonnaise, red onion and a standard burger bun.
3. "Fire Station"
Spicy burger with hard Italian Provolone cheese, Havarti cheese, beef patty, spicy ham, gherkins, pepperoni, seasoned with ketchup and mayonnaise. All ingredients should be laid out in layers between two halves of the freshest Italian bun.
4. "Miss Daisy"
The most tender burger with French brie cheese, beef patty, apple butter, mustard and spinach, neatly folded between two slices of toasted soft bread.
5. "Robber"
Hearty men's burger with two slices of assorted cheese, ham, beef patty, fried egg, onion rings and BBQ sauce.
6. "Gypsy"
To prepare the Gypsy Burger, you will need mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, beef patty, peppered bacon, fresh cucumbers, red onions, tomatoes, ranch sauce and a toasted bun.
7. "Casanova"
A hearty burger with a beef patty, two slices of different cheeses, ham, fried mushrooms, and thin slices of fried potatoes.
8. "Aunt Millie"
Delicious burger with feta cheese, beef patty, tomatoes, olives, arugula and red onion rings. All ingredients need to be seasoned with Italian sauce and spread between two halves of a bun with poppy seeds.
9. "Farmer John"
To prepare this burger you will need French white bread croutons, a slice of hard cheese, a beef patty, bacon, breaded onion rings, a potato patty and parsley.
10. "Boss"
A delicious burger with a meat patty, a slice of cheese, arugula, ham, red onion, olives, and tomato.
11. "Camelot"
To prepare a knight's burger you will need a fresh bun, Camembert cheese, a meat cutlet, several slices of baked bacon, mayonnaise, tomatoes, fried onions and mushrooms.
12. Crab Louie
Exotic burger with cream cheese, meat patty, crab meat, fried onions, avocado, tomato and lettuce.
13. "Sheboygan"
Gourmet burger with dor blue cheese, meat patty and bacon.
Royal burger with a slice of dor blue cheese, beef patty, watercress leaves, bacon slices and red onion. All ingredients should be seasoned with a sauce of mayonnaise and balsamic vinegar, and spread between two slices of ciabatta.
Well, if you want something special, then you should pay attention to them, which will be good both for a special occasion and on “ordinary” days.