What Makes Up The Perfect Burger

[Mendoza]

YEAH! Do it!!! x

You CHAV MArcus!!

I have just made my patties and they are chilling in the fridge until full time of the France Romania game

Mince, egg white, soy sauce, worcester sauce, salt, pepper, crushed chillies and a splash of Reggae Reggae

This is going to be immense!!

 

[challengechappers]

best burger i ever had was on the Great Ocean Road, Australia. pineapple and beetroot sliced with it. sounds crap and i can never persuade anyone to try it.........but it's magic !

 

[defrocked priest]

I go one better. Buy chuck from the butcher, grind it myself, minced onion,S&P,Worchester,tabasco. Bring the 6-7 oz patties to room temp before grilling.Make sure the que is hot, grill one side three minutes,then the other three minutes,never play with them or double flip.Garnish with,lettuce,garden tomatees,sliced kosher pickles,slice of stilton,and HP sauce. Marvelous!

 

[Son of a hillbilly]

My suggestion? anything and I mean ANYTHING not related with Mcdonalds (speak of the obvious)

 

[defrocked priest]

My suggestion? anything and I mean ANYTHING not related with Mcdonalds

Are you a MK Dons supporter?...

 

[the hitman]

simple, cheese, bacon and mayo.

 

[Son of a hillbilly]

Are you a MK Dons supporter?...

Course not, The cow pat/vomit/galbladder/organs mixture is tempting but seeing my little cousins addiction to the wii and fast food and the hatred of vegetables has put me off

 

[See-Goals]

I started making my own burgers a few years ago and wouldn't dream of buying them ready made up (except maybe the butchers). Its so easy.

My favourites are:

Mexican Burger...
Red onion
Roasted red pepper
Fresh chili
paprika
cayenne pepper

And try this on for size...

Salmon Burgers
Salmon Fillets
Shallot
Fresh Basil Leaves
salt pepper, egg white, breadcrumbs

Served on lightly toasted ciabatta with a topping of rocket and a chilled bowl of mayo mixed with a little more chopped basil, lemon juice and garlic

 

[defrocked priest]

I started making my own burgers a few years ago and wouldn't dream of buying them ready made up (except maybe the butchers). Its so easy.

My favourites are:

Mexican Burger...
Red onion
Roasted red pepper
Fresh chili
paprika
cayenne pepper

And try this on for size...

Salmon Burgers
Salmon Fillets
Shallot
Fresh Basil Leaves
salt pepper, egg white, breadcrumbs

Served on lightly toasted ciabatta with a topping of rocket and a chilled bowl of mayo mixed with a little more chopped basil, lemon juice and garlic

Not bad but I do fancy my lamb burgers with garlic, dijon and fresh tarragon.

 

[Easy 10]

I started making my own burgers a few years ago and wouldn't dream of buying them ready made up (except maybe the butchers). Its so easy.

My favourites are:

Mexican Burger...
Red onion
Roasted red pepper
Fresh chili
paprika
cayenne pepper

And try this on for size...

Salmon Burgers
Salmon Fillets
Shallot
Fresh Basil Leaves
salt pepper, egg white, breadcrumbs

Served on lightly toasted ciabatta with a topping of rocket and a chilled bowl of mayo mixed with a little more chopped basil, lemon juice and garlic

Good stuff. Creative. I like your style.
You can bring your burgers to my barbie anytime.

 

[Marc]

ALSO for my homemade burgers with homegrown chillies I shall be making some Chilli Sauce & Chili Cooking Oil...for other foods without chillies of course otherwise it might be abit of an overload, its ALL about the Chillies this year!

 

[Mendoza]

A great burger was had whilst watching a great game at the Euros, a marvellous Monday night all round

Slightly disappointed by the bread on offer in Sainos after 5pm, but some nice taste the difference roll, filled with streaky bacon, the homemade burger as posted before, gherkin, tomato, red onion, baby leaf salad, and a slight spreading of mayo and ketchup

Accompanied by some skinny fries and a PINT of Ribena

Good Times

 

[Billy the Fish]

What mince does everyone use? I might have go at this.

 

[defrocked priest]

What mince does everyone use? I might have go at this.

Chuck, which is the beefs neck or shoulder clod.

 

[clapham_gull]

As for making your own burgers, you only need one ingredient really..

.. Minced Beef, plus salt and pepper.

Don't add egg or even worse breadcrumbs. The meat will quite happily bind together by itself.

I add a dash of Worcestershire Sauce.

If you want to add onion, make sure it is very finely chopped and fried (to soften in olive oil first), since raw onion will discolour the meat. Add the onion after it has cooled to the raw meat.

Best cooked on a very hot griddle or a fying pan with a metal handle you can stick in the oven to finish it off - you want a flame grilled taste, so best use the oven as well else you will set your fire alarm off.

Cook one side (it will smoke like f*ck), flip it over and finish it in the oven, if you like your burger thick.

Tips

1) Don't put oil in the pan - put the oil on the burger before putting it in a dry pan.

2) Buy the best lean mince you can get (or mince some meat yourself).

All the fat will run out of cheap mince so it's a false economy.

3) Remember to make your raw burger wider than the bun. The burger will shrink when cooked.

Lastly, best tip for burgers you will ever get...

4) To check you have the seasoning right, cook a small blob of the mixture first. Nothing worse than cooking the burgers then finding they are tasteless.

As for everything else, I would go for a nutty cheese that melts nicely like emmental (Chedder is rubbish for burgers)

Raw onion, lettuce, tomato and proper heinz ketchup.

 

[BensGrandad]

No such thing as a perfect burger but the nearest I have come to it was from a burger bar in LA, can't remember the name but it is world famous for the fact that it has never closed since it was opened at the end of the 2nd World War. I am sure somebody will give me the name of it. Went there en route to Las Vegas to watch Lennox Lewis and David Tua fight.

 

[desprateseagull]

a good quality beef, or minted lamb patty, is essential.

raw o fried onions,

ketchup.

and a bun, natch..

anything else is a waste of time.

 

[sureyyathegodofthephonein]

dere is dis restaurant who does fried eggs in burgers now dat i like you shoud try with bacon and cheese

 

[Easy 10]

dere is dis restaurant who does fried eggs in burgers now dat i like you shoud try with bacon and cheese

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Tarragon tip - blanch it very briefly and drain it very thoroughly before you use it raw. It takes the slightly metallic edge off (tip I was given by the magnificent philanderer John Burton Race).