Everyone wants to sink their teeth in the juiciest classic, restaurant style hamburgers.Well, now you can make those juicy hamburgers in your kitchen. But you will have to skip the prepackaged stuff and prepare everything from a scratch.This means that your hamburger is going to be that much more delicious!
Health benefits
A hamburger is high-protein packed food item that can provide up to 60% of daily protein requirement. A whole wheat bun can provide you with necessary fiber that can help improve digestion. The veggies in a hamburger are a useful source of different vitamins and minerals. A delicious hamburger is considered to be a complete meal in the US.
Ingredients
minced lean beef: 1 lb
large egg: 1
cup of finely chopped onions: 1/2
cup of fine dried bread crumbs: 1/4
tablespoon of Worcestershire: 1
minced cloves garlic, without skin: 2
teaspoon of salt: 1/4
teaspoon of pepper: 1/4
hamburger buns, split and fresh: 4
cup of mayonnaise: 1/4
cup of ketchup: 1/4
iceberg lettuce leaves, rinsed and fresh: 4
large ripped tomato, finely sliced: 1
thin slices of red onion: 4
How To Make Classic Hamburger
- Take a large bowl, mix minced beef, egg, chopped onion, chopped garlic, salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce until they are well-blended.
- Make 4 equal sized patties of about 4 inches wide.
- Now grill the patties on an oiled barbeque grill until they turn brown from the inside.
- Lay the buns, cut side down, on grill and cook until lightly toasted, for about a minute.
- Spread mayonnaise and ketchup on the buns as per your taste
- Put a layer of tomatoes onions and lettuce.
- Then place the cooked Pattie on the top and enclose it with the top bun.
Note: you can add different veggies, sauces or any other toppings you may like.
Trivia
- The name hamburger is derived from the city Hamburg. Therefore, the ‘ham’ in hamburger doesn’t mean pork meat.
Around 60 million hamburgers are eaten by Americans annually which translates to three burgers a week for every single person in the United States.