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Classic Homemade Burger
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Classic Homemade Burger

A juicy, perfect homemade burger with freshly ground beef, melted cheese and all the fixings. The best you've ever made.

⏱ 25 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

  1. 1
    Mix the ground meat with the paprika, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
  2. 2
    Divide the mixture into 4 flat round patties, 2 cm thick.

To assemble

  1. 3
    Heat the heavy skillet over high heat and drizzle the olive oil over it.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
    💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
  2. 4
    Grill the meatballs 3–4 minutes per side, until they are cooked to medium.
    Stove
    💡Don't press the patties with a spatula or flip them more than once: the juices run out and the patty dries out or falls apart. It releases from the pan once the underside is browned.
  3. 5
    In the last minute of grilling, place a slice of cheese on each patty.
  4. 6
    Halve the buns and toast them on the pan.
    Knife
  5. 7
    Spread the mayonnaise and mustard on the buns.
  6. 8
    Arrange the lettuce and tomatoes in each bun, and top with a hot patty and a little of the fried onion. Serve with homemade fries.
758calories
38 gprotein
42 gcarbs
47 gfat
● protein 21%● carbs 23%● fat 57%

Per serving (314 g), of 4 servings

For the Meatball mix · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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