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Juicy Homemade Hamburger
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Juicy Homemade Hamburger

A juicy homemade hamburger with the perfect patty. Easy to make and better than any fast-food place.

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

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

  1. 1
    Mix the ground meat with the onion, garlic, paprika, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
  2. 2
    Divide the mixture into 4 flat round patties, 2.5 cm thick. Press your thumb into the center of each patty so it doesn't puff up as it cooks.

To assemble

  1. 3
    Heat a grill pan over high heat and grease lightly.
    ⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveGrill pan
    💡A very thin layer of fat, with the excess wiped off with paper towel: too much fat gives spots and fried edges.
  2. 4
    Fry the meatballs 4–5 minutes per side, until they are done to your liking.
    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
    Halve the buns and toast them on the grill pan for 1 minute.
    Knife
  4. 6
    Spread the mayonnaise on the buns.
  5. 7
    Arrange the lettuce and tomatoes in each bun, and top with a hot patty and the red onion. Serve immediately with homemade fries.
721calories
34 gprotein
47 gcarbs
42 gfat
● protein 19%● carbs 27%● fat 54%

Per serving (367 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)
  • Grill pan · Also works: Cast-iron pan (No grill marks) · Charcoal grill (Outdoors) · Broiler (Broiler)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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