I’ve got a pound and a half of ground chuck in the fridge for supper tomorrow. Who will give me their best hamburger recipe? I want to do them on the grill.
Ground chuck is great for burgers, I like to spray the grids with olive oil (No stick will do)
Preheat as high as you can get it.
Sprinkle with onion powder, salt and pepper prior to grilling.
Sear them for about one minute, flip and then after searing them a second time reduce heat and cover.
Cook 8-12 minutes.
Don't make the mistake of preparing 1/4 pounders, make them about 5 1/2 ounces each.
Take 5 strips of bacon, and cut them crosswise into 14-16 pieces. That's easiest to do if you freeze the slices first. A good sub for that would be 4oz of BH Cappicola cut into strips.
Put them into a dry skillet over medium heat, stir occasionally until browned. Take the bacon from the pan and all but a bit of the bacon fat and then cook half of a meduim white onion diced stir ocassionally until it just starts to brown.
Take the pan off the heat, add your idea of a heavy pinch of salt and a bit more pepper than you would normally use and a large pinch of ground sage.
Mix the onions and the bacon together after they hit room temp or below. Add 1 egg and a heavy table spoon of prepared horseradish, or cocktail sauce.
Mix all that with the ground beef and shape it into patties tonight. Let them chill in the fridge over night.
Let me know how it turns out.
Spread the meet out in a wide mixing bowl. Sprinkle generously with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and finely chopped fresh onion.
Make patties out of the meat/mixture. Make BIG ones by filling the palms of both hands, then flatten them out on a cutting board. Grill them on high heat. Best burger you will ever eat.