How do you make good hamburgers?

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
1) Start with decent meat. About 80/20 is perfect. Don't go leaner, the juice is important to the taste. Make 4-5 ounce patties
2) DO NOT mix bread crumbs, worchestshire sauce, A1, onion soup mix or anything else into the meat. You're making a burger, not a damn meatloaf.
3) Get the grill hot
4) Put meat on grill, season lightly with salt and pepper and then LEAVE IT ALONE. Do not move it, press it down or play with it. Let it cook for about 4 minutes
5) Flip in ONCE with tongs or a spatula. NOT A FORK.
6) Season the other side lightly with salt and pepper and again, LEAVE IT ALONE for about 4 minutes.
7) Remove from the grill and let it rest a minute or two before serving.

That's all you need to do to get a perfect burger. The less you do to it the better, you're trying to get a nice crust on the outside with a quick sear to keep the juices inside. Anything you do to it during the cooking process makes that harder, so other than the single flip halfway through don't touch it.

Listen to this man.

Yea good advice definitely. I only disagree with the sauce thing. I love worcheshire sauce in my burgers....just a dash on each side.

As a note if cooking burgers on a george foreman(like me as a college kid without access to real grill) DONT close the lid on the grill. Cook one side at a time once the grill is preheated and hot. Helps sear the juices in. When the lid is closed it squeezes alot of flavor out.