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This recipe turns basic hamburgers into the best hamburgers!

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 3

Yield: 3 or 4 hamburger patties

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Submitted by Steve & Jonathan

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DESCRIPTION

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This recipe turns basic hamburgers into the best hamburgers!

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INGREDIENTS

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DIRECTIONS

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Mix the ground beef and all the ingredients (except oil and cheese). Form into 3 equally sized balls. You can make them into 4 if you want smaller patties. Flatten balls into patties about 1/2 inch thickness or less and put a slight depression in the center of each one. This process works best if you wear disposable nitrile gloves to mix and form the hamburgers by hand. The depression in the middle will keep your hamburgers flatter as the depression will mostly disappear when cooking.

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Prepared hamburger patties, ready to cook
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Grill Cooking

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Pre-heat the grill by turning on all the burners to high for about 10 minutes. The grill temperature should be between 400-500 degrees Fahrenheit. Carefully place the hamburgers on the grill and leave the temperature on high for 3 to 4 minutes, keeping the burgers directly over the flames. Then, turn the heat down to medium (about 350 degrees) using indirect heat (not directly over flames.) Cook for another 3 to 6 minutes until burgers are cooked. See the cooking tips below for help on determining when they are done.

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Pan Frying

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Place about one tablespoon of cooking oil in a frying pan and turn on high heat until oil is heated. Avocado oil works best because it has a high smoke point, but olive oil or canola oil will work too. Carefully place hamburgers into the pan. Turn heat down to medium high and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Then flip the hamburgers and cook for another 3 to 6 minutes. See the cooking tips below for help on determining when they are done.

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Hamburger Cooking Tips

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The amount of time it takes to cook a hamburger depends on the thickness of the patty and the temperature at which it’s cooked. If you open the grill to check, then the temperature will go down. Typically hamburgers are cooked with the grill cover closed. If you are cooking without a cover, allow for extra cooking time. When frying, typically the hamburgers are not covered.

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A good way to check if a hamburger is done is to press slightly on the center of the hamburger and see the color of the juices that appear. Don’t press too hard or too often because you want as many juices to stay in as possible. If the juices come out red, it’s not done. If they are slightly pink, they might be close to being done. If they are clear, it’s done. If you want to melt cheese on top, add the cheese when the juices are slightly pink as you will need to cook the hamburgers for another minute or two while melting the cheese.

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Get in the habit of checking the time when you put the hamburgers on the grill, when you flip them, and when you take them off. After you cook enough hamburgers you may be able to tell if they are done and avoid pressing on them, or worse yet cutting into one to see if it’s done. If you cut into one, then you keep track of that one because it’s going to be yours!

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Also consider that when you take the hamburgers off the grill or out of the pan, they are still very hot and will continue to cook for a minute or so. If your hamburgers continue to be overcooked (too dried out), next time consider removing them before they are fully cooked.

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