How to Make the Perfect Homemade Hamburger

Here is a recipe for making that perfect old-fashioned homemade hamburger that’s spicy and tasty and keeps you hungering for more. You can serve these burgers in a bun or just by themselves with potatoes and veggies. They are delicious and really easy to make.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 2 pounds of lean hamburger meat
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ cup of breadcrumbs
• 1 tsp. salt
• Fresh ground pepper to taste
• 1 packet of meatloaf mix
• ½ tsp. of garlic powder
• ½ tsp. of onion salt
• ½ cup of breadcrumbs – keep in separate bowl to the side

How to Make the Perfect Homemade Hamburger

1. Mix spices, meatloaf mix and bread crumbs together.
2. Add meat and kneed together until everything is thoroughly mixed in.
3. Add more bread crumbs if meat mixture is too pasty or
   add teaspoons of milk if meat mixture is too dry.
4. Roll meat dough into a tube shape about eight inches long.
5. Slice into patties of about one inch thick or thinner if you prefer.
6. Cover each patty with breadcrumbs from the bowl that remained separate.
7. Place meat patties into hot frying pan and cook on medium to low heat with a tiny bit of water. Do not burn. Turn patties over often. When they are completely cooked, brown as desired.

Tips & Warnings

• To spice up patties, you can add diced onions to the meat mixture to taste or add diced onions to the frying pan after the patties are cooked just as you are going to brown them.