How to Keep Hamburgers From Falling Apart
Hamburgers are really easy to make, delicious to eat and a staple at every barbecue. There is no art to making a great burger, but understand that it is the water along with the bread crumbs that creates the proper consistency to keep the hamburgers from falling apart. Here are tips for keeping your hamburger patties together. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Chopped chuck steak
- Bread crumbs
- Raw egg
- Water
- Seasonings
- Ketchup
- Chopped onions
Instructions
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Buy a piece of chuck steak and ask the butcher to grind it for you. Make hamburgers from the chopped meat by adding the ingredients below to the raw meat.
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Add the liquids--ketchup, barbecue sauce or tomato sauce. Slowly add the breadcrumbs. Mix lightly, using either your hands or a wooden spoon until all the ingredients are well blended.
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Check the meat while mixing to make sure that the raw ground beef does not seem to thin, or too thick. If the meat feels too watery add more breadcrumbs, if too thick add more liquids.
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Remember that the first time, it will be a matter of trial and error. The proof will be after the burgers are grilled and do not fall apart.
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Tips & Warnings
Use plain or seasoned bread crumbs depending on your choice.
Make sure that you have a good balance of liquids to dry ingredients for a hamburger to retain its shape when fried or grilled.
Resources
- Photo Credit http://www.justhungry.com/hambaagu-or-hambaagaa-japanese-hamburgers,http://gothamist.com/attachments/goth_nick/2007_05_hamburgers2.JPG,http://bp3.blogger.com/_uOL8vPc-ll4/R7IOWhjBB4I/AAAAAAAAAF0/2apUSQTcov4/s1600-h/hamburgers.JPG,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Patties.jpg
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Comments
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this looks like it would be the worst tasting burger.
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whuebl
Oct 24, 2009
Thank you for your article. There are 7 factorial combinations of items with which you would have us experiment. And that does not include how fine to chop the meat (can we grind it or use ground beef?), how fine to make the bread crumbs nor how fine to dice the onion, if you are using it. So even limiting the number of ingredients to the meat, the bread crumbs and the egg (small medium, large, extra large, jumbo?), it could take quite a while and a lot of hamburgers to come up with the "best." Again, thank you for this article... thought provoking!
