How to Make Hamburger Patties

Making hamburger patties is not just about slapping the hamburg around and squashing it into a burger. After following these tips, you can say goodbye to crumbly tasteless hamburgers.

It must be thin enough to cook fast, thick enough to stay juicy, hold together, and have flavor to make the eater eat the very last bite.

If you are up to the challenge to make the best hamburger patties, continue on to learn the secrets of a hamburger fanatic. The next time you make your burgers, they will be perfect-o!

Things You'll Need

• Wax paper
• Hamburgers
• Grill Mates Hamburger seasoning
• Plain bread crumbs

Instructions

1. Start with choosing your hamburg. This recipe will be using 2lbs of uncooked hamburger, but you can adjust the amount as needed. Purchase 80% hamburg. Don't buy the lean hamburg for hamburger patties. You need flavor of the higher fat content to make the burgers tasty.

2. Add 1/2 cup of plain bread crumbs and 2 teaspoons of McCormick's Grill mates hamburger seasoning. If you don't have the hamburger seasoning, you should resolve to go try it. It really is optimized to season the hamburgers perfectly.

3. Mix this mixture lightly, it's easier to use your hands, but you can use a large spoon instead. The goal is to mix as little as possible. As soon as the hamburg is mixed well enough, stop and don't overwork the meat.

4. Next shape your patties. You can use a hamburger press, or this method:

   Take your sheet of wax paper and dump out all the hamburger that was in the bowl. Lightly press it out until you have a sheet of meat, around 3/4" thick. Choose a cutter, for the right size burgers (try a large glass) and then cut out the hamburger patties like you would cookies.

5. Time to cook. For pan frying-
   Put a little oil in your fry pan, just enough to insure the hamburg doesn't stick. Heat up your pan then add the burgers. Cook on medium heat for 4 minutes each side. Test with a thermometer and make sure the center rises to 165 degrees.

6. Now the hamburger patties are ready to be dressed in ketchup, mustard, and all your other favorite hamburg condiments.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't press down burgers while cooking

• Before cooking, make a small imprint with the bottom of the glass in the middle of each burger, to keep them from curing up.