I make burgers once a week for the fam and they demand smash burgers. I think I’ve done what I can with them and need to try something new. What do you recommend?

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Beyond.

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Start here: [www.pinterest.com]

... my own personal thing with burgers is that I love "copies" of what some restaurants do. Here are a couple of examples:


(Recipe for their #4 here: [raisedonaroux.com])

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Gordon Ramsay's tutorial: [www.youtube.com]

You might be surprised how much better a burger can be with just a
smidge of butter in the mix. I add 2oz Kerrygold to a pound of ground Angus sirloin.
1# ground Angus sirloin
2oz Kerrygold
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 Tbsp Garlic powder
Fresh Ground Black Pepper
pinch of sea salt
Cooked in a cast iron grill pan

another variant:
Gordon's 10 Millionth YouTube Subscriber Burger

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I had successful reviews of "meatloaf burgers"

and Taco Burgers (spiced with Taco Seasoning)

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I’ve started using Ball Park buns with seeds. I spread them with butter and toast them in a skillet. I use Swiss cheese, dill pickles, Hellman’s, Heinz mustard, and grilled or very thinly sliced onions. I use a conventional beef patty. So there’s no tomato or lettuce, although you could use them if you want to. There seems to be a higher meat-to-other stuff ratio, yet they can be flattened and it’s easy to maintain the burger’s integrity.

Oh, and I add garlic powder to the meat. And S and P.



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Beyond + Bacon + Roasted Peppers + Avocado + Toasted Onion Bun + Horseradish Mustard

Thats my current favorite jam.

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Never heard of a smash burger before.

My burgers usually have chopped, grilled portobello mushrooms, avocado, dijon mustard, tomato, sweet onion, blue cheese, and then either a very high quality sourdough roll with a crisp crust, or toasted french bread for the bun. The meat can be either beef (though I'm trying to get away from that for environmental reasons) or impossible burger.

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Gordon Ramsay's tutorial: [www.youtube.com]

Ive watched this many times --as have others, 65 million views.

Hes also now doing 10 minute meals on yt, they look great.

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Here's my smashburger method - [www.seriouseats.com]

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Smashing just creates so much mess that I don't do it. Broiling does a pretty good imitation of the outdoor grill indoors. Although that's not wothout clean up either.



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mattkime
Here's my smashburger method - [www.seriouseats.com]

That'll work. It looks good. I like a good smashburger. It just needs a crust to form.

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Sarcany
Beyond.

That's not a burger.

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Sarcany
Beyond.

That's not a burger.

It's ambrosia.

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freeradical

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Sarcany
Beyond.

That's not a burger.

Wrong again. At least you're consistent.

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Ok, this one's off in left field, but it works really well for me, and always leaves me feeling amazingly satiated.

1/3 high quality ground beef (chuck/sirloin/short rib/your pick)
1/3 ground beef heart
1/3 ground beef liver
1 small onion per pound of hamburger mix, sliced/diced and fried in red wine
1.5 tsp allspice per pound of liver that's in the hamburger mix-the allspice is magic at taking away the "nastiness" of the liver flavor.
Salt/peper to taste.

Broil/griddle to medium rare or medium.

I LOVE this recipe.

Use ground chuck.

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Speedy
Use ground chuck.

Only if it contains a decent amount of fat; much of the chuck I've seen can be rather lean.

What PeterB said 5000 times over. Bud's is an amazing burger joint and I miss going there.

Also this: [smile.amazon.com]

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My two favorite variations are;

Blue Cheese burger... crumbled blue cheese mixed in with the ground chuck.

and

A "ranch" burger (no idea why it's called that... it was on a menu at a cafe in San Francisco about 25 years ago..).
Put a fried egg on the burger. Level of doneness up to you... a runny yolk is delicious, but a big mess to eat. Issue extra napkins.

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Once in a while I add roasted poblano to my burger.
Goes well with Monterey Jack.
Charcoal grilled is a must.



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Concur with above that we've been pleasantly surprised with the Impossible burger cooking at home.

You could give this a try: [thebobsburgerexperiment.com]
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Talked to a guy in the store this fall buying pineapple . Asked if he was going to grill them . Said he chopped them up and mixed them in his hamburger patties .

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Talked to a guy in the store this fall buying pineapple . Asked if he was going to grill them . Said he chopped them up and mixed them in his hamburger patties .

Pineapple is for topping pizza with.