Replicate this fast food favourite: classic beef hamburgers with homemade sauce.
Burgers always seem like a lot of effort, but realistically, you could have these on your table within 15 minutes. That falls into the category of fast food, surely! I love to make burgers for an easy weekend dinner or when we have people over to watch the football. Whenever you want something delicious and satisfying, but don't want to spend half the evening in the kitchen watching the oven or the stove. Hamburgers can also be adapted to suit everyone's taste preferences too, so that's a win-win in my books!
In the past I've added everything but the kitchen sink to my burger patty mix. Diced onions, minced garlic, breadcrumbs, an egg, different herbs and spices... and look, there's nothing wrong with that at all. It always makes for a good patty. But lately I've found that keeping it really basic works best! All your fancy ingredients can be added as burger fillings, it's not necessary to whack them into the patty! After this revelation, I seriously cut down prep time and had burgers on the table in a flash.
These patties are freezable as well - season them and form them into patty shapes then layer them in an airtight container with sheets of greaseproof paper in between so they don't stick together. If you're feeling burgers for dinner, bring out your desired number of patties from the freezer and into the fridge before you go to work, and they're ready to whack straight on to the grill when you get home for the day.
Hope you enjoy!
Andrea 🍔
Classic Hamburger
Ingredients
- 600 g beef mince
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- Olive oil spray
- 6 hamburger buns
- 6 slices burger cheese or cheddar cheese
- Cos lettuce leaves separated
- Tomato sliced
- Red onion sliced
- Pickles
Burger sauce
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoon chopped gherkins
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- Pinch of black pepper
Instructions
- To make the burger patties, season mince with salt and pepper and mix to combine. Divide into six portions and form into patties.
- Spray olive oil over a grill pan or barbeque set to high heat. Add patties and cook for 3-4 minutes on one side before flipping.
- Once flipped, add a slice of cheese to each patty. Cook for a further three minutes until cheese has melted. Remove from heat.
- Slice bread rolls in half and place both halves, cut side down, on to grill or barbeque until toasty.
- To make the sauce, whisk all ingredients together.
- To assemble, place a spoonful of burger sauce on the bottom half of the burger bun. Top with lettuce, followed by beef patty with cheese, sliced tomato, red onion and pickles.
- Add an additional spoonful of dressing to the top half of the burger bun and place on top. You're ready to serve!
Notes
- I used regular burger buns for this recipe however brioche buns will also work.
- I have not included any ingredient amounts for the salads - you can put as much or as little on as you'd like.
Looking for more weekend entertaining recipes? Try my fish burgers with homemade tartare sauce or my lamb and feta sausage rolls.
