What is your favourite burger recipe?

[stellar_muddle]

So, what is your favourite burger recipe?

An average home made burger pattie here involves:
mince
diced onion
garlic
worchestershire sauce
egg
rolled oats/breadcrumbs
tomato sauce/BBQ sauce/possibly sweet chilli sauce
(this time has periperi seasoning in and a bit of cajun seasoning, have used mixed herbs previously)

Mix up, let sit for a while, then fry up. Often works for two nights in a row, with the advantage that if you didn't quite get the mix right the first night, the remaining half that was refrigerated overnight can be adjusted the next night.

Bread works, buns can also work. Not fussed really. Often toasted.

Other things in burger:
cheese (grated or sliced and grilled on often nice)
sliced pineapple
lettice (if any around)
maybe sliced tomato
bbq sauce/tomato sauce

NOT:
beetroot

Your hamburger preferences/rules?

Comments

[pepperbeast.livejournal.com]

Patties contain
mince (venison if available, otherwise lamb, beef, etc)
grated raw onion OR fried onion (I *hate* large bits of raw onion)
egg
crumbs or rolled oats or bulgar or matzoh meal
"seasonings" (varies wildly-- some combination of Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, salt, pepper, cumin, nutmeg, thyme... and probably several other possibilities)

On the actual finished burger, I like some combination of lettuce (any kind), tomatoes, cucumbers, mint raita, mayonnaise, cheese, ketchup, HP sauce, A1 sauce, cooked mushrooms... and maybe some of Meredith's carrot pickles.

I don't like beetroot or pineapple, and even though I really like eggs, I think a burger with an egg on is overkill-- so I fail KIWI 105 (Takeaway Foundations).

[dragonermine.livejournal.com]

ya know, if you put a piece of ice in the middle of the patty when cooking it, it keeps it moist. DC found that tip somewhere. I don't know how he makes his patties but they are yummy.

[pepperbeast.livejournal.com]

That's a good tip-- 'tho for eating in a bun, I make them only 1cm thick (they contract during cooking, making them the right size and thickness).