Hamburger Recipes anyone?

I'm looking for some great hamburger recipes to liven up ';hamburger day'; (every Friday)Hamburger Recipes anyone?
There are lots of alternatives, but you may be limited to what you have on hand in your refrigerator, freezer and pantry. I'd like to recommend a tool on kraftfoods.com that can help you come up with some new ideas for hamburger day that don't require a trip to the grocery store.





The ';Make it Now'; tool lets you enter 3 ingredients, then you get suggested recipes that all have those ingredients. That way, your dinner recommendations make sense with what you have on hand or what you're craving. You'll find the tool in the upper left hand side of this page:http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/Dinner/





For example, if you enter ';ground beef, rice and cheese'; you'll get 17 ideas using these 3 ingredients. Good luck!Hamburger Recipes anyone?
Basic Ingredients:


Any amount of Ground beef (I prefer 80/20)


Breadcrumbs


1 egg


Then gather whatever else you want to put in it.


I want this particular batch to be spicy and sweet so I will also be adding:


Worcestershire Sauce


Tabasco Sauce


Crushed Red Pepper


You can put almost anything into a burger, from peanut butter to fresh salsa to cheese. Experiment! What do you usually add TO your burger? Throw in some diced onions, peppers, even ketchup!





STEP 1 - Wash your hands and your countertop and plop a brick of your favorite thawed ground meat down on it. (Ground beef is being used above)





STEP 2 - Flatten and spread the ground hamburger meat so there is more surface area exposed.





STEP 3 - Add the egg along with whatever other ingredients you will be using. In the above picture I have added the egg, Tabasco sauce, worcestershire sauce, and a generous amount of crushed red pepper. No bread crumbs yet.





STEP 4 - Begin mixing all of the ingredients into the meat by folding the hamburger meat over itself and working it together with your hands. Fold and press.





STEP 5 - Continue kneading the hamburger meat mixture until you are satisfied that the ingredients are evenly distributed.





STEP 6 - Flatten the hamburger meat mixture against the counter once again.





STEP 7 - Lightly cover the top of the hamburger meat mixture with breadcrumbs and then mix it into the meat in the same way that you just did the other ingredients. The amount of breadcrumbs will vary from batch to batch depending on the amount of liquid ingredients you add. The idea here is to get the meat to a consistency where it holds together really well but is not overly wet or dry. When you can work a piece into a tight ball and plop it down on the counter without it deforming too much or breaking then you've got the right mix.





STEP 8 - Work the hamburger meat mixture into a symmetrical 'ball'.








STEP 9 - Split the ball up into equal sized portions. These will be your patties so decide how big you want your burgers to be. You can do this by hand or with a large knife. I find the knife is easier to get a good separation with.





STEP 10 - Take each hamburger meat portion and work it into a tight ball. Cup the meat between your hands and squeeze it as hard as you can to pack it together tightly.





STEP 11 - Once you have a tight ball of meat in your hand, slowly work it between your palms into a flat, patty shape. If the edges start to split, use the crease in the center of the palm of your hand to 'pinch' and work them back together. I always make more than I am planning on immediately cooking, so the extra hamburgers can fit between sheets of wax paper and then into a freezer bag to be frozen for later.














STEP 12 - Cook up some of these burgers using your favorite method, and serve on a toasted bun with the condiments of your choice. Mmmmmmm. I generally either use my trusty George Foreman or the outside BBQ.








Wow, was that some easy stuff, huh? Go ahead an experiment! Questions? Comments? Have a killer hamburger recipe you want me to add to the site? I can be reached at the following address:
Pimento Cheese Burgers








Ingredients


Pimento Cheese:


1 cup shredded extra-sharp Cheddar, room temperature


1/3 cup shredded Monterey jack, room temperature


3 tablespoons mayonnaise, room temperature


2 tablespoons cream cheese, room temperature


2 ounces jarred diced pimento peppers, drained


1 tablespoon bread and butter pickle juice


1/2 tablespoon horseradish sauce


1 teaspoon yellow mustard


Honey Slaw:


2 tablespoons mayonnaise


1 tablespoon honey


1 1/4 cups shredded cabbage


8 slices thick-cut applewood smoked bacon


Patties:


1 1/4 pounds ground chuck


1/4 pound cured and smoked country ham, finely chopped (or chopped in a food processor)


1/4 teaspoon kosher salt


1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper


4 potato hamburger buns, split


1/2 cup crushed kettle-cooked plain potato chips


Directions


Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.





To prepare Pimento Cheese, in a medium mixing bowl, combine Cheddar and Jack cheeses, mayonnaise, cream cheese, pimento peppers, pickle juice, horseradish sauce, and mustard; mix until well combined.





To prepare Honey Slaw, in a small mixing bowl combine mayonnaise, honey, and cabbage; mix until well combined.





Heat a 12-inch nonstick grill pan over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook until the bacon is crispy, about 5 minutes, flipping once. Drain on paper towels. Pour off almost all of the bacon fat from the pan, leaving a very thin layer.





To make the patties, combine the beef, country ham, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Handling the meat as little as possible to avoid compacting it, mix well. Divide the mixture into 4 equal portions and form into patties to fit the buns.





Using the same grill pan as before, cook the hamburgers over medium-high heat for 3 minutes per side or until cooked medium rare.





Meanwhile, place buns on a rack in the oven. Bake for 3 to 5 minutes. Also, place the plates that the burgers will be served on in the oven to heat.





To assemble the burgers, spread a generous amount of Pimento Cheese on the cut sides of the buns. On each bun bottom (on top of the Pimento Cheese), place a thin layer of Honey Slaw. Top the slaw with a burger patty, 2 slices of bacon, and crushed potato chips. Add the bun tops. Place the completed hamburgers on a nonstick baking sheet and bake in the oven for 1 minute. Serve burgers on warm plates.
Here's a recipe for Italian hambugers! You can try it out! :)





2-3 lbs ground sirloin or ground chuck


Kraft sliced American cheese


1 medium bell pepper


1 medium onion


1 jar Boston market brown gravy


flour


1 15 oz can Hunt's tomato sauce


1 15 oz can Hunt's diced tomatoes


Minute Rice


3 tablespoons cooking oil


salt and pepper





Make thin hamburger patties (in even numbers two patties will make one hamburger).


Fold a piece of Kraft cheese into a square and place in the middle of one patty. Place another patty on top of the cheese filled patty. Knead together to make one big patty.





Dice onion and bell pepper, set aside. In electric skillet or large black iron skillet, add oil; brown hamburger patties on both sides, place on paper towels to drain.





Using the oil in the pan, make a thick brown gravy with flour and water, add salt and pepper to taste. Add jar of Boston Market Brown Gravy, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, chopped onion and green pepper, stir well and simmer for approximately 15 minutes.





Return hamburgers to sauce, cover and cook on low heat for approximately 1 hour, stirring frequently.





Make Minute Rice for the appropriate number of servings.





Place one hamburger on each serving of rice, cover with sauce mixture.





Goes well with fresh green beans or English peas and rolls.
Any dish that is made with ground beef can be made into a hamburger. For instance, instead of making a meat loaf, form the meat mixture into patties and serve as burgers with your topping (either mushroom soup or, my favorite, ketchup mixed with brown sugar %26amp; black pepper) as the sauce for the burger. One could also do this with taco meat - just mix a packet of taco seasoning in with the raw meat, form into patties, and serve with cheddar cheese, jalapenos, etc.
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Simple is always good I just buy the already ground :)





And I has some garlic, onion, powder, and some pepper ENJOY!!














Try with basil spread


1 package of fresh basil


1 cup of mayo


small garlic clove


a little olive oil just to thin it out








Blend basil in food processor or blender then add garlic and mayo adn a little oil to get it a right spreading consistency
Keeping it somewhat simple is my idea, but with a twist.





Season the ground beef or turkey with garlic and onion powder and Italian seasoning. A little kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Make two very flat patties.





Take cooked onions, mushrooms and a slice of swiss (or provolone) cheese and put it between the 2 thin patties and seal the edges. Then grill them. After letting them rest all that good stuff is inside and in every bite.
This is my recipe for hamburger and my family loves it very much.


1-1/2 lb. ground beef,


3 eggs,


1/2 cup of ketchup,


bread crumbs.


mix them all together and let put in the ref. for 1 or 2 hours


then shape them and cook it.





Just add those, tomatoes, lettuce onions and


hamburger bun, mustard, mayonnaise when u eat.
Try adding a package of Lipton Onion Soup mix to your meat for great Onion burger without the tears..





Or add a package of Hidden Vally Ranch Dip for delicious Ranch Burgers.





Or the simple one, my brother add Worchester sauce, Smoke Sauce and a small amt of BBQ sauce and frys it up.





Hope that helps!!
Fridays are my steak day! But burgers are yummy too.


Maybe I'll grill some tomorrow....





I like to mix in a little dijon mustard. (don't go overboard). Also, get some blue cheese crumbles and mix it in with the meat. It keeps it moist and it makes it taste really good! A little hot sauce on top after it's done gives a nice little kick. I like to make them and I call them my Cool Blue Red Hot burgers.
You use a recipe for HB's? I just make mine big and flat, thinnerin the center, so when they draw up as they cook the finished product is flat. I season w/ S%26amp;P and a dash or two of worcestershire. That's it!





Why not grill some onions along side the burgers? MmmM!
I've got 2 great ones:





http://youvegotsupper.com/recipes/Philly鈥?/a>





http://youvegotsupper.com/recipes/Sensat鈥?/a>





ENJOY!
Go to http://www.rachaelray.com/food_results.p鈥?/a>





She makes tonnes of diffrent burgers.
Delicious Pork Burgers:





http://hubpages.com/hub/Easy-Pork-Burger鈥?/a>
ground beef cooked in onion soup mix and a little olive oil... soooo flavorful!