Hamburger with no ham (Beef Recipes)

Member Name: SaveMeTheMoney

Product:	Beef Recipes
Date:	27/10/09 (49 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Tastes great

Disadvantages: you know what went into the burger

The following is an extremely simple recipe for home made hamburgers. Strangely there is no ham involved...

Ingredients that will make two large hamburgers:

400 grams of lean steak or beef mince
1 egg
1 small onion/some dried onion
Sprinkling of mixed herbs
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to season

Method:

Start by beating the egg in a bowl. Add in the beef mince and mix in the bowl, trying to coat as much of the mince as possible with the egg. Slice an onion into small pieces and add to the bowl, together with a generous sprinkling of mixed herbs. Mix the onion and herbs with the mince and egg so that it is evenly distributed throughout.

Once the mixture is well mixed, put it out on a chopping board and shape into two circles, or 'patties' as McDonalds would call them!

Put a very small amount of oil in a frying pan and heat to a medium heat. Put the hamburgers into the pan and cook on both sides at a medium to low heat. ENSURE that the mince is cooked throughout as you cannot eat raw mince, it must be cooked totally through. Depending on variables such as quality of frying pan, heat of hob/cooker, I would recommend approximately 7/8 minutes on each side.

Serve in a bun and enjoy. You can serve with a variety of accompaniments, such as cheese, lettuce, bacon, burger sauce, salsa, tomato sauce, barbeque sauce etc.

I think that home made hamburgers are much nicer than the supermarket bought ones and also better and tastier than the butcher bought hamburgers.

This is a realtively inexpensive meal. The mince should cost between £1.00 - £1.50, the burger buns £0.70 - £1.00, a bag of onions are about £1.00 and mixed herbs is roughly £0.79.

I also believe that home made hamburgers are healthiers than bought hamburgers, as you dictate what you put into the burger and if as advised you use lean beef mince, then this is added healthy eating!

Summary: easy to make quick meal