How much salt do I add to ground beef for burgers?
Chef's answer
DirectionsSprinkle the ground beef evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Gently form the meat into 4 balls, then lightly press into 4-inch-wide, 1-inch-thick patties. ... Preheat a grill to high. Season the patties with salt and pepper. ... Serve the patties on the buns.
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The basic theory is that as meat cooks, the proteins contract so that the whole patty shrinks and puffs up in the middle. Making a kind of indentation or dimple in the middle counteracts that effect so you end up with a nice, even patty.
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DIRECTIONSSaute onions in 1 TBS olive oil until cooked through but not brown. Drain liquid from the salmon. Combine salmon, sauteed onion, breadcrumbs (parsley if you use plain breadcrumbs), eggs, salt, and pepper. Form mixture into patties. Melt butter and oil in a pan. More items....
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Place the meat in your pan and smash it flat. Press it down very firmly with a spatula. Make each patty as flat as you can. As long as it looks flat, it will cook evenly without ballooning up in the center. This won't work as well on a grill grate since the meat will get pushed straight through its openings.
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Add 1 egg yolk per pound of hamburger. It won't add appreciably to the fat content and will bind the meat beautifully. The other thing you can do is add canned, drained, crushed black beans or chickpeas to the hamburger. The starch from the beans will bind the meat together and add an interesting taste.
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Roll into 5 1/2-inch patties, about 1/3 inch thick, with a rolling pin. Heat a griddle or 2 large cast-iron skillets over medium-high. Season both sides of patties with salt and pepper. Cook patties, pressing with a spatula, 3 minutes..
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If mixture is too moist to hold the patty shape, add more bread crumbs and if it is too dry, add an extra Tablespoon of mayo.
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Can you cook raw sausage patties in the microwave? You can cook raw sausages in a microwave oven, from the packet, and they're perfectly safe. When you cook sausages in a microwave oven, you don't get a dark browned skin, in fact the skins, the sausage casings, peel away.
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