How to make a hamburger at home

A hamburger is one of the most beloved dishes of a huge number of people. However, its quality in fast food restaurants is a concern. Why not cook this dish yourself? Such a hamburger can be taken with you to the countryside, to the country, or you can give your child as a school lunch. We will make it fully useful.

Ingredients

For cutlets, we need only ground beef, salt and pepper. A classic hamburger cutlet is prepared without the addition of onions or bread.

• 4 rolls with sesame seeds (you can choose whole grain varieties);
• 1 tomato;
• pickled cucumber;
• cheese or hard cheese, cut into thin slices;
• some mayonnaise and ketchup;
• lettuce leaf.

For pickled onions:

• one onion;
• 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar;
• 1 tablespoon of sugar;
• 2 tablespoons of cold water.

Classic hamburger recipe

We start by making buns. Each of them is cut into 2 parts and a little browned in butter with a slice down. This is done to improve the taste, as well as to keep the bun in order - it will not greatly soak and lose shape.

Leave the rolls to cool and start cooking cutlets. Add ground beef, pepper and knead thoroughly. It is best several times to forcefully repulse the mass on the table. This will give the minced meat uniformity and softness. Take a frying pan (preferably cast iron) and heat it. Pour some vegetable oil. We form flat round cutlets from minced meat. As soon as the pan is hot, carefully put the patties in it. Fry over high heat from two sides. Please note that the burger (cutlet) should be no more than 1 centimeter thick. It is best to use a special press or simply put a jar of water so that the meat does not cringe during the frying process. An ideal option for frying is a grill pan.

If you prefer to scroll the meat yourself, take beef with small inclusions of fat. If only lean meat is available, you can scroll with it pieces of bacon or just add a piece of butter. A classic hamburger is made only from beef patties, however you can add a little pork or lamb.

While the patties are fried, pickle the onions. We cut it into rings and fill it with marinade so that it completely covers the onion. Once again we draw attention to the fact that the water should be cold - this way the onion will be marinated faster and will remain crispy.

We begin the assembly of our hamburger. On the bottom of the bun we put a leaf of lettuce, a thin slice of tomato. Grease with ketchup or mayonnaise. Put the cutlet, again a little grease it with sauce. And finally, put on top the cheese and pickled cucumbers, cut into thin circles. Close the second part of the bun.

Bacon hamburger

We will need:

• round buns;
• 1 juicy tomato;
• pickled cucumber;
• pickled onions (you can use the recipe above);
• bacon;
• any hard cheese can be taken in slices;
• ready-made hamburger cutlet (according to the recipe above).

We heat the pan and fry the bacon on it until golden brown. Oil is optional. We begin the assembly of the hamburger - on the bottom of the bun we put a piece of bacon, then a circle of tomato, a patty. Add chopped onions and cucumbers on top. If desired, you can grease the cutlet with mayonnaise, but such a hamburger will be juicy due to bacon. We finish the composition with cheese and cover with the second side of the bun.

You can not fry the bacon in a single piece, but chop it into small components and fry it.The resulting cracklings are mixed with mayonnaise and put on top of the meat patties. This dish is quite high-calorie, so do not get involved in it.

Chicken burger

A chicken hamburger is cooked similarly to the others. Only instead of cutlets we take chicken fillet, cooked in a special way.

So, take one chicken fillet. For half an hour we pickle it in a mixture of soy sauce and mustard. This will give the chicken juiciness and softness. Cooking a breading mixture. Break the egg into one bowl, pour flour into another, and crackers in the third. Before frying, the breast should be slightly beaten off. Dip the meat first in the egg. This is followed by a layer of flour. Then again we put the meat in the egg and dip it in the crackers. The breading should be plentiful enough to make the chicken juicy.

Another option for cooking chicken burger is to roll the fillet in a meat grinder. We add salt, pepper and form cutlets to the resulting mass. Bread them as well as pieces of meat. Fry over high heat until cooked.

We fry a pan with a lot of oil. As soon as the desired temperature is reached, carefully place the chicken fillet to fry. Each side may take about 3 minutes. The breading should be crispy. If you suspect that the fillet is not cooked inside, but burns on the outside, just place it in the oven for 10 minutes.

We begin to build a hamburger. On the bottom of the bun, put a sheet of salad, grease with mayonnaise. We put a circle of tomatoes and pickled onions. Then comes the chicken fillet. Put cheese on top and cover with the second part of the bun.

Hamburger with fish

Another great option for a homemade hamburger is with fish. For cooking, we need cod fillets. You can take any other fish of not too fat grades. Pickle it in a mixture of soy sauce and lemon juice for 20 minutes. Now we begin to pan. We put three bowls and break an egg into one of them (shake with a fork). Pour flour into the second, and the last - breadcrumbs. Dip the fish into the egg, then into the flour. Repeat several times. The last should be an egg, after which we dip a piece of fish in breadcrumbs. You can add some spices to them.

We heat the pan well and pour vegetable oil into it. Fry fish on high heat from two sides. It should be covered with a golden crust. Another option for cooking fish cakes is to roll the fillet in a meat grinder. From the resulting mass we form cutlets, roll in breading and fry. If the minced meat turned out to be too liquid, you can add a tablespoon of semolina or regular flour to it. Do not overdo it!

Tartar sauce is perfect for fish. To do this, finely chop pickled cucumbers and herbs. Mix them with mayonnaise or sour cream. If you have chosen the last option, do not forget to add salt.

We begin to build a hamburger. On the bottom of the bun, put the lettuce leaf and grease the sauce. We put a circle of tomatoes. Pickled onions will be superfluous in a fish hamburger, although you can add it if you wish. Put the cheese on top of the fishcake and cover with the second part of the roll. A circle of boiled egg can be added to the fish burger.

Now you know how to make a hearty and tasty burger at home. Such a dish turns out to be much more useful than cooked in fast food. In addition, by removing ingredients such as mayonnaise, a homemade hamburger can be safely given to children. For those who follow the figure, you can prepare a dietary option - with a whole-grain bun, boiled fillet and natural yogurt instead of mayonnaise.

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