My mother and aunts thought everything had to be made from scratch. If it wasn’t, there was a look they would get. You might say they were food snobs, which is funny to even think about because they were far from snobs. They were foodies before being a foodie was even a thing.
Well, indeed, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Because even though I am not opposed to shortcuts now and then, I can be opinionated about food.
I have never been a big fan of adding more than a bit of salt and pepper to my burgers. People have told me over the years what they mix into the ground beef, and if I’m being honest, I have been a little judgy.
Burgers would be a recipe that I never saw myself sharing. However, lately, I have been working on my burger recipe. Trying things, I would have never imagined myself trying. As it turns out, I have been doing it wrong all these years. Because the recipe I am sharing with you today is the best burger I have ever made, these are so delicious that I crave burgers at least once a week.
To make the burger experience extra special, toast your buns, split side down, for a couple of minutes on the grill.
Terrific Burgers
Ingredients
- 2 slices white bread crust removed and cut into pieces about the size of rice (I use kitchen scissors)
- 1/3 cup milk
- big pinch kosher salt
- big pinch black pepper
- 3 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 pounds 80/20 ground beef
- 8 hamburger buns
Instructions
- In a small bowl, add the cut up bread. Pour the milk over and give and stir. Let stand while you get the other ingredients ready.
- In a large bowl, add the ground beef. Add salt, pepper, garlic and Worcestershire sauce and the bread mixture.
- Start combining the ingredients by stirring with a spoon. Once the ingredients are distributed throughout a bit, start mixing with your hands. Do not handle the meat too much, mix just until combined.
- Roll out into 6 balls and place on a parchment lined baking pan. Top the balls with another piece of parchment and mash the burgers down into patties (about 3/4-inch thick). Using your thumb, make an indention in the center of each burger.
- Grill burgers as desired on preheated grill. Toast buns, split sides down, on grill the last couple of minutes of grilling.
- Serve with desired toppings.
