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Easy Homemade Beef Burger Patties
Total time50 min
Prep30 min
Cook20 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyMedium
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ChefFatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

Easy Homemade Beef Burger Patties

Why buy ready-made burger patties when you can make them this easily? A wonderful recipe for making burger meat from A to Z with ingredients found in every home.

Ingredients

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  • 1 kilo finely ground beef
  • 1 large onion, very finely grated
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1/4 teaspoon ginger
  • A pinch of cumin
  • A pinch of black pepper
  • A pinch of meat seasoning
  • A pinch of wild thyme / oregano
  • 1 tablespoon ketchup, to add a touch of sweetness to the burger
  • Salt to taste
  • 3 tablespoons ground breadcrumbs

Method

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  1. Place the meat in a wide bowl
  2. Grate the onion very finely and add it to the meat, then add the garlic and all the other ingredients. Mix well until everything is fully combined.
  3. Shape the burgers into round patties in the size and thickness you want
  4. Place a plastic kitchen bag or kitchen wrap, place the burger meat patties on it, and cover them with another plastic bag
  5. Place a plastic bag or kitchen wrap between each patty as well so it will be easier to use them later.
  6. Leave them in the fridge for one hour, then you can fry or grill them, or put them in the freezer for later use.
  7. Serve the fried or oven-grilled burger patties with hamburger buns and add cheese, onion slices, tomato, ketchup, and French fries

Recipe tags

MainsInternationalDairy freeNut freeEgg freeMediumBalanced time

Notes and serving ideas

  • How to Make Burger Buns at Home in the Easiest Recipe

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Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

If you see a recipe written as poetry, it’s surely Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch—known as Umm Badr—who posted it. Between mawawil and rhymed prose, her rice dishes arrive effortlessly and win the admiration of everyone in our group.

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