How Do You Make A Hamburger Pattie

Welcome to the How Do You Make A Hamburger Pattie web page.(Pattie should be spelled Patty) It is real simple when you know but thank you for asking. The trick is to select the right ground beef (minced beef)









Making a patty that doesn't crumble and isn't dry
Is all in the ground beef you use. What's the best kind?
High fat content, 20% or more
And of course...a course grind.

If you get low fat, finely ground, meat the patty will be difficult to work with and will tend to crumble. Also the cooked hamburger will be dryDon't worry about high fat content as most will drain away in the cooking. The more fat the more the burger will shrink while cooking so take that into account when determining the size of each patty. Make each patty 25% bigger than that which you want to end up with. For really tasty burgers, get the 20% fat content ground beef.What should you add to the meat....absolutely nothing

Divide the beef into four sections. Gently form each section into a round “patty” shape. It’s not necessary to tightly pack the beef into shape and you should try to handle the beef as little as possible.

Cooking times on each side:

3 minutes for Rare
4 minutes for Medium
5 minutes for Well Done



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