Cooking For Engineers

[thedoubtingt]

Been looking around for some good hamburger recipes, but without a whole lot of success. I've found some good tips, though. Thought I'd share some of what I've found before it's too cold to BBQ anymore:

1) Use ground beef chuck, which is about 20% fat (ground beef tends to be near the 30% range). And all this time I've just been using ground beef...

2) Know what part of the animal your meat comes from. Different parts will bring different textures, fat quantities, etc.

3) If you can't find ground beef chuck, buy your beef chuck and simply ask your butcher to coarse grind it for you. One of my buddies insists it's best to grind your own meat because then you can cook it less without worrying about food poisoning/contamination. I think that's a little over the top and I don't have time and energy for that when grilling for such a large group (football parties) anyway.

4) I recently learned from watching some show on the Food Network a while ago (don't recall what the show was. Some guy was on it, though), that if you handle your meat too much it can melt the fat and make the patty too dense (not good. That'll leave your burger too dry).

5) Don't press too hard on patties when cooking. This just pushes out the fat you want to keep in to help keep them moist. In fact, avoid pushing on them at all if you can.

Any other tips my fellow BBQ-ers are aware of? I'd also like to find some good hamburger recipes, if you know of any, so please share. I'm really hoping to ditch the mediocre burgers with this weekend's football parties.

[Dilbert]

>>>Any other tips

uhmmmm, yeah.

"moister" hamburgers are those with more fat, so
"Use ground beef chuck, which is about 20% fat (ground beef tends to be near the 30% range). And all this time I've just been using ground beef..."
is a problem.

next, your local supermarket probably has ground beef in various grades from 10% to 30% fat content.

then again, I would not quibble iwth the idea of having a nice chuck roast ground up.

BBQ - methinks you me "grilling" - no?

>>over mixing/handling the meat -
yep, definite truism there.
>>squeeze not thy patty on the grill
yep, definite truism there.

>>recipes...
it's all about the beef.

hamburgers with 25,000 ingredients ?
not really a hamburger anymore, eh?

salt
pepper
diced onion
minced garlic
soy sauce
Worcestershire sauce
minced hot pepper

some of the above, to taste, not all of the above.
that's it - past that you're talking meat loaf, not burger.

[DrBiggles]

[DrBiggles]

[Dilbert]

ah, but cooking under a weight is different than smashing the thing half way through and making the juice run out.

[michle]

hi to all, The recipe of huma burger is really goods and tips about it also work well. here i also add some Burger Recipes for you people and hope you like it.

Stuffed Jalapeno Burgers



Timings
Preparation Time:15 min(s)
Cooking Time:12 min(s)
Total Time:27 min(s)
This recipe can be serve by Four Persons

Ingredients

1. 1 lb beef ground
2. 1 small onion diced
3. 1 Tbsp cream
4. 1 clove garlic crushed
5. 1/2 tsp salt
6. 1/2 tsp pepper
7. 4 tsp salsa
8. 4 tsp japlapeno slices, chopped
9. 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Method

1. Mix ground beef, onion, cream, garlic, salt and pepper; form 8 thin patties.
2. Top 4 patties with 1 tsp. salsa, 1 tsp. jalapeno and 2 Tbsp. cheese.
3. Top with remaining 4 patties; press edges to seal in toppings.
4. Grill over medium coals 12 minutes, turning once after 7 minutes.

[danicamoore]

that was a pretty interesting you got one there. great post.

[SpencerB]

INGREDIENTS:

1 lb lean ground beef
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
2 serrano chiles, seeded and minced
3 canned chipotle chiles, minced
pinch of salt

4 hamburger buns
This is one of my favorite Hamburger Recipes (yeah I have a lot of them...) Plus it's fairly easy (most things come prepared in a can) The only thing is you have to be careful when multiplying it up. (It serves only four) or you end up making the same recipes over and over again.

[michle]

Lucky Burgers




Timings
Preparation Time:10 min(s)
Cooking Time:20 min(s)
Total Time:30 min(s)
This recipe can be serve by Four Persons

Ingredients

1. 1 lb. beef extra lean ground,formed into 4 patties
2. 8 rye bread slices
3. 4 lettuce leaves
4. 4 sharp cheddar cheese slices
5. 4 green apple slices, sauteed
6. 4 red apple slices, sauteed
7. 12 almonds sliced , toasted
8. 1/2 cup hot-sweet mustard
9. 1 Tbsp. prepared horseradish

Method

1. Grill or pan fry ground beef patties until no longer pink and the juices run clear.
2. Combine mustard and horseradish to make spread.
3. Toast bread slices. Spread 2 tsp. of spread on four bread slices. Top with a lettuce leaf, a beef patty, a slice of cheese, 3/4-ounce red and 3/4-ounce green apple slices and 2 tsp. almonds.

[GaryProtein]

[GaryProtein]

Michle, your burgers look absolutely delicious--great presentation. . . . . SHOWOFF!


. . . and is that exactly 12 almonds?

[Auspicious]

Ground beef
pepper

grill

Everything else is for toppings.

[robertras]

[anniewhite]

Have you considered Bison burgers? They are sooo very good. Bison is excellent all around, it's much better for you than beef & has 3 times the omega 3s that salmon does. Other good point, it doesn't matter how much you cook it or not as compared to beef, and actually the rawer they are the better.

I used to grill Bison burgers when I lived in Texas, we would add this pepper jelly a friends mom made. I can't explain how delicious this combination was but dang if I'm not going to cook a trip back to Austin soon thinking about them. Yum!