How do you make your burger as flavorful as fast food burgers?!


Question: My burgers always taste the same. Just a very boring, faint beef taste. Even with good meat, salt and pepper doesn't seem to do the trick...

I like the flavorful taste of a good fast food burger.
I don't think BBQ sauce, soy sauce, etc would do it.

Heard something about onion soup base - that sounds a lot more promising. Onion stuff is pretty flavorful.

Any suggestions?


Answers: My burgers always taste the same. Just a very boring, faint beef taste. Even with good meat, salt and pepper doesn't seem to do the trick...

I like the flavorful taste of a good fast food burger.
I don't think BBQ sauce, soy sauce, etc would do it.

Heard something about onion soup base - that sounds a lot more promising. Onion stuff is pretty flavorful.

Any suggestions?

Cook it in lard, like the fast food companies do.

Make sure you start with hamburger and not just ground beef. Also, I use Lawry's seasoned salt on mine. They always come out fresh and juicy - better than fast food!

Onion soup base, or dry ranch dressing, I use garlic powder, pepper, salt and a little chili powder.

Lipton Onion Soup - it's the best thing since sliced bread!

(Also makes a phenomenal meatloaf!)

Directions are on the packaging...

Mine are better than fast food. I form the burgers with ground chuck, sprinkle w/ kosher salt and ground black pepper, then add a dash or two of worcestershire on the patties as I wait for the grill or pan to heat up. (Grill's best, IMO). YOu can also dust them w/ a bit of onion powder, if you like.

Then toss on a hot grill. DO NOT SQUEEZE or PRESS them with a spatula! That just extracts moisture, NOT fat. Cook until just turned from pink to brown inside.

a little bit of butter in the middle of the patty when your forming it helps to keep it juicy from the inside out

Aji no moto.

extra grease





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