Stop eating at McDonald's! Delicious burgers, large and satisfying, it is quite possible to cook at home. Of course, they will be different - but this does not mean that they are less tasty. On the contrary, a hamburger at home will be even more pleasant to eat, because in its preparation will be invested not only your favorite foods, but also your own efforts, skills and love.
Hamburgers, in fact, are meat laid out on fried bread slices, grinded in a meat grinder, and also mixed with salt and pepper. The main condition for a tasty dish is a fresh product: chopped beef, chopped beef fillet or tenderloin, as well as finely chopped or minced chicken meat. Why exactly these types? Beef - because it is fat enough at an inexpensive cost, unlike more lean fillets and tenderloins, which are several times more expensive. As for the chicken, its meat is completely lean and most suitable for cooking delicious dishes.
How to make a homemade hamburger so that it is not only tasty, but also healthy? To choose for cooking chicken meat or another type of lean meat, which should be previously fried in a pan with other ingredients. It should be remembered: hamburgers are delicate and tender, obtained from a product that is passed through a meat grinder twice.
Thinking about how to cook a burger at home and to please your family and friends? Use the wonderful recipe for making a delicious beef burger with a side dish of french fries. To do this, you need to take beef tenderloin (170 gr.), A bun with sesame seeds (1 pc.), Pickled gherkins (20 gr.). You also need onions (20 gr.), Lettuce (15 gr.), A little mustard and ketchup (30 gr.), Seasonings and spices to taste. Such a burger at home is prepared in several stages.
At the first, the beef tenderloin is thawed or cooled , it is thoroughly cleaned of films and dried, then it is cut into medium-sized cubes and passed through a meat grinder. The minced meat should be salted to taste and mixed with spices.
At the second stage, a round beef cutlet is formed from minced meat, the thickness of which does not exceed 1 cm, then it is fried until fully cooked under a closed lid. It will become the main part of a wonderful dish - a hamburger at home.
The third stage involves the preparation of vegetables - lettuce, onions and tomatoes need to be washed and dried. Cut the tomatoes into circles, removing the stalks, cut the gherkins with “straws”, cut the onions in rings.
Next, french fries are prepared: deep-fried until golden brown, then salted and mixed.
Sesame bun closer to the end of cooking must be cut into two halves and slightly warmed in the oven. Further, on the lower half, it will be possible to lay out a couple of lettuce leaves, tomato mugs, a ready-made cutlet, gherkins “straws” and onion rings. After a layer of ketchup, mustard or other seasonings to taste, a hamburger at home can be covered with the second half of a bun.
An appetizing, fragrant and unique tasty dish is almost ready - you just have to put the dish on a plate and add a side dish of golden french fries, as well as a small amount of ketchup and seasonings.
Few people know that a hamburger at home and its taste are directly dependent on the quality of not only meat, but also sesame buns. It is best to cook it by hand - take flour (50 gr.), Dry yeast (1 gr.), Sesame seeds (3 gr.). Flour and yeast are thoroughly mixed with water (25 ml.) And kneaded, after which the dough is covered and set aside for half an hour. When the dough is suitable, a ball can be rolled out of it, pressed a little on top, then sprinkled with sesame seeds and laid on parchment, baked in the oven for 15-20 minutes.