Classic all-American burger

Name: Classic all-American burger
Yield: Serve 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 800 g well trimmed, coarsely minced beef, chilled; vegetable or sunflower oil for cooking; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 onion, finely chopped; vegetable or sunflower oil for cooking; 8 slices American style cheese; 75 g iceberg lettuce leaves, shredded; 2 beef tomatoes, thickly sliced; 1 onion, sliced

Preparation info

Serve
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Burgers

By Paul Gayler

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

800 g well trimmed, coarsely minced beef, chilled
1 onion, finely chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper<

Americas
United States
Burger

Method

Mix the meat and the onion in a large bowl, season with salt, plenty of black pepper, and chill for 1 hour.
Divide the mix into 4 x 200g evenly sized burgers, and brush liberally all over with the oil.
Heat a chargrill or pan grill until very hot, add the burgers and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side, until cooked and slightly charred all over.