Burgers

One of our local grocery stores had large 5lb 'sausages' of ground beef on sale the other day, and rather than just dividing it up and popping it in the freezer to be used later for a variety of delicious dishes, I decided today to use half of it to make my mini meatballs and the other half for these burgers.  The meatball mix makes delicious burgers too, but I wanted to try something a little different and if I do say so myself these came out great :o)

Burgers
makes 10 x 4oz burgers (1/4 lb)

2 1/2 lb (1.1 kg) ground beef
2 Tbs Ranch style dressing
1 Tbs garlic powder
1 Tbs onion powder
1 Tbs worcestershire sauce
1/2 Tbs red pepper flakes
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

• in a large bowl, using clean hands, mix all the ingredients together until well blended.
• divide the mixture into 10 equal 'balls' of 4oz each - I found it easier to weigh them.
• flatten each ball to make a burger pattie about 1/2 inch thick, and using your fingertips press down in the centre of each pattie to make a dimple - this will prevent the bulge that you sometimes get when you cook fresh burgers.
• grill or fry the burgers over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes per side.
• serve on burger buns with all the trimmings.
• to freeze any uncooked burgers, put them in a large ziploc bag with wax paper between each burger.

 Burger ingredients.

mix everything together thoroughly

divide the mixture into 10 (4oz) balls and flatten into burger patties.

any that you aren't going to use immediately, stack with wax paper between, pop into a ziploc bag and freeze.

we had ours on burger buns (that I also made today), with provolone cheese and the usual trimmings, alongside my 'smashed' potatoes.