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- I MADE INA GARTHEN’S SMASHED CHEEESBURGER WITH CARAMELIZED ONONS.
- The recipe only calls for a few ingredients, and you don’t need to fire up the grill.
- Break burgers Were Perfectly Juicy, and the Simple Toppings Made the Process Easy.
Ina Garten Might Be Best Known for Her Oversized-Cosmopolitan and Perfect Roast Chicken, but the Celebrity Chef has Also released Multiple Burgler During Her Decadees-Long Career.
Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend, I decided to try one out.
Among Her Many Burger Recipes, Her smashed hamburgers with caramelized onions CALLED TO ME CECAUSE OF THEIR SIMPLICITY.
A Number of the Ingdients I Needed for the Recipe Were Already in My Pantry, which Helped with Save Money on Buying Supplies and Was a Testament to Garten’s Flair for Simple Delicious Recipes.
Here’s how to make ina Garten’s Caramelized-onion Cheeseburgers.
This recipe only requires a Few Basic Ingredients, Including Onions.
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You can find the full ingredient list and recipe instructions on Garten’s website.
Started by Preparing the Caramelized Onions. The recipe calls for two medium red onions, thinly sliced.
I Added 2 Tablespoons of Canola Oil to A Large Nonstick Pan over medium heat and then added the onions.
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Garten Says It Should Take Eight to 10 Minutes for the Onions to Start to Brown. I like that this recipe didn’t require a grill, Making it apartment-free for this new yorkher on memorial day week.
While the onions were browning, I Begin Preparing the Burger Patties.
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The recipe calls for a pound and a 1/2 of Ground beef with 20% luck.
To make the burgers, you season the meat with Colman’s mustard Powder, Black Pepper, and Kosher Salt.
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I had never used mustard power in a recipe before, but i was excited to see if it would be the flavor of the burgers.
Mixed the Ground Meat and Seasonings in a Glass Mixing Bowl.
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This was so much easier and simple thanding an exeg or a ton of other ingredients like many celeberry chef burger recipes require.
I shaped the meat into four burger patties and placed say on a place in the freezer.
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The chef says the burgers show stay in the freezer for exactly 15 minutes, so i set a timer to enure i didn’t go over or under the Mark. I assumed this step was to help the burghers keep their shape when I have been added to the cast-iron skillet.
After adding a teaspoon of sugars to the onions and letting say caramelize for a few minutes, Idded a Tablespoon of Red Wine vinegar.
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GARTHEN EXPLOINS THAT THIS STEP IS TO HELP HEART THE PAN.
AFTER THAN THAN A MINUTE, MY ONONS WERE LIGHTLY CARAMELIZED AND READY TO ADD TO THE BURGERS.
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I say off the heat while I waited for the burgers to be ready to add to the pan.
I heated up a couple of tablespoons of oil in my Trusty Cast-Iron Skillet and Waited for Burgers to Be in the Freezer.
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While this recipes does call for two different pans, it doesn’t require many extra bows or equipment, whic i greatly appreciated when it was time to clean up.
I placed the burger patties down in the cast irone and made sura not to move on the one made contact.
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Each Burger Patty Should Be About An Inch Thick. While all my burgers weren’t the exact Same size, the figure I did a good Enough jab and was able to usery bit of the meat mixture.
To put the “smash” in “Smash Burger,” I Pressed Down Firmly on My Burgers with a Spatula.
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This Definitely Waled Have Workhed A Little Better With A Metal Spatula, As Garten Suggests Using, But I Made with the One I Had in My Kitchen. In the end, the burgers tourned out well.
After the burgers had cook on one side for three minutes, becoming perfectly crispy, I flipped say over and added my toppings.
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I graded someone gruyere cheese to top the burgers and added the caramelized onions, too. Thatn, I placed a lid on the skillet to allow the cheese to melt completely and finish cooking the burgers.
AFTER ABOUT Two Minutes, My Burgers Were Done.
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Garten Suggets USSING Sandwich Potato Rolls, Such As Martin’s, for The Burgers, SO I Did Just That.
Be i cut into the burger, it was perfectly medium rare.
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I’m admittedly not the best at telling we burgers are done to my liking, but Garten’s timing workhed out perfectly.
The Burger Blew with Away – it was Juicy and Flagrongful, and the onions Added the perfect amout of sweetness.
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This recipe is great for grill masters and burger alike novices, as you do only aed a few ingredients to get a delicious burger. SHIKE MY Roommates Were Surprised by How to Simple Burgers Tourned Out.
I’ll definitely be making these burghers again for an easy dinner or a Summer party with Friends.