Not sureWhat to Eat with Pasta Salad? Below we list all of our favorite dishes that pair perfectly with pasta salad, including juicy burgers, tender bbq chicken, flavor-packed pizza, and scrumptious sandwiches.
Mix meat and form patties - In a mixing bowl, combine beef, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Mix gently until combined, careful to not over mix. Form the meat into 4 equal-sized patties and use your thumb to make an indentation in the middle of each patty. This prevents the meat from puffing up in the center when cooked.
1 lb ground beef, 1 teaspoon sea salt or kosher salt, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Cook patties - Heat a skillet or griddle on medium heat and add oil. Once the skillet heats for about 2 minutes, add the patties to the pan. For medium rare, cook for 4 minutes on each side; for medium, cook 5 minutes on each side. If the pan is small, cook 2 patties at a time.
1 tablespoon neutral cooking oil
Add cheese -In the last minute of cooking, add cheese on top of each patty if desired and place a lid on the skillet to allow the cheese to melt. Remove the lid from the skillet and remove the skillet from the heat.
4 cheese slices
Toast buns -While the patties cook, toast the hamburger buns until just golden brown and still soft.
4 burger buns
Assemble burgers -Assemble on toasted buns with ketchup or your favorite spread, lettuce, tomato, raw sliced or grilled onions, or with your preferred toppings.4 tomato slices,lettuce,grilled or sliced raw onions,ketchup
4 tomato slices, lettuce, grilled or sliced raw onion, ketchup
Notes
Storage
Refrigerate wet ingredients (burger, lettuce, tomato, onion) and dry ingredients (buns) in separate air-tight containers and recombine when ready. In order to reheat the patty and grilled onions, let them temper to room temperature for 15 minutes then reheat them in a skillet over low heat.
Top tips
Be careful to not over mix patties or the burgers will be tough.
Keep a close eye on your burger patties to ensure they cook to the desired level (we love ours medium rare).
Drizzle any leftover juice in the pan onto the meat when you make the burger for extra flavor.