Best Hamburger Recipe
Posted Jun 16, 2023, Updated Jul 26, 2024
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This best hamburger recipe is an easy and delicious meal to toss on the grill and enjoy with a variety of toppings (and of course best served on homemade burger buns)! Learn how to make hamburger patties with only 4 ingredients – guaranteed to be the best burgers you’ve ever had!
Our family loves hamburgers so much that we make this homemade hamburger recipe once a week during grilling season.
It only takes 4 ingredients and 10 minutes to prepare this hamburger recipe. And it results in the best burgers you’ve ever had! They are a testament to the fact that delicious food doesn’t have to be complicated!
Follow along to learn how to make homemade hamburger patties even more delicious than your favorite burger restaurant, and don’t forget to make these homemade hamburger buns too!
Hamburger Recipe: Ingredients & Substitutions
- Ground beef. For the best results, use 85% lean ground beef. You can use 80% or 93% lean beef as well. Or try our turkey burger and chicken burger recipes.
- Barbecue Sauce. Choose your favorite barbecue sauce. I suggest this organic BBQ sauce!
- Montreal Steak Seasoning. This is a staple in our house. Try this variety or this one.
- Olive oil. avocado oil or canola oil can be used in place of olive oil.
How to Make Hamburgers
Let’s walk through how to make homemade hamburger patties step by step, and don’t forget to watch the video!
Begin by preheating the grill to high (about 450 to 500 degrees F)
Then, combine the ground beef, barbecue sauce and 1 Tablespoon Montreal seasoning in a large bowl.
Next, form the mixture into 8, quarter-pound patties that are about 4” in diameter. Set the patties on a large baking sheet.
Brush one side of the patties with olive oil and use the remaining Montreal seasoning to lightly sprinkle each patty (you will be sprinkling both sides of the patties to use the seasoning accordingly).
Then, flip the hamburger patties and repeat, brushing the second side with olive oil and sprinkling with seasoning.
Once the patties are ready, grill the burgers on the first side for 3-4 minutes, flip and grill on the second side for 3 minutes or until they reach an internal temperature of 155 to 160 degrees F in the center (this varies depending on how you like your burgers cooked and the thickness of your patties).
Prepare in Advance
You can also form the patties in advance to grill later in the day, or the next day).
To do this, form the patties and place them on the baking sheet. Cover the baking sheet in plastic wrap and store the formed hamburger patties in the refrigerator.
Remove them from the refrigerator to warm close to room temperature about 30 minutes before grilling.
Serve
Serve immediately on homemade hamburger buns with your preferred condiments alongside your favorite barbecue side dishes.
What to put on a hamburger
- Ketchup
- Mustard
- Pickles
- Lettuce
- Tomato
- Onion
- Mayonnaise
- Cheese (add cheese in the last 2 minutes of grilling on the second side so it melts).
Best sides to serve with hamburgers
- Serve with a side of homemade French fries!
- Italian pasta salad or summer pasta salad
- The BEST Ever Potato Salad
- Cucumber Salad
- Summer fruit salad
- Burrata salad
- Homemade mac and cheese
- Best Homemade Coleslaw
- Broccoli salad and 3 bean salad!
How to Store/Freeze Hamburgers
If you find yourself with leftover homemade hamburger patties, store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Or, freeze the patties in a single layer in an airtight container for up to 1 month. Reheat in the oven or on the stovetop.
Hamburger Recipe FAQs
This burger recipe is incredibly flavorful as-is. Here are some additional sauces and spices that you can add to the patties before grilling:
-Mustard
-Paprika
-Garlic Powder
-Onion Powder
No, there is no egg in this recipe.
How do you make hamburgers taste like a restaurant?
Brushing them with olive oil and dusting them with seasoning makes these burgers better than your favorite restaurant!
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Best Homemade Hamburgers Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- ¼ cup Barbecue sauce
- 2 Tablespoons Montreal steak seasoning divided
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
Toppings/Condiments:
- Ketchup
- Mustard
- Lettuce
- Tomato
- Red Onion
- Cheese*
- pickles
- Homemade Hamburger buns
Instructions
- Preheat the grill to high (about 450 to 500 degrees F)
- Combine the ground beef, barbecue sauce and 1 Tablespoon Montreal seasoning in a large bowl.
- Form the mixture into 8, quarter-pound patties that are about 4” in diameter. Set the patties on a large baking sheet.
- Brush one side of the patties with olive oil and use the remaining Montreal seasoning to lightly sprinkle each patty. (you will be sprinkling both sides of the patties to use the seasoning accordingly).
- Flip and repeat, brushing the second side with olive oil and sprinkling with seasoning.
- Grill the burgers on the first side for 3-4 minutes, flip and grill on the second side for 3 minutes or until they reach an internal temperature of 155 to 160 degrees F in the center (this varies depending on how you like your burgers cooked and the thickness of your patties).
- Serve immediately on buns with your favorite condiments.
Video
Notes
- Ground beef. For the best results, use 85% lean ground beef. You can use 80% or 93% lean beef as well.
- Barbecue Sauce. Choose your favorite barbecue sauce. I suggest this organic BBQ sauce!
- Montreal Steak Seasoning. This is a staple in our house. Try this variety or this one.
- Olive oil. avocado oil or canola oil can be used in place of olive oil.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Freeze Cooked or uncooked, or either?
Either one works well!
Great burgers