Delicious Burgers Without Lettuce And Without Pickles!
We are about to show you how to prepare rich tasting burgers without using any lettuce and cucumbers or pickles at all! All this while avoiding soggy buns and finishing the whole process in about 20 minutes total. Let's get straight into our lettuce free hamburger recipe!
Equipment
- 1 Non-Stick Frying Pan
- 1 Plate (keep it at the ready next to the stove for caramelized onions)
- 1 Silicone Spatula (Use silicone utensils so as not to damage the non-stick coating on your pan)
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Ketchup
- 1 tbsp Mayo
- 1 tbsp Wholegrain Mustard
- 1 Burger Bun
- 1 Hamburger Patty (We used pre-made ones here)
- 1/2 slices Cheese
- 1 Onion
- 1 Tomato
- 1 tsp Olive Oil (Optional if you have a non-stick pan)
- Salt & Pepper (To taste)
Instructions
- First, let's quickly make our burger sauce. Put a tablespoon of mayo, ketchup and wholegrain mustard into a bowl and mix them up using a spoon.For a thicker consistency of the sauce we're going for here, you should use a little bit more mayo than the other two ingredients.1 tbsp Wholegrain Mustard, 1 tbsp Ketchup, 1 tbsp Mayo
- Once you've mixed the ingredients your sauce is done. Set it aside for now.
- Cut the tomato into pieces.1 Tomato
- Next, cut the onion just like shown on the image.1 Onion
- Heat up the pan over a small flame for a short while and then, pour a little bit of olive oil on it. Next, place the meat in the center of the pan.1 Hamburger Patty, 1 tsp Olive Oil
- The meat will start to slowly cook. Now, place your cut onion pieces on the pan next to the meat. Don't worry about their shape - they will soon easily separate when moved.
- Sprinkle a little bit of salt and pepper on top of the meat (to taste).While the meat is cooking, move the onion around a little bit so it's able to cook evenly and so that it won't get burnt on one side - it will start to separate as you move it.As we're going for a medium done burger, we're going to cook one side for about 3 minutes.Salt & Pepper
- Once one side of the burger is done cooking, flip it to the other side. Ideally, for best results you want to flip the burger meat only once during the entire cooking process.Remember to keep moving the onion around so that it doesn't get burnt.
- If the onion is done quicker than the burger, remove it from the pan and place it on the side. The rings should be separated and the onion should be soft.
- When both of the sides of the meat are ready, it's time for quick cheese melting!
- Place a slice of cheese on top of the meat and keep heating the meat on the pan until the cheese melts down. You can use one or two slices.Then take the meat with the cheese off the pan and set it aside.1/2 slices Cheese
- Now without turning off the stove, take your burger buns and place them the white side down on the very same pan you cooked the meat on.The bread should take up to a minute to toast just how we want it.1 Burger Bun
- The toasted buns should look something like this. Make sure that the bottom bun is a little bit more toasted than the top one.This will help prevent the bottom of the burger from getting soggy.
- Take the sauce that we've just made, and spread it on the bottom of the bun.
- Place the onions on top of the sauce.
- Next, place the tomatoes on top of the onions.
- Finally, place the meat with the melted cheese on top of the tomatoes.Don't worry if the meat is much smaller in diameter than the buns. This is actually good as it will make the burger much easier to handle and eat.
- Spread the rest of the sauce on top of the cheese, and then close your burger with the top bun. Gently press down on the top bun to compress the ingredients and you're done!
- Our burger without lettuce and cucumbers is ready! And it's really good!
