The Best Classic Burger Recipe – Perfectly seasoned juicy homemade hamburgers. This easy recipe only needs a few ingredients.
How do you make a great burger?
I’m a firm believer that a truly great hamburger doesn’t require a lot of ingredients. You only need a handful of seasonings and some good ground beef. The beef you use for burgers makes all the difference.
What type of beef is best for burgers?
A lot of my recipes call for lean ground beef. Not this one! The best beef for making hamburger patties is 80% lean and 20 % fat ground beef. You really need the fat in the meat to make juicy flavorful burgers.
The Best Hamburger Recipe
*Note: The full printable recipe card is at the bottom of this post.
- Add 80% lean ground beef to a large bowl.
- Add Worcestershire sauce, seasoning salt, garlic powder, and pepper.
- Mix with your hands until well combined.
- Divide the beef into fourths.
- Use your hands to form 4 hamburger patties ¾ inch thick.
- Use your thumbs to make an indention in the middle of the patties.
- Grill over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes on each side.
- Serve on hamburger buns.
- Top with your favorite traditional burger toppings (lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, ketchup, etc.)
How to make a great Cheeseburger.
This burger recipe makes awesome cheeseburgers! Just add a slice of cheese to the top of each burger patty about 1 minute before they are ready to come off the grill. This will give the cheese enough time to melt. I highly recommend sliced provolone cheese on these.
What should I serve with hamburgers?
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The Best Classic Burger Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds 80% lean 20% fat ground beef or ground chuck
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons seasoning salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Optional: 4 slices of cheese
- 4 hamburger buns
- Optional: hamburger toppings - lettuce tomato, onion, pickles, ketchup, mustard, mayo, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat the grill to 375 degrees F (medium-high).
- In a large bowl, add the beef. Sprinkle evenly with the Worcestershire sauce, seasoning salt, garlic powder, and pepper. Use your hands to mix the ingredients until they are just combined.
- Divide the meat mixture into fourths. Take ¼ of the meat mixture and use your hands to press it into the shape of a hamburger patty that is about ¾ inch thick. Make an indention in the middle of the patty to prevent bulging in the center of the hamburger as it cooks. Repeat with the remaining meat mixture, making 4 hamburgers.
- Place the burgers on the grill. Cook 4-5 minutes on the first side. Flip the burgers over and cook an additional 4-5 minutes, until the burgers have reached the desired doneness.*
- If adding cheese, lay a slice of cheese on each burger patty about 1 minute before taking the burgers off the grill, so the cheese has a chance to melt.
- Serve the burgers on hamburger buns with optional hamburger toppings.
Notes
Nutrition
Check out all of my great ground beef recipes.
Made exactly per directions but with a tiny more garlic powder. Really delish & juicy! I’m used to eggs & bread crumbs in the recipes but this one was great w/o all the fillers. Really enjoyed it. Ty for sharing.
I made this for my grandpa and he love it
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So tasty! They came out perfect
What is “pounds”?
how much meat goes into the recipe?
A pound is exactly 16 ounces. In this case the recipe calls for 24 ounces of Hamburger meat. Its a measurment of weight used in The United States. Convert to grams/ Kilograms for Other worldly countries.
Pounds is the weight of the meat.
1 1/2 lbs of beef go into the recipe.
Made these for my grandson’s birthday and they were delicious!
This was delicious!
Hi , I want to make these burgers for my kids . Can I make them one day ahead and put them in fridge ?
Thanks .
Sure can
I used this recipe to make burgers for my boyfriend. He said they are best burgers I have ever made (after every time he ate one). Thanks for the quick and easy recipe. As another reviewer said “go-to burger recipe”.
Delicious I would not change a thing
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I loved the recipe but l did add a tablespoon of bread crumbs and onions in the recipe
Do the bread crumbs help to hold it together? How about an egg or two?
We are going to our cabin and I want to make them n Thursday for Friday or Sat lunch. Can I prepare them on Wed?
I kid you not…add a slice of pineapple on the grill at the end just to shear it and place under the burger in the bun with favorite topping…you’ll thank me later 🙂
Amazing for such a simple recipe. My family loves trying different kinds of burgers and this is a favorite. Amazing flavor and so moist! Definitely try this recipe.
Question about making these ahead of time. I’m having two rounds of guests this weekend. Can I make a large batch of these on Friday night, refrigerate them and cook some on Saturday and some on Sunday? Or should I freeze the ones I’m going to cook on Sunday?
Very good. But I couldn’t listen.
Holy Moly!!! The BEST burger EVERRRR! FULL OF FLAVOR! I followed the recipe as directed and added a pinch more of spices because I was using 2.34lbs of 80/20 meat. (after I patted up the burgers I put them in the fridge for a hour b4 grilling) This will be my 2 go 2 hamburger recipe. Thanks a bunch, we enjoyed!
What kind )brand salt seasoning do you use?
I use Johnny’s salt
My husband i love the recipe. i make larger batch and freeze them.
Made these for my family tonight. Definitely a fantastic burger. Will definitely make these again. Everybody loved them.
So easy to make and amazing turnout! Can’t stop raving about it. 5 stars all the way!!