Juicy World-Famous Hamburgers

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Hamburgers are as American as apple pie, hot dogs, Chevrolet, and baseball.  And among the old Order Amish, hamburgers are just as loved as they are among every other population of the USA. And with the spring and summer picnic season coming up before you know it, I thought this would be an especially good time to share this recipe for World Famous Hamburgers.

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• 🍔 World Famous Hamburgers Ingredients
• 📋 Instructions
• 🍔 More Amish Burger Recipes
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Among the Amish, spring and summer holidays are usually designed to take off work, go fishing and grill out with the family. And what better way to do that than with some of the juiciest burgers imaginable?

Of course, there are so many different ways to make hamburgers. I have written before about how the best burgers I’ve ever tasted were my grandmother's. She would take a lot of care in selecting the best ground beef. As good as you could get from the supermarket. And then she would cook them on a stovetop griddle. I wish I would’ve gotten that griddle when she passed away,I don’t know where it ever ended up. Anyway, she would cook the burgers super thin, add some onions and I think some onion salt and that would be about it. They were very simple but, oh, so good.

Anyway, there are a gazillion ways to fix a great hamburger. This recipe for super world-famous burgers comes to us from the Amish Cook and, wow, these are the opposite of my grandmother's burgers...these are all dressed up, with a delicious sauce and, wow, yes, you won’t go wrong with these.

So, let's get started. I mean, most Amish cooks have access to their own home-butchered ground beef so you don't get much fresher than that. So start with the most amazing ground beef you can get your hands on.

These burgers have a lot of different things mixed in for flavor including oats, onion, egg, and more.

After you have everything all mixed up, then you start to work on the sauce. These burgers should firm up nicely into patties.

A nice touch is to stick the buns in the oven and get them good and toasted.

You can do these on an outdoor grill on an indoor electric grill.

Give the burgers a good basting.

And now look at these beauties, put them on the bun and serve. Man, these go great during the summer with a side of corn on the cob or, perhaps, nice, cold potato salad. Enjoy!

Add some cheese of your choice for cheeseburgers.

This recipe calls for Liquid Smoke. The Amish Cook and her family use this a lot for grilling out and other meat dishes. You absolutely can make this without liquid smoke, adding it just gives it a bit more of a wood-fired grill taste. You can order some from our affiliate link here. You might want to order a bottle simply because that ingredient shows up a lot on Amish365 meat recipes.

🍔 World Famous Hamburgers Ingredients

• 1½ pound beef
• ½ cup chopped onion
• 1 egg
• ⅓ cup oatmeal
• ¼ cup sauce
• ¼ teaspoon onion salt
• ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ teaspoon salt

SAUCE

• 1 cup ketchup
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup honey
• ¼ cup molasses
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon liquid smoke
• ⅛ teaspoon pepper

📋 Instructions

Mix sauce ingredients and set aside. You'll want to use ¼ in the patties per ingredients above and the rest of basting.

1. Mix burger ingredients well and shape into patties.
2. Use sauce to baste while grilling.
3. Cook or grill on each side until desired doneness.
4. Optional: Add a slice of cheese towards the end of cooking.

🍔 More Amish Burger Recipes

Super Juicy Baked Burgers - So good!

Amish Chili Burgers - Amazing

Salisbury Steak Burgers - Wow!

Emma Miller's Amazing Burgers - Enjoy!

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