/ck/ - Food & Cooking

use better quality meat, add onion powder, use a hotter pan

>>18346374
MSG.

>>18346374
Using pepper when it's raw just burns the pepper when you grill it later
You retards don't know how to cook at all, huh?

>>18346440
You mix it in retard

>>18346374
Comino, garlic, cayenne, pepper, salt

>>18346440
Using seasoning beforehand releases the full flavor potential and lets the pepper breathe.

Sprinkle with smoked paprika and a little garlic powder, even chili flakes if your in the mood for that.

>>18346374
>olive oil
>worcestershire sauce
>salt
>peppah
let me guess, you ~need~ more?

>>18346374
Salt Pepper and olive oil
When its close to done baste in butter

>>18346563
You need nothing. They are burgers. It's just ground beef.

God damn... what do you think lettuce, onion and tomato is for?

I season them by using beef which tastes fine on its own + salt pepper and most flavor comes from the cheese
If I could I would use a charcoal grill but thats a bit of a luxury.

>>18346583
what are you even doing in this thread you pedantic troglodyte

>>18346584
>grill
>a luxury

Europoor or third worlder?

>>18346589
Correcting your contradictions and bullshit.

Salt, pepper, chopped garlic and Worcestershire sauce.

>>18346591
unironically have sex

>>18346594
Can't. The nearest Elementary school is over 30 min away. School also just started.

>>18346440
Thats why you use pepper spray its like pam but for flavor not fat

>>18346414
>>18346584
>use better quality meat
>I season them by using beef which tastes fine on its own
What would you recommend? I've had plenty of supposedly good steak and it all basically tastes like biting your cheek to me, just with varying amounts of fat and chewiness.

>>18346374
>usually do the thing where you just roughly shape it into a ball and smash it into the pan
>smash it into the pan
Don't do this stupid clickbait shit. It's so fucking dumb. Also, if your burger is bland you're just underseasoning it. Most people new to cooking underestimate how much you need to season meat (and usually get scared by "all the salt").

>>18346605
You can buy a tenderloin, mince it and season it with salt, form it into a tube in plastic, let it rest for a few hours so the salt draws moisture and binds the mas together, then cut it into patties that you grill on charcoal

>>18346606
>underseason

You don't season burger meat. You put toppings on the burger.

>>18346611
You should be liberally seasoning the patty with at least salt and pepper right before it goes on the grill or into the pan, just like you would a steak.

Knorr aromat rounds out the trio in my house, but I need to figure out whatever the fuck a local burger place seasons their patties with since because that indian/middle eastern spice blend on them is really good.

>>18346606
Yeah, I'll admit I got memed into it by youtube. I feel like I season pretty heavily, like a visible frosting of salt over both sides, but I'll weigh it out this time and see if I'm underdoing it.

>>18346374
With ‘chup and ‘stard. Without those you didn’t make a burger.

>>18346616
>seasoning a steak

Boy you guys must be desensitized to shit meat. A good quality burger or steak doesn't require any seasoning as the meat itself should be juicy and flavorful on its own.

Yikes...

>>18346605
Pay a hobo for a tongue transplant.

>>18346649
or you can do both and enjoy both

>>18346660
All I am saying is people season foods too much nowadays. Invest in higher quality foods and you won't have to season. Your palate will adapt. Right now, many peoples palates are overwhelmed like a drug addict that need more and more to get the same satisfaction. It happened to me. I use to use salt and pepper now and then along with paprika, chili powder, dill and a bunch of other seasonings.

>>18346678
You should try to do Keto, then you'll find out new things about your palate.

>>18346684
I sort of do now and then. I gravitate toward heavy meats and cheese etc diets. I am not strict keto/low carb though but I feel the best gravitating heavily to red and white meats.

Thanks /ck/. Not the prettiest burger, but it was much tastier. Main thing was I weighed out 1% salt to the meat, and yeah that's probably 3x what I'd normally add by eye. Mixed in pepper, garlic powder, cayenne, and marmite in lieu of msg, just ran out of Worcestershire sadly. Also mixed all of the fat that came out of the burgers into the sauce.

>>18346416
I heard that unline salt, you can work msg into the burger (without it going tough)? can someone confirm?

>>18347186
Untrue. However, you can replace salt content at a 1:3 ratio msg to salt. Don't work your ground meat too much or you'll end up with meatloaf.

>>18346414
>use a hotter pan
use a fucking grill

>>18346374
>mix seasoning into patty
>use well-seasoned cast iron
>precook bacon in skillet
>then add the burger

>>18346374
sear one side very quickly, maybe 1 1/2 minutes on the highest heat, then flip it and stick a small ice cube in the center. this will allow your burger to maintain its moisture as you slow cook the burger for another 12 minutes and it retains its moisture as the ice cube melts and hydrates the burger.

>>18347474
Charcoal grill burgers are the fucking best. Alternatively a smoking hot cast iron will do an acceptable job when a grill isn't available.

Just do the following:

Season your meat, take a small portion, chew it raw, then spit it.
If you don't fancy the taste then adjust it. Once grilled it will be better either way.

Let me guess, you don't salt and tastes your rice/pasta water before boiling it?

>salt
>pepper
Sometimes I'll add some garlic powder and some onion powder, too.

I mix some milk, bread or bread crumbs, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika into the meat then cook it. If it's frozen pre-made patties, I put salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika on one side, put that side down on the pan, then season the top. As soon as the patty has thawed (while most of it is still raw and red), I'll get a fork and stab it all over to push the seasoning down into the meat and tenderize it. Sometimes, instead of seasoning it with the usual spices, I'll just coat the whole patty in Frank's and cook it like that. I love how that tastes.

If you have to use a pan, do the following.
-Add a tiny bit of smoked salt or liquid smoke
-Use clarified butter as your fat (feel free to mix it with another one as long as it has a HIGH smoke point)
-Crisp up bacon beforehand
-Add MSG to one side while it's cooking

If you parboil a couple potatoes until just-knife-tender all the way through beforehand you get to enjoy home fries infused with beef-msg-liquid smoke-bacon flavor

>>18346374
I buy raw and clean 99% beef, and add salt, pepper, onion powder, piffi and a little cayenne.
And also ketchup and crunchy fried onion

>>18346604
makes sense

>>18346374
I sprinkle msg and umami on it, pour Worcschestisire and roll it in a ball and flatten it

>>18348000
>I sprinkle msg and umami on it,
Is there a separate powdered "umami" product?

>>18346605
Dont listen to these retards. They go on about 'quality ingredients'and letting 'the dish be itself' and they're fat neets who smother tendies in fancy sauce w/ doritos and mountain dew

>>18346374
Lately I've been coating them in a thick layer of montreal steak seasoning ans they've been coming out awesome.

>>18348263

my mom keeps a jar of somethign called umami powder its just mushrooms and msg i think ive never actually looked tho i just know it says umami powder and also has mushrooms somewhere on the label

Mushroom powder, garlic powder, Worcester powder in freshly ground chuck.

>>18346374
Shape into patties, making a small divit in the center so when it cooks and wants to buckle it just evens itself out.
Season with pepper, cumin and a light dusting of flour and cook in small amount of butter.
Salt to taste AFTER cooking and resting, if you salt before it causes the proteins to bind up and make the meat tougher, This goes for all ground meats, salting after produces a less chewy dish.

>>18346583
salad, anon. they're salad. do you think salt and worcestershire sauce are in the same category as salad? they're seasonings, anon. seasonings.

>>18346374
I don't season my burgers I season my buns.

>>18348635

Funny, I recently visited my mom and she gave me a shaker of umami seasoning. Is it from Trader Joe’s too? I haven’t used it yet, I’ve been stuck on this Ajika seasoning she gave me last time.

If I'm going all out I do tons of salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and Cajun seasoning. if it's a casual Monday I do just salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Make my burgs nice and thick, let em get a fucking major sear, then toast some wheat bread (not buns) in the fat, top with a slice of 2¢ "cheese" and some dukes. Fucking scrumptious.

>>18347175
Looks fantastic anon, hope you enjoyed the burg.

Salt, white pepper, garlic powder, dijon mustard, egg yolk

Thank me later

>>18351130
I wonder what kinda shitty tasting meat these people use to want to hide the meats flavor so much

Toss the ground beef into a bowl along side a respectable amount of the seasoning, some cheese, onions and garlic, and... until your satisfied.
Mix that shit, make balls, and then smooch them into the burger shape.
>Badda Bing Badda Boom that's all she wrote.

>>18350931

yes i believe it was or at least the label looked like it

>>18346374
>season with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and a little bit of thyme on both sides
>finish off burger by simmering it in a mix of light beer, butter, and sliced onions

>>18351901
I find the effort to use natural ingredients to bring out umami flavor while saying no msg pretty retarded
Like my father avoided msg on the grounds it supposedly made him sick, but thats been debunked.

>>18351564
This is like 1tsp mustard to 1kg mince, how shit are you at cooking that you don't understand complementary flavours and assume the ratio is more like 1:1

>>18346563
>worcester sauce for burgers

My man. I've been using it since I was a kid and for some reason I don't see many put it in their burger meat.

>>18346606
the smashing makes the edges nice and crispy which is delicious, it's not just a meme, it's just different than a standard burger, nothing wrong with it.

>>18346374
i NEVER mix the spices in the meat. i like to make a spice mix and season the patty on both sides immediately before cooking.

for the meat, just an egg and worcestershire sauce

>>18353979
>>18346563
>>18353998
Based worcestersher sauce. One of the reasons burgers at restaurants always seem to taste so much better.

Grill adds all the flavor you need, brother.
In Winter I just salt 'em and smash 'em onto a hot pan.

Imagine making junk food at home.

If I want a burger I'd get one from a burger joint. If I want a home cooked meal I'd cook at home. But a burger is not a.home cooked meal.

Grind your own meat.

Youll never go back.

Store bought ground meat is a byproduct of them trimming the whole cuts they put on sale, for the most part. The speed and pressure they grind these scraps at causes it to emulsify and creates a springy, tough, sausage-like texture which is why it comes out in such long strands. Its a non starter if you ever want truly good ground meat dishes.

Youll use less salt and other seasonings because of much better your starting point is.

>>18346374
>80/20
imagine a fifth of your burger being pure fat. absolute lardass OP

>>18346583
NPC detected and judged

>>18346374
pan not hot enough. beef from bad beef cuts.

fool.

>>18356001
That's what everyone recommends though.

>>18356001
>he still thinks dietary fat = body fat
can't believe the absolute retards I have to share this board with