Bruce R Leech - 7-21-2005 at 11:09 AM
Mulege English muffin Hamburgers
in Baja this is a good Beach food,
First, You need two English muffins. I've found that there are no English muffins like Home maid English Muffins. The supermarket brand muffins just
don't taste the same.
see Bruce's English muffins recipe posted on this site.
In addition to the English muffins, we'll also need about 1/2 lb. ground beef chuck. Ground beef chuck is excellent for making burgers because it is
not too lean and not too fatty. If a burger is too lean, then the patty will be dry and bland to the taste. If a burger is too fatty, well, then it's
to fatty. 20% fat seems to be the optimal amount of fat in ground beef to make an excellent burger. Technically, these two ingredients is enough for
your hamburger.
Deciding how you want your hamburgers cooked is important. Sometimes you want a thick, juicy burger, and sometimes you want a multiple thin patty
burger that's been cooked so the patties have a crisp shell and the inside is done but chewy. I felt the latter would work best on my English muffins.
I split my ground beef into four 1/8 lb. chuck patties and flattened them down into rounds that looked like they would fit the patty. (I did not make
my patties large enough because they will shrink a bit while cooking. Flatten them down until they look like they're too big for the muffins.) Don't
be too concerned with overworking the ground beef (which can be a problem with thick burger patties) since we're making thin patties.
You can grill or broil these burgers, but heating a pan was easiest for me. I heated an empty pan over medium-high heat until water sizzled and jumped
when I tossed in a few drops. Then I transferred the patties over to the pan and started my timer. I was going for well done since these were thin
patties, so five minutes on the first side.
The patties don't stick to the pan because some of the fat renders out. Once the first side is done, it should be quite easy to flip them over with a
metal spatula. Five more minutes and the other side all also have a gorgeous and tasty crust.
About a minute before the second side is done, any toppings you desire should be placed on the patty. I put some Pepper Jack cheese (Monterey Jack
cheese with Jalapeno chiles) on top of my burgers. I then realized that I had some bacon left over from the Bacon Test, Part I and broke some pieces
off and placed them on the cheese.
Meanwhile, I had taken my English muffins and halved them with two forks. Using a knife produces a smoother finish on the muffin halves which doesn't
toast as well or produce the famous nooks and crannies for sauce and dressing to fill. The muffins went into a toaster for a light toast and I topped
one side with poor man's Russian dressing (equal parts ketchup and mayonnaise, adjust proportions to taste). Real Russian dressing should have grated
onions and herbs in it. By the way, Russian dressing isn't from Russia... both English muffins and Russian dressing were invented in America by
English and Russian immigrants.
I stacked two patties on top of each bottom half of an English muffin.
I slipped in a piece of romaine lettuce for a little crispy texture and plated the burgers with kosher pickles. Dinner in less than fifteen minutes.
Mini Hamburgers (serves 2 or one hearty eater)
1/2 lb. (225 g) ground beef chuck form into four patties 5 min. on medium-high flip, cook 4 minutes top, cook 1 minute
assemble
favorite toppings (cheese, bacon, etc.)
2 English muffins split with forks toast spread
favorite dressing
Muffin recipes
jrbaja - 7-21-2005 at 11:32 AM
Mock pizzas, or, what to do with that leftover spaghetti sauce.
Put it on english muffins, cover with a cheddar or? cheese slice and broil tell the cheese is melted. Yum!
Bruce R Leech - 7-21-2005 at 12:03 PM
I love those Muffin Pizzas I fix them all the time.
rpleger - 7-21-2005 at 01:22 PM
Stop it you guys.
You make me hungry
Bajaboy - 7-21-2005 at 10:21 PM
Hey Bruce-
I've been making burgers on English muffins for years....I prefer whole wheat myself. The other night, I cooked up some bacon about 75% done. Then,
I molded it into the patties with an egg, oregano, basil, salt, and pepper.
Next, I grilled the patties on the bbq. After turning over, I put a couple slices of tomato and some crumbled blue cheese on top. When the burgers
were finished, I topped them with the grilled red onions I had been cooking on the side.
All that I needed from that point was a cold Pacifico....Fantastico!
Zac
Bruce R Leech - 7-22-2005 at 06:52 AM
Bajaboy that is what I like about burgers you can be so creative an they are always good.