The Flavor-Infusing Trick You Use For Steak Works Just As Well On Burgers - Tasting Table

Basting burgers with butter adds flavor and helps keep patties juicy. Frying and repeatedly spooning butter over burgers during cooking increases satisfaction and enhances taste. This method is especially helpful with lean ground beef, which lacks natural fat, and it can also work with turkey, chicken, or pork. Butter-basted burgers benefit from steak-like handling: rest patties and bring them to room temperature for even cooking, then cook to a safe internal temperature of 160°F for ground beef. Butter choice can be customized, including compound butters such as pickle butter, made in advance for easy use.

"Simply put, fat means flavor and a butter baste for your burgers is just the thing to add even more great taste to your meat just as you would with a steak. For example, consider the Butterburgers from fast food chain Culver's. This is a flavorful demonstration of what happens if you fry a hamburger in butter. More than simply using the fat for frying, repeatedly spooning it over the burgers to baste the patties as they cook adds to the satisfaction, helping your burgers become all the juicier and more delicious."

"This trick is especially useful when you're working with leaner ground beef in your burger patties to help supplement the lack of fat. You can also try this with turkey, chicken, or pork burgers, depending on your personal taste preferences, but it works wonders with beef. If you're a fan of making your own homemade compound butters, the flavorful possibilities for a butter-basted burger are endless."

"Treat your butter-basted burgers as you would a steak. Let the patties rest and reach room temperature first to ensure even cooking before they hit the pan. Mind the meat and know your desired level of doneness, noting that the recommended minimum internal temperature at which a ground beef burger is safe to eat is 160 degrees Fahrenheit. Next, get creative with the butter you use for basting."

"For example, pickle butter will totally elevate the flavor of your homemade burgers. It's so easy to make your own compound butter to store and keep for later use. A single stick of butter - or about eight tablespoons - divided into two-tablespoon"

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