To achieve moist and flavorful homemade burgers, Ina Garten suggests adding olive oil to the ground beef mixture. Specifically, for every two pounds of 80% lean ground beef, include three tablespoons of olive oil. This addition enhances moisture retention during cooking and provides a rich flavor, particularly if using extra-virgin olive oil. The technique is versatile, allowing for application in various meat types, ensuring all types of burgers stay juicy and delicious. Lightly mixing without compacting helps achieve the perfect texture for burgers.
All it takes is to add a single ingredient to the ground beef, and this ingredient is probably already in your pantry - olive oil.
To make moist and juicy burgers... add three tablespoons of olive oil to two pounds of 80% lean ground beef.
The extra fat helps coat the meat and form a sort of seal or barrier that prevents juices from leaving the beef as its cooking.
Even if you're not using beef to make homemade burgers this week, you can still apply Garten's trick to other meats.
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