Plank Cooked Hamburgers

Don’t just reserve this recipe for plank cooked hamburgers, it’s great for the barbecue grill to so feel free to adapt to your preferred style of cooking.

There’s many variations to the hamburger so if you prefer a more traditional recipe then click here.

One of the distinguishing points about plank cooking is that it doesn’t brown the food and in some cases such as this one I believe it’s better to finish off on the barbecue grill for 2 reasons

1. Browning the burger adds a little colour
2. Browning is also caramelisation of the meats natural sugars = flavour!

Ingredients:-

• 1Kg or 2.2lbs of ground beef
• 2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 grated onion
• 1 clove crushed garlic
• 1 red chilli seeded and finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method:-

Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl and shape the burgers

TIP - Click here for my top tips on preparing patties.

Place the hamburgers on a preheated plank and cook for 15 minutes. After the initial cook flip the burgers onto the grill and give them a further 3 minutes on each side to brown.

TIP - Beef needs to cook at a high temperature to mobilize the sugars so don’t be tempted to continuously flip the burgers – all this will do is lower the cooking temperature.

Click here for some barbecue sauce options

Don’t tell me you’ve got this far and haven’t got your buns ready? Shame on you!

Related Pages:

More Great Plank Cooking Recipes
Information About Cooking Planks & Plank Cooking Tips
More Delicious Burger Recipes

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