- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/4 cup warm tap water
- 1/3 cup dry oatmeal or bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 or 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
Place the raw hamburger in a bowl. Add
the water, oatmeal, onion, garlic, salt and
pepper. Use your hands to mix and mash the
stuff all together until everything is
blended evenly. Shape the mixture into
patties with your hands. Make four large
patties or 6 smaller ones. Preheat a skillet
over medium-high heat for a couple of
minutes. Place the patties onto the dry
preheated skillet. Sear them on one side,
cooking until they are a nice dark brown.
Then flip them over with a pancake turner
and turn down the heat to medium low. Cover
the pan with a lid or a pizza pan. Allow the
burgers to cook slowly for at least ten
minutes. Turn them over again, recover and
cook for five more minutes. They should be a
lovely crusty brown on the outside, and gray
colored inside, all the way through to the
center. Drain the burgers on paper towels or
brown paper bags for a moment or two before
serving. These can be served on buns with
all the normal burger fixing. However, they
are equally good plain, as individual meat
loaves. Serves 4. Double this recipe to
serve a hungry family of 6. Good with
spinach, instant mashed potatoes and canned
pineapple.
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