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While I do like a gourmet burger on occasion, typically I'll order a burger cooked medium rare, with a plain mild cheese like american or provolone, crisp lettuce, and a little Heinz ketchup and brown mustard. If the tomatoes are ripe, I also like a slice of that - pickle slices too
There was a trend in chain restaurants not so long ago to come up with " gourmet" toppings on a burger.
Just stop F7cking with the hamburger!!
I love top quality Angus or Kobe beef to make the burger followed by American or cheddar cheese .
I personally love bacon on my burger.
A solid high quality bun is a must.
Toppings can be all or some of the following; lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, pickles, onion, ketchup, mustard.
Your done! Don't add anything , if you do you'll only convolute the taste of the hamburger.
If I eat out and get a burger, I love Applebbe's quesedilla burger. If I order a takeout cheeseburger, its ketchup, onion, pickles, mustard. Or a Big Mac. At home I might go the thousand island onion tomato route half the time.
I love bacon but just don't like it on a burger. And mayo is verboten.
I can make a decent quesedilla style burger at home with a soft taco shell, pepper jack cheese, Taco bell creamy ranchero sauce, onions tomatoes and pico de gallo( if I really want to be complete). But at home its still american cheese, ketchup pickles mustard and onion half the time. You can't beat the classic combo.
My go to burger- Heinz ketchup, a couple slices of my sweet mother in laws homemade dill pickle- they taste like nothing you can buy and since I found them, they go on Hawaiian sweet roll hamburger buns.
Other options are:
If I can get ahold of a garden fresh tomato I like my burger with good Vermont white cheddar, avocado mayo (just mash avocado & Hellmann's or Best together and squeeze in a touch of lemon juice), organic baby spinach, slivers of raw red or vidalia onion and a thick slab of tomato on a kaiser roll.
A good old fashioned patty melt- on rye with caramelized onions and swiss cheese.
Grilled yellow squash & sliced portabella mushroom, muenster cheese and organic baby spinach with a nice aoili.
If I eat out and get a burger, I love Applebbe's quesedilla burger.
I love love love the quesadilla burger, but for anyone who is curious, I would not recommend looking up the nutrition info. I made the mistake of doing so and now find it very hard to justify eating one.
I will eat almost anything on a hamburger, but I dislike loading one up with several things. So if it has onion strings, keep it simple with some swiss and thousand island. Or sliced avocado with a bit of bacon and pepper jack. Or a fried egg with tomato and butter lettuce. I dislike throwing 6 different toppings on one as it doesn't let the taste of the beef shine through.
I don't think anything will ever beat a simple In N' Out double single (2 patties one cheese) with a whole grilled onion, fresh crispy lettuce, and a juicy tomato, finished with their special sauce. Classic and delicious.
grilled mushrooms
grilled onions
swiss cheese
mayo
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I can only eat half of one like that, though. Makes me too full!
