What do you pair burgers with?

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  • Kitnthecat
    Kitnthecat Posts: 2,075 Member
    Why not slice the meat patty in half and make that the bun....and put your toppings and cheese in the middle ? Then maybe you could call it a burger ?

    I call the meat patties burgers even without the bun. And we ate them just like burgers, but without the bun.
  • Sugarbeat
    Sugarbeat Posts: 824 Member
    Veggies and mayo.
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    Kitnthecat wrote: »
    Why not slice the meat patty in half and make that the bun....and put your toppings and cheese in the middle ? Then maybe you could call it a burger ?

    I call the meat patties burgers even without the bun. And we ate them just like burgers, but without the bun.

    Or, if you have those thin, flat (kinda sad) patties, you can use two that way. I've done that before, works out well.

    Since I eat it just like I would with a bun - topped with cheese, mayo, and bacon, usually -- I still call it a burger, too (besides, ground beef is, itself, generally referred to as hamburger, so there's that, too).
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    I used to be a ketchup, mustard, pickle, tomato only person on burgers. In trying to help my guy use up the ketchup, I happened upon an idea triggered by a discussion with my BFF.

    1 tsp or less ketchup
    1 tsp mustard (normal yellow kind is fine)
    1-2 TBSP mayo

    Mix up and slather on your burger. You get a teeny bit of the sweet from the ketchup, tang from the ketchup and mustard, and fatty goodness from the mayo.

    Add some pickle slices on a burger slathered with extra sharp cheese and I'm in heaven...

    Sriracha mayo is also good for spice - 1 tsp sriracha to 5 TBSP or so of mayo, to taste.

    And if I'm out and about, I love just mayo and mustard in near equal parts slathered on a good burger, with or without cheese.


    LOL - when I first read this, I thought you were going to ask about what side dishes to have. I was going to say....

    I like my burger with a side of burger!
  • greenautumn17
    greenautumn17 Posts: 322 Member
    Well, I HAD been wondering what to make for dinner tonight...
    I had better go thaw the ground beef!
  • annalisbeth74
    annalisbeth74 Posts: 328 Member
    minties82 wrote: »
    Interesting. You guys call the meat IN the burger a burger itself? It's not a burger without buns here.

    Lol. I'm from the South; we generalize everything here. Like, anything remotely carbonated is Coke.
  • Jbarnes1210
    Jbarnes1210 Posts: 308 Member
    I made burgers last night. I made bacon also to go on top, with melted American cheese. I had. Avocado and mayo on the side. It was very filling, wasn't even able to finish it!!
  • EarthAmber
    EarthAmber Posts: 20 Member
    I eat burgers with avocado, Frank's buffalo sauce and romaine. So so good.
  • radonskies
    radonskies Posts: 24 Member
    a really good piece of cheese, a fried egg, and then some mayo mixed with sriracha.
  • ea101367
    ea101367 Posts: 175 Member
    My burger goes like this: bbq'd with Montreal steak spice, topped with cheddar cheese, red onion, tomato, dill pickle, mayo, mustard and wrapped in the outer leaves of an Iceberg lettuce.
  • nill4me
    nill4me Posts: 682 Member
    Generally, I pair my burgers with some kind of sausage.
    And mayo.
  • bluefish86
    bluefish86 Posts: 842 Member
    radonskies wrote: »
    a really good piece of cheese, a fried egg, and then some mayo mixed with sriracha.

    That's my kind of burger!
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,862 Member
    My burger yesterday had 6 strips of center cut bacon, a thin slice of cheddar and a fried egg on top of it. Woot!
  • DrawnToScale
    DrawnToScale Posts: 126 Member
    What, no bun substitutes? I recently made "oopsies" bread substitutes (included psyillium husk, baking soda & sesame seeds) and made a great burger bun.
  • farmers_daughter
    farmers_daughter Posts: 1,632 Member
    I use venison, I've probably bought 2lbs of hamburger in the last 2 years...but I like to scramble it up/brown it up (make it into crumbles- however you say that) I like it kind of crispy, and then throw in a few globs of mayo and bacon crumbles. Sometimes eggs too. but then just eat it with a fork. ooooooohhhh sooo simple but sooo good.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,862 Member
    What, no bun substitutes? I recently made "oopsies" bread substitutes (included psyillium husk, baking soda & sesame seeds) and made a great burger bun.

    I don't do any sort of bread/pasta substitute at all really. Just personal preference.
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    What, no bun substitutes? I recently made "oopsies" bread substitutes (included psyillium husk, baking soda & sesame seeds) and made a great burger bun.

    I don't do any sort of bread/pasta substitute at all really. Just personal preference.

    Agreed - I find the more Fake Foods or substitutes I use, the more I feed my emotional food issues. If I just learn and love a new way to eat, I'm better. Cutting out my FF/Subs, I finally broke my plateau. Not saying everyone will have this issue...just that I did/do. The more REAL FOODS I sneak in there, the better off I feel!
  • 04hoopsgal73
    04hoopsgal73 Posts: 892 Member
    Avocado, Salsa, Guacamole.
  • annieboomboom
    annieboomboom Posts: 176 Member
    dill pickles, Stonewall's Horseradish Aioli, salsa, avacado
  • lauraesh0384
    lauraesh0384 Posts: 463 Member
    I dip my burgers in mayo then the Heinz reduced sugar ketchup. I also love jalapeno pepper jack burgers. I love spicy foods so I'm always finding a way to add flavor. For a while there my staple was adding a slice of American cheese, shredded lettuce and topping it with the Frisch's big boy sauce. It's so good!
  • JulieEllul
    JulieEllul Posts: 50 Member
    I've had a mean craving for bacon cheeseburgers lately, which I would normally eat with lots of ketchup, but that is of course too sugary for LCHF. Those of you who eat burgers, what do you normally pair them with that's low carb friendly?

    Guys BBQ sugar free 2 carbs!!! Yummy!!!
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