Featured Friday Nov. 14, 2008
first featured instructable for me, Thanks!
For tips on Cast-iron cookware, go here.
Update: When making burgers like this it is pretty important to keep them all uniform in shape and thickness.
To make sure they are all the same thickness head on down to your local hardware store and purchase 2 dowels (square dowels work the best)
and then head to walmart or your local supermarket and pick up some wax paper,a long rolling pin, and one of them roll type pizza cutters.
Set your dowels down on your counter at about the max width of your rolling pin. and then place one long piece of wax paper between and over your dowels. toss your beaten meat in between the dowels and on top of that wax paper ( try and spread it out a little so its not one giant beaten meat pile in the middle) toss another piece of wax paper over the top. get out the trusty rolling pin and start rolling making sure that the rolling pin stays on top of the dowels as you roll you may need to adjust the top piece of wax paper. you should wind up with a big somewhat square sheet of beaten meat, now all you need to do is peel off the top wax paper, slide the dowels out and run your pizza cutter across your meat in straight lines(forming squares) and you are ready to hit the frying pan!
Thanks Noblevagrant!
first featured instructable for me, Thanks!
For tips on Cast-iron cookware, go here.
Update: When making burgers like this it is pretty important to keep them all uniform in shape and thickness.
To make sure they are all the same thickness head on down to your local hardware store and purchase 2 dowels (square dowels work the best)
and then head to walmart or your local supermarket and pick up some wax paper,a long rolling pin, and one of them roll type pizza cutters.
Set your dowels down on your counter at about the max width of your rolling pin. and then place one long piece of wax paper between and over your dowels. toss your beaten meat in between the dowels and on top of that wax paper ( try and spread it out a little so its not one giant beaten meat pile in the middle) toss another piece of wax paper over the top. get out the trusty rolling pin and start rolling making sure that the rolling pin stays on top of the dowels as you roll you may need to adjust the top piece of wax paper. you should wind up with a big somewhat square sheet of beaten meat, now all you need to do is peel off the top wax paper, slide the dowels out and run your pizza cutter across your meat in straight lines(forming squares) and you are ready to hit the frying pan!
Thanks Noblevagrant!
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1/4 cup of hot water, boiled in the microwave.
About a teaspoon of dry onion in the little jar(it equals to about a small onion in really small cubes.)
3oz. jar of beef baby food (trust me, you'll love em')
1lb of Ground beef
2/3 cup of beef broth (start with 1/3 and work your way up, or they with be really mushy)
an actual pinch of salt(not an 1/8th Tsp)
small hamburger buns or dinner rolls(like burn and throw away rolls)
a small bird to help you along the way.
sliced cheese (optional)
vegetable oil (optional)
Cast iron pan (easier to control the heat, a non-stick pan will work, but dont get it too hot or use a metal spatula)
Wooden dowels I've heard work well to keep the burgers shape around them, mostly the square dowels.
1/4 cup of hot water, boiled in the microwave.
About a teaspoon of dry onion in the little jar(it equals to about a small onion in really small cubes.)
3oz. jar of beef baby food (trust me, you'll love em')
1lb of Ground beef
2/3 cup of beef broth (start with 1/3 and work your way up, or they with be really mushy)
an actual pinch of salt(not an 1/8th Tsp)
small hamburger buns or dinner rolls(like burn and throw away rolls)
a small bird to help you along the way.
sliced cheese (optional)
vegetable oil (optional)
Cast iron pan (easier to control the heat, a non-stick pan will work, but dont get it too hot or use a metal spatula)
Wooden dowels I've heard work well to keep the burgers shape around them, mostly the square dowels.
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For the serious coniseur I suggest investing in a large electric griddle. Just build a steel pan, 1/4" wall all around, to hold the water in while cooking. The electric will give you a more even cooking temperature across the griddle as well. As you all mentioned, dehydrated chopped onions are most authentic. Oh, and be sure to stack the top of the bun on top of the burger/bottom bun while cooking to ensure even temperatures.
Having a dad that worked at White Castle while I was growing up was a wonderful experience. At Christmas his bosses would sometimes give the warehouse/maintenance staff an actual box of the frozen patties! My mom would cook them up in a frying pan at home (yeah, i know, but she just wasn't in to the griddle angle).
Go to http://www.whitecastle.com/ and see if there is one near you. You haven't truly lived if you haven't had one
I did finally go to White Castle in Nashville. Krystal's is better. They are quite similar though. The selection at Krystal's is better. White Castle seems to me like a stripped down Krystal's.
Great. Now I'm hungry.
so Krystals and white castle are prisons and fast-food chains?
that's confusing...
I wish I could find the rolls they use to use