Please help...my burgers are tasteless
Not the buns or condiments...but the beef itself. It is quality beef, fresh ground, 20% fat. I use a charcoal grill or sometimes pan fry in a cast iron pan on high heat. Do you folks out there ...
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For Pan Frying: (1tsp of each to 1# beef) Garlic Powder, Worcestershire, Black Pepper, Old Bay (which has LOTS of salt in it).
For Grilling (i.e., over charcoal), the aforementioned hickory chips soaked for a couple of hours in beer (I know... for a lot of you, a waste of a good beer!) and everything but the Old Bay. For me, ANY salt overpowers the flavor left behind from the charcoal.
Oh... And something else that hasn't been mentioned: Make sure the beef is either completely fresh or COMPLETELY thawed! "Cold spots" in the beef do not a) cook well or b) taste good.
For Grilling (i.e., over charcoal), the aforementioned hickory chips soaked for a couple of hours in beer (I know... for a lot of you, a waste of a good beer!) and everything but the Old Bay. For me, ANY salt overpowers the flavor left behind from the charcoal.
Oh... And something else that hasn't been mentioned: Make sure the beef is either completely fresh or COMPLETELY thawed! "Cold spots" in the beef do not a) cook well or b) taste good.
