Posts filed under Ground Beef and Everyday Cooking
Ground Beef and Everyday Cooking
Classic Beef Chili
Chili is forgiving in every way except one: it punishes a rushed start. Brown the beef properly, take your time with the base, and the rest is waiting.
Ground Beef and Everyday Cooking
Easy Ground Beef Tacos, With Seasoning From Scratch
Taco night is the most reliable weeknight dinner there is, and the packet is the weakest part of it.
Ground Beef and Everyday Cooking
How to Brown Ground Beef
Browning ground beef is the first step in half the dinners anyone cooks, and it is the step most often done at the wrong temperature in too small a pan.
Ground Beef and Everyday Cooking
How to Grill Burgers
A grilled burger is a short cook with very little margin, and almost every failure is self-inflicted: pressing it, flipping it repeatedly, or starting from beef too lean to survive the heat.
Ground Beef and Everyday Cooking
How to Make Hamburger Patties That Do Not Shrink
Patties shrink. All of them do, because fat renders and protein tightens. What you can control is how much, and whether the result still fits the bun. Three habits cover almost all of it.
Ground Beef and Everyday Cooking
How to Make Smash Burgers
A smash burger is not a thin burger. It is a different technique with a different goal, which is maximum crust.
Ground Beef and Everyday Cooking
How to Season Burgers
Almost every burger seasoning debate is really a debate about timing.
Ground Beef and Everyday Cooking
What Ground Beef Ratio Is Best for Burgers? 80/20 vs 90/10
Eighty-twenty. If you take one thing from this page, take that.
Ground Beef and Everyday Cooking
What Temperature Should Ground Beef Reach? And How to Tell a Burger Is Done
One hundred and sixty degrees Fahrenheit. That is the USDA figure for ground beef and it is not the same as the figure for a steak, for a reason worth understanding.
