I love making hamburger patties from scratch. It makes me feel all “Suzy homemaker” like, and that makes me feel cool. My make ahead hamburger patties are easy to put together and the patties freeze perfectly making it a nice addition to my growing list of freezer meals.
Let me show you just how easy making your own hamburger patties can be. Here are my step by step photo directions.
Make Ahead Hamburger Patties
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Check out my post on how to form the perfect hamburger patties. There are many ways to do it, I used the shallow bowl method.
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See how easy that was? Only 6 simple steps and it really doesn’t take very long either.
To cook : You can cook burgers frozen or thawed. Thawed seems to work better for me, but you can do either. Cook burgers to desired doneness.
My favorite way to make them is to toast some nice quality buns on the grill or on broiler in the oven. Have some crispy bacon, avocado, tomatoes, onions and crisp lettuce ready. After the first flip add in some cheese, allow it to melt. Then add burger to bun with all other toppings.
YUM! I really wish I could just make the food, take the pictures, eat the food and be done. To relive that blissful moment of snarfing down that burger through writing up this post and posting all these pictures is pure torture. Suddenly I feel like I’m STARRRRVVING!!!!
Here is the recipe for my make ahead hamburger patties. They will work perfect for those 4th of July BBQ’s we will all be attending this weekend. Enjoy!
Homemade Hamburger patties
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 4 tsp paprika
- 3 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tsp ½ fine sea salt
- 1 tsp dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
Instructions
- Combine all the spices in a small bowl, mix together.
- In another bowl add the ground beef and about 3/4 of the spices. Mix to combine well.
- Shape meat into hamburger patties and layer on cookie sheet. Sprinkle both sides of burger with a little bit of leftover spice mixture. Layer parchment in between each layer of shaped hamburger patties.
- Freeze. After frozen solid stack into a gallon sized freezer safe bag. Label and freeze.
- To cook : You can cook burgers frozen or thawed. Thawed seems to work better for me, but you can do either. Cook burgers to desired doneness.
Jenn says
February 13, 2019 at 9:10 amQuestion, I have never made hamburgers on the stove or in the oven on my own. Recommendations please? Would end up eating on a bun or a plate w cheese. Im clueless on stove top or oven. Would prefer to be able to put in oven for less mess.
Thanks!
Karrie says
February 13, 2019 at 9:41 amIt’s best to grill or even pan fry your hamburgers, I’ve never baked them.
Ruby says
January 12, 2018 at 8:18 pmFor how long can this be kept on the freezer?
Willie says
October 8, 2017 at 11:56 amWhat is your “rule of thumb” in regards to adding an egg and freezing?
Ashlee C. says
September 19, 2017 at 11:31 amHow long are the patties good for frozen in the freezer? And will this work with ground turkey?
Colette McMullen says
March 2, 2017 at 4:49 pmCould these be cooked and then frozen and heated in the microwave. Trying to prepare meals for my sister who is returning home after a stay in short term nursing home
Mike Newman says
March 12, 2017 at 1:46 pmYes it can be done in the microwave but you must be aware of a few things. The most important is that microwaves penetrate the food to excite the water molecules in the food being “cooked.” Hamburger meat is not like pure water and therefore will heat inconsistently through the meat. Be mindful that it is cooked all the way through and around. This brings up the second subject and that is browning. Since microwaves are used instead of heat, the meat will not turn colors. I remember using our very first microwave, almost 40 years ago. I heated that hamburger patty for almost 20 minutes waiting for it to look like it was cooked! Some recipes call for darkening agents- brown sugar, wort. sauce, etc. to make the meat not so red when done.
Andrea says
January 14, 2017 at 5:24 amAMAZING! My family loved it. Thank you so much.
meash says
May 25, 2016 at 3:21 pmdoes it have to be dark brown sugar? i have light will that work?
Daren says
May 2, 2016 at 7:52 pmExcellent recipe. I tried it and it was great.
Thank you
Lola says
January 26, 2016 at 1:23 pmGreat post!! About how long do you flash freeze for? I want to make sure I’m not keeping them in too long.
Karrie says
January 28, 2016 at 8:57 amJust until they are rock solid frozen – then you can remove the little hamburger disks and add to freezer safe bag.
Helen says
September 1, 2015 at 4:51 pmThese are awesome burgers! Thanks for sharing!
Happy.MoneySaver says
September 2, 2015 at 7:26 amGlad you like them, Helen!
Donielle says
July 24, 2015 at 11:25 amLove these! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Happy.MoneySaver says
July 25, 2015 at 12:07 amGlad you like it!
Danielle says
May 3, 2015 at 2:22 pmBeen looking all morning for a good hamburger recipe and I am excited to try this one out! Making some for supper tonight and to freeze the rest!
Troy says
April 28, 2015 at 12:23 amWhat do you think about adding a teaspoon of cayenne? I tried it at home and it seemed to add a little kick to it
Happy.MoneySaver says
April 28, 2015 at 1:33 pmYum!
Emily says
April 6, 2015 at 1:10 pmI’m just wondering what you mean by flash freeze? Thank you for the great post!
Happy.MoneySaver says
April 6, 2015 at 4:37 pmFlash freeze is when you freeze items separately on a cookie sheet. Then once they are frozen individually, you can you add them into a ziploc bag or other container to finish freezing without worrying that they will freeze together in a large clump. It just gives you the possibility to take individual portions out at a time.
Jenelle Lewis says
January 28, 2017 at 6:07 amThanks. I often wonder how to freeze them without them smudging together
Heather says
July 1, 2014 at 9:43 amOur Zaycon ground beef order is do this month and I want to prep some burgers like you too! I hate the cardboard ones from the stores…bleck! Oh, one question…from your 2 lbs of meat, how many burgers do you think you made?
Heather says
July 1, 2014 at 9:44 am*due*…lol 🙂
Karrie says
July 1, 2014 at 9:59 amI think it all depends upon how big you make them. I like mine really big so when they grill and do the shrink thing they are still pretty big. So I think I got around 7-8 BIG burgers from 2 lbs. If you make them skinnier or smaller you might get 10-12.
Heather says
July 1, 2014 at 3:15 pmPerfect 🙂 Thank you!
magnusfl says
June 15, 2018 at 3:47 pmit also depends on the fat ratio as cheep ground beef can haves 40% fat to as low as 7 percent fat in ground sirloin but the best ratio in a hamburger is 15-20% and if you want to keep them more the a week I suggest vac sealing them