Decent frozen burgers?

pepp77 said:
No, but we are saying that instead of buying crap pre-frozen ones, make and freeze your own as a better option.
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Why don’t you answer his question then by also suggesting decent frozen burgers to buy?

This forum is always the same, as soon as someone asks about a prepared product to buy, everyone chimes in with their tuppence worth about making your own. That’s not what was asked.

Prepared foods are sold for a reason, some people don’t have the time, inclination or money to make everything from scratch. Not everyone is really bothered with cooking, they just want quick fixes.
 
Terminal_Boy said:
Lidl ones here are nice, but they are made with 15% fat beef, so tasty, but not very healthy.
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not many are healthy from what i have seen, i have cooked burgers from various brands and places and the fat that comes off them is unreal usually.

i only eat them on rare occasion because animal fat clings to the heart i read.
 
Literally any other brand?

I just looked at about 12 different brands and none but the Birds Eye ones which state "with plant protein and onion" contain pea protein.

Or as said, just make them yourself and freeze them. Cheap mince is usally better for burgers, higher fat content; Morrisons for example is 70/30 and about £2.80/500g.

robfosters said:
4 Tesco finest burgers are cheaper than 500g of mince
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£4 for 484g vs £2.49 for 500g...
 
Rai200 said:
Literally any other brand?

I just looked at about 12 different brands and none but the Birds Eye ones which state "with plant protein and onion" contain pea protein.

Or as said, just make them yourself and freeze them. Cheap mince is usally better for burgers, higher fat content; Morrisons for example is 70/30 and about £2.80/500g.



£4 for 484g vs £2.49 for 500g...
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Yeah sorry, I was going off of the 5% mince
 
robfosters said:
Why don’t you answer his question then by also suggesting decent frozen burgers to buy?

This forum is always the same, as soon as someone asks about a prepared product to buy, everyone chimes in with their tuppence worth about making your own. That’s not what was asked.

Prepared foods are sold for a reason, some people don’t have the time, inclination or money to make everything from scratch. Not everyone is really bothered with cooking, they just want quick fixes.
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But this is hardly the time difference between a frozen curry meal to a raw chicken. The step between mince beef to burger is very small.

Both of them require you to get the beef out of the packet.

Instead of taking 1 ready made patty out of a frozen packet, you grab a handful of mince, eyeball it a quarter of a packet of a 500g pack. No scale required.

The main difference here you need to shape it. Takes 5 seconds. Not sure how time constraints you are but I wouldn’t use time as a reason not to get fresh ingredients in this case, or even prep them and freeze them. As said, it’s not like a curry or spaghetti bolognese. And the quality difference for this extra 1 step is massive. (Okay, 2 steps if you season it)

People aren’t going off a tangent to suggest him to swap to sushi, in the end, he will still end up with a burger, a better quality, cheaper burger where he knows what’s in it. Since he does look at the ingredients on the packet so I think he cares.

Unless of course, you are physically disabled to use your hands to shape it that way.
 
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What I do is wait until Asda do their 2 for £8 4-pack quarter pounders, freeze them individually so they don't stick together, defrost when needed, mash them flat with my hand as I prefer a wide flat burger, then stick it in an air fryer. Thinking about it, if I mashed them flat first then froze I could probably get away without defrosting first.
 
Nothing I've tried can get close to the butchers pork and apple burgers. So easy to cook as well with no mess, just defrost if frozen, in a med-high pan with a bit of coconut oil briefly each side then turn it right down and simmer until cooked turning occasionally. 8-10 mins but can just sit there ticking over untill your ready for them. Delicious.

Tried a microwave burger which wasn't any where as good but supprisingly not as bad as expeceted but by the time you've dealt with the bun and salad ect you could have pan fried then and they would be ready waiting.
 
Perhaps not frozen but chilled section at sainsburys - chilly cheese burgers, honestly one of the better tasting out of them all. Give them a little squeeze and dont dry to death, brilliant after-work dinner solution
 
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