Urgent: how do I make a burger that tastes like one from a takeaway kebab shop?

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Going to morrisons in 35 minutes and will need to pick up the ingredients.

Every kebab shop I have been in serves burgers tasting roughly the same and I want to make one that tastes like that...I assume its the taste of processing food, but its the result I am after.

Anyone got any ideas?
 
Buy the cheapest 1/4lb burgers you can in the frozen food sections and fry them on high heat tipping away the crap that comes out.
 
Honestly this won't help; but you need to go to somewhere like weschenfelder (sp?) or sausagemaking.org and if you're lucky they may have a commercial style burger mix. This will contain lots of additives to prevent fluid loss, increase the taste and do other nasty things necessary. Scobies online butchery supplies probably has a lot of the additives too but in monster amounts.

http://www.scobiesdirect.com/iphone2.asp?Shop=1#_Counters
http://www.sausagemaking.org/acatalog/Burger_Mixes.html
http://www.weschenfelder.co.uk/catalog/814/burger_mixes
 
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It has to be said, the 1/2lb double bacon cheese burger my local chippy does is to die for, as horrifically unhealthy as it is lol!
 
Tbh part of that taste is probably from the grill being caked with the leftovers of thousands of burgers, grilled onions and everything else they cook on it :p
 
Rich_L said:
Tbh part of that taste is probably from the grill being caked with the leftovers of thousands of burgers, grilled onions and everything else they cook on it :p
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that and the beer before hand


they probably taste vile when you are sober..but when drunk and hungry they are the food of the gods
 
Rich_L said:
Tbh part of that taste is probably from the grill being caked with the leftovers of thousands of burgers, grilled onions and everything else they cook on it :p
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probably

the best bacon comes from using a pan thats already cooked bacon a fw times :D dont see why burgers would be any different
 
Fresh burgers are quite easy to make and, once you get over the initial shock how how real food tastes, you'll probably do them again.

Anyway, it's just minced beef, finely chopped onion, some herbs of your choice (coriander or flatleaf parsley), salt and pepper, and an egg to bind it all together. One onion per 1lb (500g) of meat works out best when I make them, with a generous pinch of salt and a good grind of black pepper. Just mix it all together in a bowl with your hands, then shape into patties. The most important thing is to chill them for at least an hour before they're cooked so that they firm up, else they'll break apart when you cook them.

For a few varieties, try adding a little mustard to a beef burger mix. Or use pork mince, and add a spoonful of apple sauce instead of the onion. Minced lamb works well if you add mint.

You can also use exactly the same method to make meatballs - just roll them into balls instead of patties, but don't forget that they also need to be chilled. Or roll lamb burger mix around a soaked wooden skewer and barbecue.
 
Bag of frozen burger buns from Iceland + cheap burgers from Iceland + Morrisons savers cheese slices = greasy takeaway replicas for about 30p per burger. :-P
 
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