Old-Fashioned Cheeseburgers

Name: Old-Fashioned Cheeseburgers
Yield: makes 4
Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef chuck (preferably 20% fat); 4 hamburger buns; 4 teaspoons unsalted butter, room temperature; Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper; 4 slices melting cheese, such as mild cheddar or American; Assorted toppings, such as shredded iceberg lettuce, pickle chips, thinly sliced red onion, yellow mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise

December 22, 2011

The secret to these burgers—inspired by those found at diners and roadside stands—is their uniform thickness and rough-around-the-edges shape, achieved with a rolling pin. Beef chuck with twenty percent fat will produce the juiciest burgers.

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