Category: Burgers

Bbq cider pulled pork

Something that’s certainly gotten more popular in recent years, I like using cider for the apple flavour with a bit of bbq sauce to finish it off.

This method uses a slow cooker, if you don’t have one just use an ovenproof dish with a lid/tinfoil and the oven on about 110°c.

Ingredients (makes about 2kg of pulled pork)

  • About 2.5kg of pork shoulder
  • 1-2 litres of cider (I just use cheap stuff from Tesco/Asda)
  • 200-300g bbq sauce
  • Salt and pepper

Prep and cooking (8-15 hours)

  1. Cut the pork into smaller chunks, about 200-300g each and put it in the slow cooker.
  2. Cover the pork with salt and pepper (don’t overdo it with the salt)
  3. Pour in the cider until the pork is about 3/4 covered. Put the cooker on low and leave for 8-15 hours.
  4. When it’s ready take it out of the cooker into a large bowl or roasting pan/plastic tub. Let it cool down for 5-10 minutes and remove any liquid from the slow cooker into measuring jug, or, put it in saucepan and put it on a high heat to boil (and reduce).
  5. If reducing the liquid remember to keep an eye on it and remove from the heat when done. Return to the pork and remove all the fat, it should be easy enough to tear with your hands, if it’s still hot some vinyl/food gloves come in handy.
  6. Now get 2 forks, or some meat claws (eBay or amazon), and pull the pork, it should easily come apart into strands, if not it needs more cooking, bear in mind the more meat you use in the same pot the longer it will need to cook.
  7. Now put the pulled meat back into the slow cooker and add the bbq sauce, mix well and add the stock.
  8. Put the slow cooker on high and cook for 15-30 minutes.
  9. Perfect in a bun with a load of fresh coleslaw on top 👌🏻

Costing

The above recipe costs a total of about £6 and makes 7-10 portions, so somewhere between 50-80p per serving, a lot cheap than you’d pay for it premade!

Nutrition

Here’s the nutrition info per 100g

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Sloppy joes recipe

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A staple of America, sloppy joes are basically chilli burgers without the chilli, I guess you could call it a deconstructed burger in a way.

And yes, you read it right it’s uses a lot of ketchup!

Here’s the recipe

Ingredients (makes about 8)

  • 400-500g minced beef
  • 8 burger buns
  • 1 green or red pepper
  • 1 medium/large onion
  • 1-2 tsp garlic paste
  • 400g ketchup (try not to use ketchup that’s really cheap as it’s usually far too sweet)
  • 1-2 tbsp American mustard
  • 1-2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1-2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp gravy granules
  • Salt and pepper
  • Oil, for cooking

Equipment

  • Frying pan
  • Knife
  • Chopping board

Prep and cooking (15-25 minutes)

  1. Start by dicing the onion and dicing the pepper.
  2. Heat some oil in a pan to a medium heat in a pan, when it’s hot add the onion and pepper and cook for about 5 minutes until soft.
  3. Add the beef and garlic paste, cook for another 5 minutes or so until the mince has browned.
  4. Add the ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and sugar, stir well and cook for 10-15 minutes on a low heat until the sauce has thickened, add the granules, stir in and cook for another minute or two.
  5. In a clean frying pan(if you have one) heat it to a medium-high heat and toast the insides of the bun.
  6. Serve and slop out with joe.

Untidy Joseph

A sloppy joe is an American invention, it’s got quite a scary amount of ketchup in (and I love ketchup) but they are incredibly moreish.

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How to make a McDonalds double cheeseburger even better than McDonald’s


McDonald’s double cheeseburger (5-10 minutes)

Ingredients (makes 1 double cheeseburger)

  • 100g mince beef (preferably 20% fat)
  • 1 burger bun (brioche is nicest)
  • 2 slices of burger cheese
  • 1/4 of a medium onion, finely diced
  • Pickled gherkin, sliced (optional)
  • Ketchup
  • American mustard
  • Salt and pepper (preferably sea salt)

Equipment

  • Non-stick or seasoned iron pan
  • Baking paper, about an a4 sheet
  • Fish slice / spatula
  • Hob to cook on
  • Microwave (not essential)

Prep and cooking

  1. Start by making the burgers, just 50g for each pattie (McDonald’s only use 45g!) roll each one into balls, like big meatballs, then fold the baking paper in half and put one of the balls the the centre of one half. Fold the paper back over and push down hard on the ball with the palm of your hand so it pushes down to make a burger Pattie, it should be quite thin. Season well with salt and pepper on both sides then repeat so you have 2.
  2. Get the pan nice and hot on a high heat and lightly toast the brioche bun, just put the flat (inside) parts of the bun in the hot pan and move it around with your fingers for 20-30 seconds, watch out it’s easy to burn it!
  3. When the bun is ready wipe the crumbs out of the pan and put it back on the heat until it start to smoke a little.
  4. If you used 20% fat mince you won’t need any oil in the pan, if you didn’t add a little splash (about 1/2 a tsp). The put the first burger in the pan and let it cook for 20-30 seconds. Then with the fish slice/spatula push down firmly on the top of the burger for about 3 seconds. It’ll sizzle a lot, that’s the fat reacting with the heat, the flip the burger and cook the other side for another 30 seconds or so, give it another like push on the top before taking out and placing on the bottom bun.
  5. Leave the pan on the heat and put a slice of cheese on top of the burger you just cooked, then cook the second burger the same as the first (unless you’re using a pan bug enough for 2 burgers). When it’s ready put it on top of the other burger and put the other slice of cheese on top.
  6. If you’re using gherkins put some slices on top of the top burger. The put an X of ketchup and an X of mustard on the top so they overlap, it should look a bit like a star.
  7. Put the diced onion on top of the sauces and put the top bun on, then put it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds.
  8. Ding! McDonald’s goodness in your own home.

The worlds most popular burger?

Dividing options worldwide, love it or hate it you can’t deny the addictive taste of a McDonald’s burger.

After making these homemade double cheeseburgers you might notice that the main taste you get from an actual McDonald’s burger is the onion, ketchup and mustard.

Do they use real meat? Who knows, I live in England and (currently) our food standards (should) ensure it is, but who fucking knows?

The cost of one of these homemade double cheeseburgers comes in at around 75p so about half the price of one you’d buy from the shop, these ones are actually served hot too!

So there you have it, culinary genius, or planet destroying clown food, the double cheeseburger.

Things you might not know about McDonald’s

  • They own Krispy Kreme
  • In America there are about 1.5 times more McDonald’s than hospitals
  • The yellow M is supposedly more recognised that the cross (religion)
  • In Sweden there is a ski through McDonald’s

Money grabbing bastards!