Cheeseburgers are absolute soul food & clearly a classic in every fast food or burger restaurant. In today’s post I will show you a quick & easy variant – a kind of cheeseburger in a bread roll.
For the cheeseburger sandwiches you do not need to form the ground meat into patties, the meat will simply fried until crumbly, topped with cheddar and then assembled into a “burger” along with tomatoes, iceberg lettuce and pickles. Have fun cooking!
Cooked/Baked today: Simple Cheeseburger Sandwiches
Difficulty: Medium
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Category: Main Dishes, Fast Food Recipes, Recipes with Ground Meat, Burger & Sandwich Recipes
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Simple Cheeseburger Sandwiches
Simple Cheeseburger Sandwiches
Ingredients for 4 Cheeseburger Sandwiches:
- 4 bread rolls
- 500 grams ground meat (half beef & half pork)
- 150 grams sliced cheddar cheese
- 1 large onion
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 – 3 pickles
- ½ head Iceberg lettuce
- 75 grams mayonnaise
- 75 grams ketchup
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- Salt & pepper
- Oil for frying
Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:
- Large pan with lid for gorung meat
- Small bowl for sauce
Instructions:
…for simple Cheeseburger Sandwiches:
Peel off and finely chop 1 large onion. Then heat up a large pan with a dash of oil, add the onions to the pan & sweat for 2 – 3 minutes over a medium heat, turning occasionally. Next, increase the heat a little, add 500 grams of ground meat & fry until crumbly, seasoning with a good pinch of salt & pepper to taste.
Preparations for Simple Cheeseburger
Finally, turn off the heat, cover the meat with cheddar slices & let the cheese melt with the lid closed. Meanwhile, cut the tomatoes & pickles into thin slices, also cut the iceberg lettuce into fine strips. For the sauce, put 75 grams each of mayonnaise & ketchup and 1 teaspoon of mustard in a small bowl & stir until smooth.
Serving Simple Cheeseburger Sandwiches
To serve, halve the rolls in the middle, spread both sides with 1 tablespoon of sauce & then top with tomato slices, pickles, iceberg lettuce & cheesy meat as you wish. Bon appetit & have fun cooking!
Video Tutorial:
Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):