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Three tips for making the perfect burger

Not all burgers are created equal. - by Livia Gamble
  • 28 Feb 2018

Homemade burgers are a great option for a quick mid-week meal but also for a casual gathering with friends.

Despite how quickly the dish can be thrown together, not all burgers are created equal.

In a video for Tech Insider, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain shares his tips for creating the perfect burger.

Three tips for creating the perfect burger

According to Bourdain, the perfect burger has a “soft, squishy potato bun”, “well-ground, good quality beef” and meltable cheese, which is “more often than not processed”.

Once you have those three elements, Bourdain's final warning is against overcomplicating it. 

“In a perfect world you should be able to eat a hamburger with one hand and get a representative chunk of all the elements,” Bourdain said.

“There’s a tectonic slide that occurs when you start to over complicate and add other products.”

When deciding on your burger toppings, ask yourself one thing: “Is it making it better.”

"Is this thing I'm doing to this perfectly good, classic dish -- is it making it better?" Bourdain says. "It might make it more entertaining. It might dazzle people and say 'Oh look how clever he is." You might deconstruct it in a way that impresses people, or delights them, or astounds them... but does it make it better?"

Anthony Bourdain's 3 tips to a perfect burger
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