🍔 Cheeseburger

Name: Cheeseburger
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 600 g ground beef (about 20% fat); 4 burger buns; 4 slices cheese; 4 lettuce leaves; 1 tomato, sliced; 8 pickle slices; Salt and black pepper

Origin: United States

682kcal

per serving · 220 g

310kcal

per 100 g

35 gProtein16 g / 100 g

35 gFat16 g / 100 g

48 gCarbs22 g / 100 g

A cheeseburger is a grilled ground-beef patty topped with a slice of melted cheese and served in a soft bun with lettuce, tomato and pickles. The patty is juicy and well seared, the cheese adds a salty, creamy layer, and the fresh vegetables and sour pickles cut through the richness. It is eaten by hand, usually with ketchup or mustard and often with fries on the side.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

Not vegetarianbecause of: ground beef

Not veganbecause of: ground beef, cheese

Contains glutenbecause of: bun

Contains dairybecause of: cheese

Not keto22 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Milk

What it is made of

ground beefbuncheeselettucetomatopickles

Recipe

4 servings25 min

Ingredients

600 g ground beef (about 20% fat)
4 burger buns
4 slices cheese
4 lettuce leaves
1 tomato, sliced
8 pickle slices
Salt and black pepper

Method

Divide the beef into 4 balls and press into patties slightly wider than the buns; season with salt and pepper.
Grill or pan-sear over high heat for 3–4 minutes per side.
Lay a cheese slice on each patty for the last minute and cover so it melts.
Toast the cut sides of the buns.
Assemble with lettuce, tomato, the patty and pickles.

How to make it lighter

Choose leaner ground beef (around 10% fat) to cut the fat noticeably without losing much flavour.
Skip the second slice of cheese and go easy on sauces; mustard adds very few calories.
Swap fries for a side salad, or wrap the patty in lettuce instead of the bun.

History

The hamburger spread through the United States in the early twentieth century, and adding a slice of cheese became popular in the 1920s and 1930s; several cooks are credited with inventing it, and no single claim is settled. Today the cheeseburger is a fixture of diners, backyard grills and fast-food menus around the world.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →