As we head into grilling seasoning, and I am obsessed with grilling my family dinner more than I have been in the past. I love throwing hamburgers and hotdogs onto the grill along with some corn and other grilled vegetables. The other night I made foil packet cauliflower and it turned out SO amazing. But if you are going to have hamburgers once a week on the grill, you are going to need the best hamburger seasoning to go with it. No worries, I’m here to help. One of my joys in life is coming up with super simple recipes that contain super simple ingredients and leave you feeling so happy about the dinner you created in your kitchen. This best burger seasoning recipe totally fits the bill.
What Goes In a Hamburger Seasoning Recipe?
The best part about this recipe is it is made with seasonings that I bet you already have on hand in your pantry. The second best thing about this recipe is that you only need a little bit of each seasoning to create a hamburger seasoning mix that you can keep on hand and use over and over. What you need:
paprikabrown sugaronion powdersaltblack peppergarlic powdercumincayenne pepper
How To Season Burgers
After you mix up your seasonings, this guy will keep in an airtight container for six months. Additionally, you make enough that you can use it on 9 pounds of hamburger meat. So that is 9 times of grilling out, or 36 hamburgers.
Once you make your hamburger patties, you want to use one tablespoon of this seasoning on them. Just gently rub the seasoning onto each side of the burgers.I typically use 1 pound of 80/20 ground chuck to make four burgers that are gently indented in the middle for best grilling.The brown sugar and the seasoning crisp up on the outside of the burger making for such a great flavor and delicious burger.
What to Serve with Grilled Hamburgers
I have so many amazing recipes that would be perfect on the side of a grilled hamburger!
How to use burger seasoning?
As you can see in the video and read in the recipe, we typically rub the seasoning on the outside of the burgers so it gets nice and crisp. But you could mix four tablespoons into the meat instead.
Can you use this on turkey burgers?
Absolutely! In fact we have a turkey burger recipe that uses the same seasoning mix.
Grilled Corn: Our very favorite side dish for grilling is corn, and we have a full post telling you how to make it to perfection.Arugula Salad: This is a recent recipe, and I’m kind of obsessing over it. Only five ingredients!Strawberry Spinach Salad: This is a really popular recipe, and for good reason; it’s delicious and easy. That dressing though!Greek Pasta Salad: If you aren’t really feeling leafy greens, make this! It’s easy and one of those recipes you will come back to over and over.
If you make this hamburger seasoning or any of the recipes listed here, please be sure to leave me a comment letting know what you think!
