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Q: Cook the first side of the meat for approximately 3 minutes. It should look golden brown. Step 4. Turn over the patties using a spatula, and cook them for an additional 4 minutes. Step 5. Check each patty's internal temperature with an instant-read thermometer. The level of doneness in a hamburger is based on the appearance of its center. The center of a medium-well done hamburger is warm to the touch and has little to no pink meat. It will not be as thoroughly grayish-brown as a well-done burger, but the pink at the center should only be a slight tinge as opposed to the pink center of a medium burger. Method: 1 Add the salt and pepper onto the meat and massage the seasoning in. 2 Split the beef into 4 quarter-pound patties and flatten between the palms of your hands. 3 Meanwhile, heat a pan over medium heat and add the diced onion to sweat. 4 Cook for 4 minutes on both sides for rare, or until the liquid coming out starts running clear. Form each hamburger patty with your hands to the desired width and about 3/4-inch thick. Season both sides of the patty with salt and pepper, to taste. Step 2. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high to high heat. When the oil begins to shimmer, place one or more burger patties inside the pan. 31 Responses to How To Pan Fry Hamburgers. 1 i love your love of burgers. 2 yep I would eat those onions!! LOVE the ketchup swirl 3 ! we pan fry our burgers since our backyard isn't set up to BBQ just yet. I slivered my onions instead of dicing, and used 1/3 pound patties of 93/7 ground beef, cooking about six minutes on a side for a perfect medium rare. The skillet I used had just cooked a pound of bacon, and I just poured off the fat before putting the onions in. Although the appearance of the center tells cooks how done a hamburger is, it can be difficult to tell from the appearance of the exterior. The most reliable way to test how done a hamburger is is to use a meat thermometer. The interior temperature of a medium-well done hamburger should be around 150 to 155 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooking a medium-well done hamburger on a grill should take about four and a half minutes per side. Cooking times can vary depending on the heat of the grill. Food Safety Meanwhile, heat a pan over medium heat and add the diced onion to sweat. When the pan has come to temperature, add the burgers on top of the bed of onions. Cook for 4 minutes on both sides for rare, or until the liquid coming out starts running clear. For medium well, add about 2 minutes on both sides. Note that how many you can cook at a time depends on how large your pan is. I wouldn't cook more than two at once as crowding will slow down the cooking. Like any meat, let the burgers sit for 5 minutes off of heat for them to retain their juices. Serve with any condiments you could desire. You can cook a delicious hamburger on your stove. Hamburgers made on the stove can taste just as good as, if not better than, hamburgers cooked on a grill. When frying up a burger that is anything less than well-done, your main concern is safety. Bacteria occurs naturally in meat products. Buy the freshest possible ground beef and store it below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Use ground beef within two days of purchase and cook it to a minimum internal temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit. Video of the Day 31 Responses to How To Pan Fry Hamburgers. 1 i love your love of burgers. 2 yep I would eat those onions!! 3 we pan fry our burgers since our backyard isn't set up to BBQ just yet. 4 hahah love the ketchup bit. 5 I love pan-fried burgers; it's how I almost always make them when I don't want to use the grill. 6 I just really want to eat ketchup. Query: how long to cook burgers medium well
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It takes about four and a half minutes per side to cook burgers medium well.