The Ultimate Burger

Name: The Ultimate Burger
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500 g beef mince, shaped into 4 beef patties; 1 egg; Handful of fresh parsley chopped; ½ cup bread crumbs; 4 brioche buns, sliced; 4 slices cheddar cheese; 1 brown onion, thinly sliced; 3 tbsp OMGhee, for cooking and finishing; 4 leaves butter lettuce; 1 large tomato, sliced; Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; Optional burger sauce or condiments of choice

2026年9月14日|OMGhee

hamburger with blue teatowl, tomatoes and jar of omghee ghee

There are burgers, and then there are burgers that require both hands, several napkins and absolutely no attempt at looking elegant while you eat them.

This is the second kind. 😂

And if you’re making a proper burger at home, this is not the time to be timid with the pan.

You want heat. You want that gorgeous golden crust on the beef. You want onions cooked until they’re sweet and sticky, and you definitely want to toast those brioche buns in the pan afterwards, because leaving all that flavour behind would be a terrible waste.

This is exactly the sort of cooking where ghee earns its place beside the stove. It handles the heat beautifully, then hangs around for the onions and the buns.

One pan. One jar. A seriously good burger.

Fair warning, you may ruin takeaway burgers for yourself.

The Ultimate Burger

OMGhee

Servings

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

A proper homemade burger with a golden, caramelised beef patty, cheddar, fresh salad and all the good stuff piled into a toasted brioche bun.

OMGhee does double duty here, first as your high-heat cooking fat, then again for those final layers of flavour in the pan.

Grab the napkins. This one gets messy.

Ingredients

500 g beef mince, shaped into 4 beef patties
1 egg
Handful of fresh parsley chopped
½ cup bread crumbs
4 brioche buns, sliced
4 slices cheddar cheese
1 brown onion, thinly sliced
3 tbsp OMGhee, for cooking and finishing
4 leaves butter lettuce
1 large tomato, sliced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Optional burger sauce or condiments of choice

Directions

In a large bowl mix beef mince with 1 egg, breadcrumbs and parsley. Mix well and then shape into 4 beef patties.
Heat a pan or grill over medium-high heat and melt 1 tbsp of ghee before cooking the patties. Sear the beef patties until golden and caramelised on the outside, cooking for 3–4 minutes per side or until preferred doneness.
Place cheddar slices onto the patties during the final minute of cooking and allow the cheese to melt.
In the same pan, add another spoonful of ghee and cook the sliced brown onion slowly until softened, golden, and caramelised.
After frying the onions, toast your brioche buns face down in the pan until golden brown.
Assemble the burger with butter lettuce, tomato, beef patty, melted cheddar, and caramelised onion.