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Summary
The steps to making a perfect burger start out with ground meat and buns; the rest is up to you. Set up a toppings bar with all your favorite fixings and let everyone make their own burgers. From the book "Mad Hungry," by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Artisan Books).
Ingredients
- 6 buns for hamburgers
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 pounds ground beef, formed into 6 patties
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (optional)
- 6 slices mild cheddar cheese
- 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced (about 1/2 cup)
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- Ketchup, (optional)
- Mustard, (optional)
- 3 lettuce leaves, cut in half
- 3 dill pickles, thinly cut horizontally
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 775 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 55 g 84.1%
- Saturated Fat: 21 g 103.77%
- Trans Fat: 2 g %
- Cholesterol: 139 mg 46.28%
- Sodium: 1205 mg 50.21%
- Calcium: 234 mg 23.42%
- Potassium: 462 mg 13.19%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 3 mg 17.93%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 34 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g 9.47%
- Sugar: 4 g
- Protein: 36 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Vitamin A 36.06%
- Vitamin C 14.27%
- Vitamin D 1.21%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat9
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch2
- Exchange - Vegetables1
- Exchange - Lean Meat4
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total1 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy1 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total4 oz-eq