Our Most Well-liked Burger Recipe

Once I was tasked with writing about Food52’s hottest burger recipe, I believed I knew what to anticipate. On the very least, there’d be beef concerned, proper? Nope. Because it seems, our hottest burger recipe is a veggie burger—and a non-traditional one at that. Particularly, the respect goes to Shake Shack’s ’Shroom Burger, a longtime vegetarian providing from the chain that defies and stretches our understanding of what a burger will be.

This recipe eschews the same old veggie burger method, which makes an attempt to show greens into one thing that resembles a traditional burger patty. As a substitute, the “patty” is made by roasting a portobello mushroom, stuffing it with cheese, masking it with panko breadcrumbs, and deep frying the entire thing. Put it on a bun and prime it with lettuce, sliced tomato, and ShackSauce—a combination of ketchup, mayo, Dijon mustard, and pickle brine—to finish the enduring sandwich. The result’s supremely juicy, crispy, and as satisfyingly wealthy as any common beef burger. Simply don’t be postpone by the variety of components on this recipe or the prospect of frying patties at residence. The stuffing and dredging course of is easy, and the frying itself solely takes a couple of minutes.

It’s the ingredient of shock, whether or not from the deep-fried patty or the molten cheese core, that makes this burger such a winner. “It wasn’t till I attempted the Shake Shack ’Shroom Burger that I spotted veggie burgers needn’t be smart,” writes Sarah Jampel, who excerpted the recipe from Shake Shack’s 2017 cookbook. “Why coax greens (and, for many recipes, grains and binders and starches, too) into the form of a patty? Vegetarian burgers will be completely nonsensical and untraditional and simply as messily scrumptious as any meat burger on the menu.”

Mushrooms not your factor? Don’t fear—we’ve obtained a ton of different burger recipes on our website, from traditional cheeseburgers to different vegetarian and vegan options.