Castle Hamburgers (copycat)

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons dried onion
• 1 1/2 cups water, divided
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 beef bouillon cube
• 1/2-1 cup water
• 12 dinner rolls

Recipe

• 1 place ground beef,onion powder, salt and 1/2 cup of the water in a food process, and process for a few seconds to ensure that water,onion powder and salt are blended through the beef.
• 2 place plastic wrap on the counter. place hamburger in the middle, then place another pieces of plastic wrap on top of the meat.
• 3 roll the hamburger out to 1/4-inch thick. remove plastic wrap cut meat into 3-inch squares. poke holes in each piece five times with a plastic straw.
• 4 cover hamburger squares with plastic wrap. freeze until partially frozen, but not frozen solid.
• 5 place onions, beef bouillon and 1/2 cup water in a frying pan. sauté over medium-low heat, stirring until the onions are soft, and adding more water as needed.
• 6 remove from heat until ready to cook hamburger patties.
• 7 to prepare patties, heat frying pan over medium-low heat, add water to onions just until the bottom of the frying pan is covered.
• 8 place patties in pan; cover with lid. it will only take a short time for the patties to cook on one side. turn, and cook on the other side for a very short time. the patties should be juicy.
• 9 when done place each hamburger on top of a roll. add pickles, then cover hamburgers so they heat up the roll.