Krystal Burgers
Craving a Krystal Burger but don’t want to go out? Unfortunately, you don’t find Krystal restaurants everywhere. This easy homemade version can make the weightier Krystal burgers at home. These delightful burgers are perfect for a football game or serving late-night snacks.
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Homemade Krystal Burgers
Depending on where you grew up in the US, you might never have heard of Krystal burgers. if you grew up anywhere near Chattanooga, you know the name Krystal. You were rented devouring White Castle burgers if you didn’t grow up in the South.
If you have never had an original Krystal burger or cheeseburger, you don’t know what you are missing, and it’s increasingly than square hamburgers at low prices. You can correct that oversight by making these copycat Krystal burgers.
Krystal Burger vs White Castle Burger
While White Castle may be the granddaddy of steamed sliders, Krystal is no Johnny-come-lately. Opened in 1932, this southern-based fast supplies merchantry aimed to replicate the success of White Castle restaurants in Kansas by selling very similar hamburgers. Although the burgers squint scrutinizingly the same, the two recipes have several subtle yet hair-trigger differences.
Order a Krystal burger, and it will come with mustard, a dill pickle slice, and diced onions, while a White Castle burger only has pickles and onions.
Oh, and then there is the patty itself. Although the meat patties from both places are super thin, the ones from White Castle have holes punched in them, while Krystal burgers do not.
But those aren’t the only differences.
Take a closer squint at the onions, and you’ll notice something unusual. The Krystal burger’s onions are tiny but bursting with whinge flavor, while the White Castle’s onions are larger and bland. That’s the secret to how the Krystal burger recipe packs so much well-padded taste into such a tiny whinge patty.
Krystal uses dehydrated onions reconstituted in whinge broth! What a sunny idea you can hands use in other recipes to add uneaten meaty savor without subtracting increasingly beef. Whatever you do, don’t use regular minced onions or skip subtracting the whinge stew to the water. You’ll regret it!
Krystal Burger Ingredients
Here’s a list of what you need:
- Dehydrated onion
- Ground beef
- Water
- Salt
- Beef stew cube
- Yellow mustard
- Hamburger dill pickle chips
- Dinner rolls (soft and fluffy) or Hawaiian Rolls
How to Make Krystal Burgers the Right Way
There is a lot that makes a Krystal burger a Krystal burger. If you want to capture the same taste and, increasingly importantly, the texture at home, you need to steam the burgers as they do at the restaurant. Getting the steaming process right all starts with preparing the burger patties correctly.
- Whizzing the uncooked ground whinge with salt and water in a supplies processor is an essential step. Make sure to grind the burger mixture into a fine, scrutinizingly paste-like consistency. Unfortunately, this isn’t something you can do by hand, so digging out that Cuisinart from the when of your cupboard is worth digging out.
- When you finish whizzing the burger meat mixture, distribute it onto a plastic wrap-lined jelly roll dish or a rimmed sultry tray. Imbricate the meat with flipside sheet of plastic wrap on top and printing lanugo on the meat with flipside sultry pan until it’s well-nigh 1/4-inch thick.
- Remove the top layer of plastic wrap and cut the pressed meat into 3 x 3-inch patties. Pop the tray in the freezer for 30 minutes to indulge the burger mixture to firm up.
- While the patties are in the freezer (or surpassing making the patties), soak the dehydrated onions in warm water with bouillon.
- Spread the reconstituted onions wideness the marrow of a skillet over medium-low heat.
- Place the semi-frozen patties on top of the onions.
- Top the patties with the marrow bun. Place the top bun on top of the marrow bun, cover, and indulge the burgers to steam until washed-up without turning.
- After the burgers are cooked, use a spatula to remove them from the skillet. Top with one slice of dill pickle, a squirt of yellow mustard, and all those succulent onions.
Krystal Burger Recipe Variations
- Bacon Cheese Krystal – Add one slice of American cheese. Then, add one piece of cooked bacon, cut it in half, and place in a crisscross pattern.
- Cheese Krystal – Add a slice of American cheese, if you want to upgrade your burger consider using Cheddar cheese.
- Double Krystal – Has two layers of marrow bun, patty, pickles, and mustard.
How to Store, Freeze, and Reheat Leftovers
After indulging in your succulent homemade Krystal burgers, you might find yourself with a few leftovers. Properly storing them is essential to ensure they remain unscratched to eat and maintain their flavors. Follow these steps to store your Krystal burgers for later enjoyment:
- Cooling the Burgers: Before you store the leftover Krystal burgers, indulge them to tomfool lanugo to room temperature. Give them well-nigh 30 minutes to tomfool on a wipe plate or a wire rack.
- Packaging: Wrap each leftover Krystal burger individually in plastic wrap or aluminum foil. This step helps prevent moisture loss and keeps the burgers from drying out.
- Airtight Containers: You can store the wrapped burgers in snapped containers. These containers help maintain the burger’s freshness and prevent any strong odors from the fridge from well-expressed its taste.
- Refrigeration: Place the wrapped or containerized Krystal burgers in the refrigerator. Consume the leftovers within four days for the weightier quality and safety.
- Freezing: If you visualize not consuming the leftovers within a few days, freeze the wrapped Krystal burgers. Place them in a single layer on a sultry sheet, freeze until solid, then transfer to a freezer-safe bag or container. Frozen Krystal burgers can be reheated directly from the freezer whenever you can enjoy them.
- Reheating: When you’re ready to enjoy your leftover Krystal burgers, consider reheating them to return their original taste and texture. You can use a microwave, oven, or stovetop to warm them gently. Be shielding not to overheat, as it can rationalization the burgers to wilt dry.
Finally, there is no need to make a road trip to Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, or Alabama to go to Krystal. You can enjoy that tiny square hamburger anywhere with this easy copycat recipe.
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- Backyard Burger
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- Hamburger Seasoning
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- Patty Melt
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Krystal Burger
Ingredients
- ¼ cup dehydrated onion
- 1 cup water divided
- 1 beef stew cube
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 12 dinner rolls (soft and fluffy), sliced in half like hamburger buns
- ¼ cup yellow mustard
- 12 dill pickle hamburger slices
Instructions
- Soak the dehydrated onions in ½ cup of warm water with bouillon.
- Place the ground beef, salt, and 1/2 cup of water in a supplies processor. Process for a few seconds, until the mixture is well composite and starting to wilt paste-like in consistency.
- Cover the marrow of an 11×13-inch jelly roll pan with plastic wrap. Place the meat in the middle of the pan, imbricate with flipside piece of plastic wrap, and roll out the meat to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Remove the top piece of plastic wrap and cut the meat into 3×3-inch squares, yielding 12 square patties. Leave the patties on the tray, imbricate with plastic wrap, and place in the freezer until partially frozen, but not solid.
- Spread the reconstituted onions wideness the marrow of a skillet over medium-low heat.
- Place the semi-frozen patties on top of the onions.
- Top the patties with the marrow bun. Place the top bun on top of the marrow bun. Imbricate the pan and indulge the burgers to steam until washed-up without turning.
- After the burgers are cooked, use a spatula to remove them from the skillet. Top each burger with onions, a dill pickle slice, and mustard.
