If you’re looking for an easy and creative hamburger recipe you’re in the right place. This grilled burger with mango salsa is sure to become your new favorite grilled burger recipe! The mango salsa gives this grilled burger a tropical and fresh twist.
Best tips for grilling hamburgers
When it comes to grilling hamburgers one of the most important things is choosing the right meat.
- Choose the right type of meat: The secret to amazing burgers is using great quality ground beef that has just the right amount of fat in it. 85% lean beef is ideas as it still has enough fat to make your patties flavorful yet it doesn’t have too much fat to make them to greasy. For a juicier burger, coarsely ground beef is better.
- Start with a clean grill
- Add some flavor: make your burger pattie more flavorful by adding herbs and spices. From chopped onion and garlic powder to paprika and seasoning mixes. For more flavorful burgers make your patties a few hours before grilling and store them in the fridge to let all of the flavors come together.
- Hold the salt: Add the salt to your patties right before putting them on the grill. Adding salt to your patties earlier will make them dry as the salt sucks the moisture from the meat.
- Make the perfect hamburger pattie. For the best burgers, a 3/4 inch thick pattie is best. Thinner than that and it will cook too quickly and dry out, thicker than that and it will be undercooked in the middle and charred outside.
- Avoid packing your patties too densely. When mixing in the spices and making your patties don’t press them too hard or you will end up with dry and dense hamburger patties.
- Use the right amount of heat. For the best burgers heat your grill to medium-low to medium and avoid direct flames. High heat will char your burgers on the outside.
- Don’t press your patties. Avoid pressing your patties when you’re grilling them as this will squeeze the juice out of your meat and leave you with dry burgers.
Ingredients for mango salsa
Mango salsa is one of my favorite salsa recipes. The sweetness of the mango combined with tomato and onion and lime juice gives this salsa a really special flavor. To make it you will need:
- mango – I prefer to use fresh mango but you can also use frozen mango chunks.
- tomato – the best tomato for making salsa, in my opinion, are Roma tomatoes. They are firm, easy to cut, and have fewer seeds than other tomatoes. For best results remove seeds before dicing.
- onion -I prefer red onion but you can also use yellow or sweet onion
- fresh cilantro
Other great hamburger recipes
- Hamburgers With Spicy Pomegranate And Avocado Salsa
- Surf and Turf Chipotle Burgers with Cilantro Lime Sauce
- Chorizo Burger with Blue Cheese Chipotle Sauce
Grilled Burgers With Mango Salsa
I love making burgers on the grill and the smoky, slightly charred flavor of the ground beef patty combined with the fresh and crisp flavors of the mango salsa are a match made in heaven.
Ingredients
- 1lb lean ground beef
- mango, diced
- tomato, diced
- red bell pepper, diced
- red onion, diced
- lime juice
- fresh cilantro, chopped
Directions
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To make the mango salsa combine the diced fresh mango, tomato, red bell pepper and red onion with the lime juice and chopped fresh cilantro. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Place the cold ground beef in a large mixing bowl, add the paprika, diced onion, and pepper any other spices you want to add but hold off on the salt.
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Fold the meat over the spices, being careful not to overhandle it.
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Divide the meat into 6 equal portions and place them in a tray or cookie sheet lined with parchment or waxed paper. Make the patties on the tray instead of with your hands to avoid overhandling and warming the meat.
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Cover and refrigerate the patties for a couple of hours to let the flavors combine.
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Heat up your grill to medium heat.
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Remove the patties from the refrigerator and add salt.
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Place the patties on the grill, turning them once. Make sure not to press your patties.
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For rare burgers cook for 4-5 minutes to a temperature of 125F
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For medium-rare burgers cook 5-6 minutes to a temperature of 135F
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For medium burgers cook 6-7 minutes to a temperature of 145F.
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For well-done burgers cook 7-9 minutes to a temperature of 160F.
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A couple of minutes before removing the burgers from the grill place your burger buns of the grill for a minute or just until lightly toasted.
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Place your burger patties on the bun, add lettuce, top with mango salsa, and serve immediately.
Grilled Burger With Mango Salsa
Ingredients
- 1lb lean ground beef
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 cup tablespoons of finely diced onion
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt to taste
- 6 hamburger buns
- 6 lettuce leaves
- INGREDIENTS FOR THE MANGO SALSA
- mango, diced
- tomato, diced
- red bell pepper, diced
- red onion, diced
- lime juice
- fresh cilantro, chopped
Instructions
To make the mango salsa combine the diced fresh mango, tomato, red bell pepper and red onion with the lime juice and chopped fresh cilantro. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Place the cold ground beef in a large mixing bowl, add the paprika, diced onion, and pepper any other spices you want to add but hold off on the salt.
Fold the meat over the spices, being careful not to overhandle it.
Divide the meat into 6 equal portions and place them in a tray or cookie sheet lined with parchment or waxed paper. Make the patties on the tray instead of with your hands to avoid overhandling and warming the meat.
Cover and refrigerate the patties for a couple of hours to let the flavors combine.
Heat up your grill to medium heat.
Remove the patties from the refrigerator and add salt.
Place the patties on the grill, turning them once. Make sure not to press your patties.
For rare burgers cook for 4-5 minutes to a temperature of 125F
For medium-rare burgers cook 5-6 minutes to a temperature of 135F
For medium burgers cook 6-7 minutes to a temperature of 145F.
For well-done burgers cook 7-9 minutes to a temperature of 160F.
A couple of minutes before removing the burgers from the grill place your burger buns of the grill for a minute or just until lightly toasted.
Place your burger patties on the bun, add lettuce, top with mango salsa, and serve immediately.
Paula studied architecture and now makes a living as a freelance writer,traveler and amateur photographer.She started her writing & publishing career as the editor of Bebé y Mamá, the first parenting magazine in Guatemala.She is the founder of www.GrowingUpBilingual.com and www.365thingsswfl.com and writes articles in Spanish and English for both magazines and the web on travel,food and bicultural and bilingual parenting .
When she is not on a plane or road trip she likes to create recipes inspired in the flavors of her native Guatemala.
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