Thursday, July 12, 2012

Freezer Patties

So I work every weekend of my life.  Because of this I have to plan ahead and have meals that the hubs can easily do.  Let's face it- the man can grill but cook, he can not.  I'll assemble casseroles, crock pot meals and some side dishes for him and leave instructions for cooking.  One thing we love to keep stocked in the freezer is hamburger patties.  I always have buns in the freezer when I buy them on sale, so if all else fails and I haven't planned a meal out or forget to set something out he can pull buns out in the morning and grill the patties.

(sorry for the juicy picture, I forgot to take a pic before I started using it)

Here's the patty maker I use (thanks mom!)


I had 3.61 lbs of ground meat I bought on sale that I used.  Threw the meat and the ingredients in my stand mixer to combine the ingredients. (I hate mixing meat by hand. *ew*)
(totally forgot to snap the pic earlier....this was after almost all the patties had been made. but you get the point)

The mixture made 13 patties.  I used gallon size bags and fit 4 per bag....then froze.



There ya go!

Recipe Roundup:

Hamburger patties:

2 lbs ground meat (yeah, yeah I had more...it was on sale)
2 eggs, beaten
4 tablespoons hickory BBQ sauce
1/2 cup finely chopped onions (I didn't measure mine...I just chopped a small onion)
1/2 cup bread crumbs (I used unseasoned)
3/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper