Nigerian Beef Burger
Traditional dish with vegetable oil, onion, ground beef.

- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- Nigeria
Ingredients
- to taste vegetable oil
- to taste onion
- to taste ground beef
- to taste egg
- to taste cheese
- to taste lettuce
- to taste tomato, sliced thin
- to taste ketchup
Steps
- Heat a thin layer of vegetable oil in a frying pan.
- Add the onion, and fry for about 5 minutes until softened.
- Remove from the heat and cool.
- Combine the ground beef, egg, and cooked onion.
- Shape the beef mixture into patties.
- Cook the burgers on a grill for about 6 minutes, flipping halfway until browned on each side and cooked through.
- In the last minute of cooking, lay a slice of cheese on top of each patty.
- Cover and let the cheese melt slightly.
- Lightly toast the hamburger buns.
- Sandwich the patties in the buns, topping with lettuce, tomato, and ketchup as desired.
Adapted from “Nigerian Beef Burger”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.